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Most botanists now refer the Actinidieae and the Clematoclethren-e 

 to the Dilleniaceaej and most likely with good reason, but I have not 

 investigated tliis point. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Fig. 1, a flower ; 2, part of calyx, stamens and pistil; 3, a petal; 4, stamens; 

 5, longitudinal section of ovary ; 6, cross section of the same ; 7, a seed ; 8, sectioa 

 of the same, showing the embrjo. All enlarged ; 7 and 8 vtry much. 



There are specimens in the Kew Herbarium of three undescribed 

 large-leaved species of ClematocIeiJwa whicli may be characterised as 



follows 



Cr grandis, /lemsL ; species foliorum et florum magnitudine insignis. 



Frutex fere omnino glaber vel cito glabrescens. Folia papyracea, 

 ovato-lanceolata ve! cordata, cum petiolo longissimo usque ad 20 era. 

 longa et 8-9 cm. lata, acute acuminataj minute calloso-ciliata. Fedun- 

 culi triflori, quam petioli brevlores, Flores circiter 1 cm. diametro. 

 Sepala fere orbicularia, ciliata. Petala fere orbicularia. 



China : Szechuen ; near Tachienlu, Pratt^ 68, 



C. Wilsoni, TlemsL ; a speciebus omnibus mihi cognitis indumento 

 ferrugineo crasso differt. 



Rami validi, pilis longis crassis divaricatis ferrugineis dense vestiti. 

 Folia papyracea, ovato-lanceolata vel lanceolata, cum petiolo gracili 

 usque ad 15 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, longe acuminata, calloso-ciliata ; 

 petioli 1-5 cm. longi, Fedtcnculi triflori, graciles, circiter 3 cm. longi. 

 Sepala fructifera 3-4 mm. longa, ohionga. 



China: Szechuen; on cliffs, Wilson, 3270. 



C. disticha,' IlemsL ; species distincta foliis amplis distichis oblongo* 

 oblanceolatis et sepalis petala fere aequantibus. 



liami recti, ferrugineo-pubescentes. Folia cum petiolo 2-4 cm. 

 longo usque ad 15 cm. lunga, 5 cm. lata, minute remoteque calloso- 

 ciliata. ^ Feduyiculi tviQori^ graciles, petiolis breviores ; pedicelli quam 

 flores vix longiores. Sepala infra medium pubescentia. ovali-oblonga, 

 circiter 5 mm, longa, apice rotundata. Petala oblonga, rotundata, 

 sepala pauUo excedentia. Stamina inclusa. Stylus exsertus. 



Chixa : Szechuen ; Mount Omei, E. TL Wihon, 4763. 



W. BoxrixG Hemslet. 



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