Clematis.] I. RANUNCULACEiE (OLIVER). 7 



Upper Guinea. Cameroons Mountain, climbing 20-30 ft., 4000-8000 ft., Slann I 

 Clarence Peak, Fernando Po, Mann ! 



Nile Iiand. Mountains of Abys3inia, Schimper ! 



liower Guinea. Bumbo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



Var. )8. Leaves hairy beneath. Aukober, Abyssinia, Roth ! 



A specimen in fruit only, with nearly entire leaflets, probably belonging to this upecies, 

 Congo, Smith ! Allied to C. mauritiana, Lara. 



6. C. grata, JTall. PL As. Ear. 98. Climber. Branches pubescent. 

 Leaves piunatisect ; leaflets petiolulate, 5, 3, or 7, ovate, acute or obtuse, base 

 cordate, broadly and irregularly crenately toothed, occasionally 3-lohate, 

 pubescent or at length glabrescent above, silky-tomentose or pubescent beneath. 

 Axillary panicles shorter than or equalling the leaves. Flowers about | in. 

 diam. Sepals spreading or reflexed,. ovate, acute or subacute, silky ex- 

 ternally, pubescent or nearly glabrous within. Inner filaments more or less 

 pilose. — C. inciso-dentata, Eich. Fl. Abyss, i. 2. C. Petersianay Kl. in 

 Peters, Mossamb. 170. C. viridijlora, Bertol. Misc. Bot. xix. 7. t. 3. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Billon and Feiit ! Uganda, Speke and Grant I 



Louver Guinea. Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Dr. Peters I 



In Asia, this species extends eastward to the Western Himalaya, reappearing in China. 



Dr. Welwitsch collected in Pungo Andongo, Angola, a Clematis just coming into flower, 

 perhaps allied to this species. It has bipinnatisect leaves, leaflets or segments ovate-oblong, 

 distantly mucronate-serrate or toothed, and a large, terminal, erect, cymose panicle. Sepals 

 pubescent on both sides. 



7. C. longicauda, Steud. ; Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 3. Branches pilose. 

 Leaflets hairy and much reticulated on both surfaces ; petioles and petiolules 

 fulvous-villous. Involucral bracts broadly ovate or cordate-ovate, irregularly 

 incised, about 1 in. below the expanded flower. Sepals rather thick, densely 

 silky-pilose with fulvous (when dry) hairs, 1-1^ in. long. Filaments pilose. 

 Anthers minutely mucronulate. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper I 



The only tropical African species belonging to De Candolle's section Cheiropsis. 



The specimen in the Kew herbarium, received from the Paris Museum (n. 873 of 

 Schimper's 1853 collection), is in flower only, and ill accords with Richard's description, 

 based upon fruiting specimens. 



8. C. grandiflora^ DC. Prod. i. 6. A slender climbing shrub. Leaves 

 usually pinnately 5-foliolate ; leaflets petiolulate, ovate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute or apiculate, usually more or less cordate at base, broadly crenate- 

 dentate or denticulate ; teeth mucronulate, thinly pilose beneath or glabres- 

 cent, 2-6 in. long, 1-3^ in. broad. Flowers greenish, campanulate, axil- 

 lary, usually solitary. Peduncles shorter than or equalling the leaves, with a 

 pair of small bracts near or below the middle. Sepals 1-1 i in., oblong or 

 ovate-oblong, shortly recurved at the apex, tomentose externally. Filaments 

 very slender, pilose, many times exceeding the anther. Softly plumose tails 

 of the achenes loosely spreading, 2-3 in. or more in length. — C. chloranthay 

 Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1234. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I and others. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Cazengo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



