6 i. RANUNCULACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Clematis. 



VAR. 1. Wallichii; mere slender, leaflets smaller narrower more membranous, 

 flowers fewer larger, buds tomentose. W. Himalaya, Nepal, Uhotan. 



VAR 2. Siklimensls ; leaflets larger, coriaceous, flowers very iimnerou*. sinsill-T, 

 buds glabrous except the margins of the sepals. Sikkim, alt. 5-7000 ft., 11. 

 Mishmi and Naga hills, Griffith. 



18. C. connata, DC. Prodr. i. 4; glabrous, leaves pinnate, sepals not 

 ribbed, filaments tapering to a point. W>t/t. <'<>'. 4C7!) : //. /. ,( T. Fl. I ml. 

 ] 1 . C. venosa, Boyle 111. 51 ; C. amplexicaulis, velutina, and gracilis, A\tytn: 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 24. 



TKMIM RATE HIMALAYA, from Hazara to Sikkim, alt. 4-10,000 ft. 



A large woody climber, young parts with scattered hairs. ' 7, distant, 



2-4 in., broadly ovate-cordate, coarsely serrate or sub-o-loh.-d. Fl<nr< r* in many- 

 flowered panicles, >SVyw/.->- oblong, Sllbacute, pubescent outside, densely tomentose 

 inside. F.laments narrow-linear below, hairy; anthers short. J</',,/,,x silk, 

 cent. Closely allied to C. Buchananima, but smoother, smaller flowered, and leaflets 

 narrower; petioles often connate into a coriaceous or woody flat expansion. 



19. C. Buchananiana, DC. Syst. i. 140 ; hoary or coarsely hairy, leaves 

 simply pinnate, sepals ribbed, filaments linear. //./. <( T. Fl. /ml. 10. 



Throughout the TEMIT.KATK HIMALAYA, alt. 5-10,000 ft. MI-HMI, Crimtli. 



A large woody climber. Leaflet* 5-7, 2-3 in., broadly ovate or suhorl ieular-eor- 

 date, obtuse or acute, coarsely serrate or 3-5 -lob-d. Finn; /> _> ;; i-,. di.nn., in branched 

 many-flowered panicles, often sweet-scented. >V//r//.s linear-oblong, many-ribbed, 

 tomentose on both surfaces. J-'llnin> at* densely hairy; ami 

 densely hairy. Very variable, ronghlv divisible as follows: 



VAR. 1. rugosa; stem tomentose, leaves rugose and reticulate white ;m;l hoary espe- 

 cially beneath. C. Buchananiana, ll'ull. ('at. -Ji',77. 



VAR. 2. vitifolia (sp. Wall. 6 7 ai.4G76); stem pubescent, leaves nn mbranous slightly 

 pubescent. 



VAR. 3. tirtiiosa (sp. Wall. Cat. 4675) ; stem with long soft fibrous hairs. 

 glabrous or veins only si.ky. 



20. C. grewiaeflora, DC. Syst. \. 140; densely toiii"it(-c, leaves 

 simply pinnate, filaments filiform above. />-// J'rodr. 191 ; Wall. Cat. 



11. f. <( T. Fl. Ind. 10. 



LOWER TEMPERATE AND SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, alt. 3-5000 ft., from Kumaon to 

 Bhotan. 



A large woody climber. Leaflets 3-5, 3-4 in., broadly ovate-cordate, more or less 

 serrate, usually deeply 5-lobed. Panicle many-flowered. S> t (tlx \( in., oblong, 

 densely tomentose outside, pubescent inside. /'//, //////// 1 in., narrow-linear 

 covered with soft spreading hairs ; anthers very long, narrow, twisted after flowering. 



DOUBTFUL SPECIES. 



C. LOAS^FOLIA, DC. Syst. i. 140; flowerless, doubtless either C. grewicpflora or 

 Wight iana. * 



CJ. LOASIFOLIA, Don Prodr. 191. Frobably C. Buchananiana. 



C. SCABIOB^FOLIA, DC. Syst. i. 154. India ? Herb. Mus. Paris. 



('. VILLOSA, DC. iSyst. i. 154. India? Herb. Mus. Paris. 



C. COMOSA, DC. Syxt. i. 156. India? Herb. Mus Paris. (C. trilola?) 



C. GR088A, Wall. Cat. 4671 (not of Benth.} Ava ; too imperfect for determi- 

 nation. 



2. NARAVELIA, DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Flowers in axillary 1-flowered peduncles. Leaves 

 3-ioliolate, terminal leaflet generally transformed into a tendril. Sepals 



