Clematis.] i. RANUNCULACE^:. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 5 



solitary with a pair of pinnate leafy bracts on the peduncle, blowers l-2 in. diam., 

 pale yellow, odour heavy. Sepal* pubescent outside, densely tomentose inside. Fila- 

 ments narrow-linear. Achenes pubescent. Resembles the European C. Flammula. 



14. C. orientalis, L. ; glabrous, glaucous, leaves pinnate or 2-pinnate, 

 sepals ovate acuminate. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 9. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA, dry inner valleys from the Indus to Kumaon, ascending to 

 14,000 ft. WESTKRN TIBET, T. T. DISTRIB. Temp. Asia, from Persia to Manchuria. 



A large woody climber, branchlets sometimes pubarulous. Leaflets 1-2 in., orbi- 

 cular to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, entire toothed or cut. Panicles many-flowered. 

 Flowers \\ in. diam., yellow or mottled with purple. Sepals 4, villous outside or on 

 both surfaces, edges tomentose. Filaments membranous, tapering from a broad base, 

 silky or ciliate. Achenes oblong, silkily hairy. Very variable. 



VAR. 1. acutifolia; leaves oblong-lanceolate acute or acuminate, flowers usually 

 large. C. tenuilblia, Royle III. 51. C. graveolens, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4495 (not of 

 Lindl.). C. parvifolia, Edgew. in Linn. Trans, xx. 25. C. Ispahanica, Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, i. 3 (flowers small). C. longicaudata, Ledeb. Fl Boss. i. 3. 



VAR. 2. obtusi folia ; usually very glaucous, leaves oblong obtuse, flowers small .or 

 middle-sized. C. glauca, Wittd. 



VAR. 3. latifolia ; glaucous, leaves orbicular or oval obtusely lobed, flowers middle- 

 sized. G. globosa, Royle 111. 51 . C. albida, Klotzsch in Bot. Reis. Pr. Wald. t. 40. 



15. C. Wig'litiana, Wall. Cat. 4674; softly downy, leaves pinnate, 

 sepals broadly ovate. W. & A. Prodr. 2 ; Wight Ic. t. 935 ; H./.& T. FL 

 Ind. 10. 



Hills of the DEKKAN, ORISSA, CONCAN and NILGHIRI, ascending to 7000 ft., 

 Wight, &c. 



A large woody climber. Leaflets usually 5, 2 in., orbicular- or ovate-cordate, 

 3-5-lobed, densely villous and brown below, at length glabrate above. Flowers 2-2 i 

 in. diam., in decompound panicles. Sepals 4, brown-tomentose outside. Filaments 

 narrow-linear, silky below the middle, glabrous at the base and tip ; anthers short. 

 Achenes silky. 



** Sepals erect, with recurved tips. Filaments hairy ; connective not pro- 

 duced. 



16. C. xmtans, Royle III. 51 ; silkily pubescent, leaves decompoundly 

 pinnate. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 10. 



WESTERN SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA, from the Sutlej to Kumaon, alt. 2-5000 ft., 

 Royle, &c. KHASIA HILLS, at Nurtiung, alt. 4000 ft., H.f. & T. BEHAR, on Parasnath, 

 alt. 2000 ft. 



Stem furrowed, slender, woody, climbing. Leaflets 1-3 in., ovate oblong or lanceo- 

 late, deeply acutely or obtusely 3-5-lobed, rarely entire. Flowers 1^-3 in. diam., in 

 much branched many-flowered panicles, pale yellow. Sepals oblong, many-nerved, 

 silky outside. Filaments narrow- linear, silky below the middle, tapering upwards ; 

 anthers short. Achenes large, ovate, silky-hairy. 



17. C. acuminata, DC. Syst. i. 148 ; glabrous except the flowers, leaves 

 once ternate, rarely simple. Don Prodr. 192 : Wall. Cat. 4670; H.f. & T. 

 Fl. Ind, 11. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Garwhal to Bhotan. Upper ASSAM, Mishmi and Pat- 

 kay, Griffith. 



A large, woody, slender, branched climber. Leaflets 3-5 in., ovate or ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminate, shining, quite entire or minutely distantly toothed. Flowers 1-1 in. 

 diam., in decompound (sometimes few-flowered) panicles. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 more or less pubescent outside, suberect or spreading. Filaments narrow-linear, ciliate 

 with long spreading hairs throughout. Achenes silky. The following varieties may 

 prove species: 



