4: i. RANUNCULACE2E. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) [Clemai i. 



A woody climber. Stem deeply furrowed. Leaflets about 5, 1-2 in., broadly ovate 

 or cordate, acuminate, inci so-serrate or 3-lobed, villous on both surfaces or glabrate 

 above. Panicles often exceeding the leaves, decompound. FUnrtrs f-1 in. diam., 

 cream-coloured. Sepals tomentose outside. Filaments narrow-linear ; anthers short. 

 Achenes densely pubescent. Variable in habit and pubescence. 



9. C. Gouriana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 670 ; usually glabrous, leaves pinnate 

 2-pinnate or 2- ternate, flowers very small in dense panicles, in '. I'rodr. 

 i. 3: Wall. Cat. 4673 ; W. & A. Prodr. 2 ; Wight, Ic. t. 933-4; //./ 6 T. 

 Fl. Ind. 8. C. cana, Watt. Cat. 4672. C. Javana, DC. Prodr. i. 7. 



Hilly districts from the WK-TI.K.N HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft. to CEYLON and the 

 EASTKKN PENINSULA. DISTRIB. Java, Philippines. 



An extensive climber, young parts pubescent. Leaflets membranous, ovate-oblong 

 or cordate, acuminate, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. /W/mV, * usually 

 exceeding the leaves. Flowers - in. diam., yellowish or greenish- white. 

 oliovate or oblong, revolute, puberulous, edge- </* narrow linear. 



Achenes narrow-oblong, hairy. K< <i, and is very variable; two forms 



with manv intermediates are widely litVu-c.l, <,n- with iar-.-r leallcts ton.. 

 and less shining above, the other with leaves glabrous on both surta 



10. C. puberula, //./. ( T. ; pubescent, leaves pinnate, leaflets simple 

 or 3-seet, flowers small few (3-9) in a lax panicle. 



\VI>IKI:.\ TEMPEKATE HIMALAYA, frum Simla to Garwhul ; KHASIA HIM - 

 2-4000 ft 



Climbing Stem deeply grooved, slender, downy. Ltajh-tx membranous, 1 l^in., 

 ovate-lanceolate, entire or remotely toothed, juibe- .-re,!. J'u/tiflf* shorter 



than th !s slender. JSipuls i in., liiiear-obloi.L i, silky 



outside. l<'ii(i/n<'ittx narrow-linear; am.. silky. Confounded in 



Fl. Ind. with C. nutana. 



ft Filaments glabrous ; connective of antler mur< or leu produced* 



11. C. hedysarifolia, 1H\ >'///. i. ns ; nearly ^lal.r.ms, Leaves simply 

 pinnate, leallets reticulate, connective mucli j-roduced. //._/'. <( /'. F 1 . I nd. 7. 

 (Excl. citation of Bot. Reg. 



.CoNCAN, L<i,r : r.Ki.i;.vi-M, f:it<' ! ' /lor, (in Brit. Mus.). 



A wooily i -limber. Lmjlttx 3-5, 2-4 in., curiai-e.ius, ovatr or cordato acuminate, 

 entire or coarsely tooih-l. /'./'/-/-x niany-llowci-fd. Fljwers $ in. diam. 

 4-5, long -acuminate. Antlu r-cdl-i ma; ' /"'ties hairy, margins tubercled. 



12. C. apiculata, II. f. <( T. ; pnl.escent, leaves 3-foliolate long pe- 

 tioled, connective very shortly produced. 



KIIASIA HILLS; Nunklow, (Jrijnth ; ('hurra, //. /. < T. 



A woody climber. Li-ujk-ts loort-stalked, (ivaif-ollonir, acute, base rounded, < 

 toothed from the middle upwards. I'miic 'i-.>- inany liowcred. / :.iall. S'pals 



^-J in., oblong, tomentose out.>ide. l-'i'nm i<ts broadly linear, short, scarcely e.v 

 the anthers. Acfonct broadly oval, hairy. 



ttt Filaments hairy ; connective of anther not produced. 



13. C. graveolens, Lindl in Jnurn. Uort. tioc. i. 207 ; glabrous except 

 the flowers, leaves pinnately decompound, sepals elliptic obtuse. C. parvi- 

 folia, //./. & T. Fl. Ind. 9 (not of Edgeworth}. 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Marri to Kulu and Kumaon, alt. 



6-11,000 ft. 



A slender climber. Leaflets ^-1 in., toothed or incised, or 3-lobed or -partite, ter- 

 minal segment oblong, acute or obtuse. Panicles 3- 7-flowered ; tipper flowers often 



