Clematis.} i. RANUNCULACEJE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 3 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA from the Indus to the Bramaputra, ascending to 12,000 ft., 

 always above 8500 ft. in Sikkim. KHASIA HILLS above 4000 ft. 



A woody climber, glabrous or silky. Leaves fascicled at the nodes; leaflets ovate, 

 toothed or incised, usually acute. Flowers 2 to 4 in. diam., often scented, white 

 or pinkish or yellowish ; pedicels exceeding the leaves. Sepals 4, elliptic, acute or 

 obtuse, glabrous or silky outside. Filaments narrow-linear ; anthers short. Achenes 

 flat, glabrous ; receptacle pilose. 



4. C. barbellata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 25 ; leaves once 

 ternately divided, pedicels naked, anthers softly bearded on the back. Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4794 ; H.f. & T. Fl. 2nd. 5. C. nepaulensis, Roijle 111. 51 (not 

 of others). 



WESTERN TEMPERATE HIMALAYA in Garwhal and Kumaon, jRoyle, &c. 



A woody climber, glabrous or nearly so. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, toothed or 

 lobed. Flowers large, dull purple. Sepals oblong, acuminate, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, margins villous. Filaments broadly linear, 1-nerved, often ciliate with loug 

 hairs ; auther-cells introrse. Achenes glabrous. 



5. C. acutangnla, H.f. &. T. Fl. Ind. 5 ; leaves 2-pinnate, pedicels 

 2-bracteate at the base rarely in the middle, anthers softly hairy. 



KHASIA HILLS, near Molim, alt. 5000 ft. Griffith, H. f. & T. 



A slender, hardy woody climber. Stem angled, deeply furrowed, slightly hairy. 

 Leaflets 1-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenate or 3-!obed. Floicers brownish- 

 ydlow ; pedicels 1-3-nate, short. Sepals oblong, acute, pubescent outside. Filaments 

 narrow-linear, 1-nerved, pilose; anthers introrse. Achenes flat, margined, pubescent. 

 Intermediate between this and the following section. 



SECT. III. Flammula, DC. Achenes with long feathery tails. Flowers 

 in axillary panicles. 



* Sepals spreading from the base. 



T Filaments glabrous ; connective of anthers not produced. 



6. C. smilacifolia, Wall, in Asiat. Researches, xiii. 414 ; Cat. 4683 ; 

 glabrous, leaves large usually simple ovate or cordate coriaceous entire or 

 remotely serrate. Bot. Mag. t. 4259 ; //. /. & T. Fl. Ind. 6. C. subpeltata, 

 Wall Fl. As. Rar. i. t 20; Cat. 4868. C. Muriroana, Wigld III. i. 5, t. 1. 

 C. smilacina, Blume Bijd. 1. 



HIMALAYA from Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 5000 ft. KHASIA HILLS ; CONCAN ; 

 TRAVANCOR ; AVA. DISTRIB. Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



A tall, glabrous, woody climber. Leaves 3-10 by 1-7 in., rarely once ternate, upper 

 smaller, narrower and cuneate at the base. Panicles 6-12 in. Flowers 1-1 in. diam. 

 Sepals 45, coriaceous, oblong, at length reflexed, outside dull-brown tomentose, inside 

 deep purple. Filaments membranous, linear, glabrous, inner shorter with longer 

 anthers ; connective produced. Achenes flat, pubescent, margins broad. 



7. C. triloba, Ueyne in Roth. Nov. Sp. 251 ; silky, leaves small simple 

 or once ternate entire or 1-3-toothed or -lobed. DC. Prodr. i. 8 ; W. & A. 

 Prodr. \.2;H.f.& T. Fl. Ind. 7. 



Mountains of the Mawal district of the DEKKAN, and W. CONCAN. 



An extensive climber. Leaves or leaflets 1-2 in., elliptic-ovate or cordate, 3-nerved. 

 Panicle many-flowered; lower bracts leafy. Flowers 1^-2 in. diam., white. Sepals 

 46, membranous, oblong, silky outside. Filaments narrow-linear, glabrous. 



8. C. grata, Wall. Cat. 4668 ; PI. As. Rar. i. t. 98 ; hoary-pubescent, 

 leaves simply pinnate. H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 7. 



SUBTROPICAL and TEMPERATE HIMALAYA, from Kumaon westwards, alt. 2-8000 ft. 

 DISTRIB. Afghanistan, China, trop. Africa. 



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