Naravelia.] RANVNCULACEAE. 3 



Sepals ovate, spreading from the base ; veins of leaflets thick, promi- 

 nent 6. Wightiana. 



Sepals oblong-lanceolate, erect at the base, recurved at the tip ; veins 

 of leaflets slender, little raised 7. nutans* 



1. CLEMATIS SMILACIFOLIA, Wall. ; F. B. I. i. 3 ; Wt. Ic. t. 1. 



Hills of Ganjam ; W. Ghats from S. Canara to Tinnevelly, 

 up to 5,000 ft. 



2. CLEMATIS MUNROANA, Wt. 111. i. 5, t. 1. 



Hill ranges from Coorg through the Nilgiris, Anamalais 

 and Pulneys. 



3. CLEMATIS THEOBROMINA, Dunn in Kew Bull. 1914, 181. 



Nilgiris, at Coonoor and Naduvatarn at 6,000 to 8,000 ft. alt. 



4. CLEMATIS BOURDILLONII, Dunn in Kew Bull. 1914, 181. 



Travancore, Merchiston Estate, at 2,500 ft. alt. 



5. CLEMATIS GOURIANA, Koxb. ; F. B. Li. 4 ; W. & A. 2 ; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 933-4. 



A very common species, found in hilly regions in almost all 

 Districts. 



6. CLEMATIS WIGHTIANA, Wall. ; F. B. I. i. 5 ; W. & A. 2; Wt. 

 Ic. t. 935. 



Hills of Ganjam and south to the Kistna ; common in the 

 W. Ghats, especially in Nilgiris, up to 7,500 ft. 



7. CLEMATIS NUTANS, Eoyle ; F. B. I. i. 5. 



Hills of the N. Circars, in Ganjam and Vizagapatam, up to 

 3,000 ft. 



2. Naravelia, DC. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves 3-foliolate, terminal leaflet usually 

 transformed into a tendril. Flowers axillary or in terminal 

 panicles, normally 5 . Seimls 4-5. Petals 6-12, narrow, usually 

 elongating after the fall of the calyx. Stamens many. Achenes 

 long, narrow, stalked, prolonged into a feathery style, which per- 

 sists in fruit as a twisted pilose tail. 



NARAVELIA ZEYLANICA, DC. ; F. B. I. i. 7 ; W. & A. 2 ; Roxb. 

 Cor. PL ii. t. 188. 



A climbing shrub with ovate -lanceolate downy sepals and 

 elongated linear-clavate yellow petals. Fruit a head of linear 

 achenes ending in twisted feathery tails. 

 Common in hedges and thickets in nearly all Districts. 



