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glabris, antheris anguste oblongis pallidis 1.5-2 mm. longis glabris 

 obtusis, loculis marginalibus; pistilla stamina paullo superantia, 

 ovario ovoideo complanato glabro, stylo 5-6 mm. longo piloso, stig- 

 mate recurvo glabro. Achaenia circiter 10, brunnea, ovoidea, circiter 

 6 mm. longa et 3 mm. lata, glabra in stylum persistentem pilis longis 

 plumosum curvatum 1.5-2 cm. longum attenuata. 



WesternSzech'uan: west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan-shan, thickets, 

 alt. 4000-4300 m., June 24, 1908 (No. 2480, type); Min Valley near 

 Mao-chou, alt. 2300 m., September 1910 (No. 4045); vicinity of 

 Tachien-lu, thickets, alt. 2600 m., September 1910 (No. 4345). 



Western Kansu: Min-chou, alt. 2600 m., 1911, and Choni dis- 

 trict, alt. 2600-3000 m., 1911, W. Purdom. 



A pretty species closely related to C. montana Buchanan-Hamilton from which 

 it is readily distinguished by its small, pinnate leaves. Though rather widely 

 distributed this new species is nowhere common. 



Clematis montana Buchanan-Hamilton apud De Candolle, Syst 

 I. 164 (1818); Prodr. I. 9 (1824). — Wallich PI. As. Ear. III. t. 217 

 (1832). — Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. ser. 2, II. t. 253 (1835). — Lindley in 

 Bot. Reg. XXVL t. 53 (1840). — i^ey. Hort 1856, 161, f. 43.— 

 Hooker f. & Thomson in Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 2 (1872). — 

 Lavall^e, Clem. t. XXII (1884).— Kuntze in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. 

 XXVL 141 (Monog. Clem.) (1885). — Franchet in Nouv. Arch. Mus. 

 Paris, ser. 2. VIII. 184 (PL David. II. 2) (1885-86); PL Delavay. I. 

 5 (1889). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 333 (1900). — Finet & 

 Gagnepain in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, L. 524 (1903); Contrib. Fl. As. 

 Or. I. 9 (1905). 



Clematis anemoniflora D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 192 (1825). 



Clematis Punduana Wallich, Cat. No. 4682 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Anemone curta Wallich, Cat. No. 4690 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Clematis montana, b. normalis Kuntze in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenb. XXVI. 



141 (Monog. Clem.) (1885). 

 Clematis Kuntziana L^veille & Vaniot in Bull. Acad. Intern. Giog, Bot. XI. 



171 (1902). 



Western Hupeh: Fang Hsien, thickets, alt. 2300-2600 m., 

 August 1907 (No. 2464; climber 3-5 m., flowers white); without 

 locality, A. Henry (No. 6887). Western Szech'uan: Ching-chi 

 Hsien, Ta-hsiang-ling, thickets, alt. 1600-2000 m., May 1908 (No. 

 2460; climber 3 m., flowers white); west of Kuan Hsien, Pan-lan- 

 shan, margins of woods, alt. 2300-3000 m., October 1910 (No. 4145; 

 dimber 3-6 m.). 



