RANUNCULACEAE. — CLEMATIS 339 



Clematis Gouriana Roxburgh apud De Candollc, Syst. 1. 138 (1818); 

 Prodr. 1. 3 (1824). — Roxburgh, Fl Ind. II. 670 (1832). — Wight, 

 Icon. III. fig. 933, 934 (1843-1850). — Hooker f. & Thomson in 

 Hooker f., Fl. Brit. Ind. I. 4 (1875). — Maximowicz in Act. Hort. 

 Petrop. XI. 9 (1890). — Pritzel in Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. 332 (1900). 



Clematis Gouriana Roxburgh, Cat. Hort. Beng. 43 (nomen nudum) (1814). 



Clematis cana Wallich, Cat. No. 4672 (nomen nudum) (1828). 



Clematis Vitalba, a. Gauriana [sic] Kuntze in Verh. Bot. Ver. Brandenh. XXVI. 



100 {Monog. Clem.) (1885). 

 Clematis substipulata Kuntze, 1. c. 147 (1885). 

 Clematis Vitalba, /3. CI. Gouriana Finet & Gagnepain in Bull. Sac. Bot. France, 



L. 532 (1903); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. I. 17 (1905). 



Western Szeeh'uan: west and near Wen-ch'uan Hsien, thickets, 

 alt. 1000-1300 m., July and November 1908 (No. 1229; climber 3-6 

 m., flowers white); Mt. Omei, September 1904 (Veitch Exped. No. 

 4694). Western Hupeh: without locality, July and September 

 1900 (Veitch Exped. Nos. 1706, 2397); without locahty, A. Henry 

 (Nos. 2946, 4329); vicinity of Ichang, A. Henry (No. 3090). 

 Shensi: Tai-pei-shan, 1910, W. Purdom. Yunnan: Mengtze, alt. 

 1500-1600 m., A. Henry (Nos. 9104, 10148); Mi-le district, A. Henry 

 (No. 10306); Szemao, alt. 2000 m., A. Henry (No. 13432). 



This rather variable species is widely distributed in China and is very abundant 

 throughout the warmer parts of the Empire. The flowers are small, borne in 

 very large axillary and terminal panicles. The leaves vary considerably in size 

 and are either glabrous or puberulous, entire or more or less toothed. In No. 1229 

 the leaves are more coarsely toothed than usual. 



The perulate character on which Kuntze based his C. substipulata, is common 

 to C. Gouriana and its varieties, and can always be found on any plant of this 

 species, and especially on the stronger shoots. 



Clematis Gouriana, var. Finetii Rehder & Wilson, n. var. 

 A typo recedit achaeniis glabris, atrobrunneis, orbiculari-ovoideis 

 compressis. 



Clematis Vitalba, /3. CI. Gouriana, forma substipiilafa Finet & Gagnepain in 

 Bull. Soc. Bot. France, L. 532 (pro parte, non C. substipulata O. Kuntze) 

 (1903); Contrib. Fl. As. Or. I. 17 (1905). 



Western Hupeh: Hsing-shan Hsien, thickets, alt. 600-1300 m., 

 July and December 1907 (No. 672, type; climber 3-5 m.); north and 

 south of Ichang, alt. 000-1300 m., July and December 1907 (No. 

 672^); without locality, A. Henry (No. 6461). 



In the Gray Herbarium there is a specimen collected in Concan, by Stocks, 

 which is presumably the same as that on which Kuntze founded his C. substipulata 



