2 RANUNCULACE^. 



and poisonous properties, many species of this tribe have been used in 

 medicine, as well internally as externally ; they are, however, now obsolete. 

 One of the Himalayan species, Aconitumferox, Wall., commonly called T?*f 

 Bish, is a most virulent poison, used in the northern part of Hindoos- 

 than for destroying tigers by means of poisoned arrows, shot from bows 

 fixed near the tracks leading to their watering places. {Colebrooke.) 

 Clematis, L. (DC. prodr. 1, p. 2; — IF. and A. prodr. 1, p. \.) Virgin's 

 Bower. 



1. Flammula, L. (DC. I. c.) "S v^ S. Europe. — Fl. smallish, white, — 

 May and June ; fr. 0. 



2. Gouriana, Roxb. (Fl. Ind. 2, p. 670;— DC. pr. 1, p. 3 ;— IF. and A. 

 pr. 1, p. 2; — /. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 1.) L. "b ^^ India, from Dindygul 

 and the Neelgherries up to Deyra Dhoon, along the foot of the Hima- 

 layas. Fl. smallish, white, — Septbr. ; fr. Jan. and Feb. 



3. Vitalba, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 3.,—Jacq.fl.austr. t. S08;—E. B. 9, t. 

 612.) "5 v^ Middle and South Europe, Tauria. — Fl. middle-sized, 

 white, fragrant, — R. S., but rare ; fr. 0. 



4. Wightiana, Wall. (W. and A. pr. 1, p. 2 ,—J. Grah. Cat. B.pl. p. l.J 

 "b v^ Neelgherries, Mahableshwur, and the adjoining Ghauts. Has 

 been introduced into H. C. G. Fl. ? 



5. grata, Wall. (PL as. rar. 1, t. 98.) "b v^ Nepal. Fl. small, yellow- 

 ish, fragrant. Introduced here in 1840, but has not fl. yet. 



6. cylindrica, Sims. (B. M. 29, t. 1160 ;— DC. pr. 1, p. 7.) "b w N. 

 America. Fl. large, blue, — June ; fr. 0. 



7. Viorna, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 7 i—Jacq. eel. 1, p. 50, t. 32.) t w Vir- 

 ginia, Carolina. Fl. large, blue, — June, but rare. 



8. reticulata, Walt. (DC. pr. I, p. 7.— C. cordata, B. M. 43, t. 1816,) 

 "b ^> S. Carolina, Georgia. Fl. largish, pale purplish, — July ; fr. 0. 



9. integrifolia, L. (DC. pr. 1, p. 8;—B. M. 2, t. 65.) 2f. Hungary, 

 Carniolia, Siberia, Pyrenees. Fl. large, indigo-coloured, — May and 

 June ; fr. August. 



10. ochroleuca, Ait. (DC. pr. I, p. 8.) 2|.. Pennsylvania, Carolina. Fl. 

 large, yellowish, — June, but rare : fr. 0. 



n. florida, Thunb. (Flor.jap. p. 240 ;—DC. pr. 1, p. 8 ,—B. M. 22, t. 



834.) "b v^ Japan. Fl. very large, white, — C. S. Introduced in 1819, 



but has not fl. during the last twelve years. 

 12. Viticellu, L. (DC. pr. I, p. 9 ;— i?. M. 16, t. 565.) t ^ Warmer 



parts of Europe. Fl. very large, beautifully purple, with dark veins. 



Introduced in 1825. Has not fl. 

 Naravelia, DC. (pr. I, p. 10 ; — W. and A. pr. 1, p. 2.) 



1. Zeylanica, DC. (L. c, — W. and A. I. c, — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 1. — 



Atragene zeylanica, L; — Roxb. Corom. 2, t. 188; /. ind. 2, p. 670.) 



^^foRt^ Chhagul-batee. %. <^ Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India, 



Bengal, (Serampore,) &c. Fl. middle-sized, yellowish, — K. S ; — fr. 



C. S. 



