INDIAN TREES 



n I. RANUNCULACEjE. Gen. PI. i. 1. 



Tribe Clematideae. Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, usually 

 compound, stipules 0, petioles ofteu woody, twisted round supports. Sepals 

 petaloid, valvate. Stamens x , carpels x , eacb with one pendulous ovule. 

 Fruit, a head of sessile or stalked achenes. 



Petals li 1. Clematis. 



Petals 6-12 2. Xakwklia. 



I. CLEMATIS, Linn.: Fl. Brit. Iud. i. 2. 



Woody climbers. Sepals usually 4, petals 0, achenes usually with long 

 feathery styles. Species 100, a few in tropical, mostly in temperate climates. 

 Of the 20 Indian species only the larger and more common kinds are 

 mentioned here. 



A. IVilircls 1-flowered, in axillary fascicles, leaves trifoliolate. 



1. C. montana, Ham.; Wall. PI. As. Rar. t. 217. Vera. Garol, Pangi; 

 Eauni, N.W. 



Leaves fascicled on arrested brancblets, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceola 

 coarsely toothed, l.l--.\ in. long. Fl. white. 2-3 in. diam., pedicels longer than 

 leaves. Stamens glabrous. 



Himalaya from the Indus eastwards, generally 7,000-9,000, ascending to 12,000 ft. 

 Khasihills. Fl. April-June. 2. C. barbeUata, Edgew. Norta-Wesl Himalaya, 8,000- 

 10,000 ft. Fl. dull purple, sepals acuminate, pubescent on both surfaces, anthers 

 bearded. 



B. Fl. in axillary panicles, sepals spreading, lilaiuent.s glalirous. 



3. C. smilacifolia, Wall. -Syn. C. subpeltata, Wall. PI. As, liar. t. '20. 

 Syn. C. Munroana, Wight III. t. 1. 



Branches furrowed, leaves usually l-foliolate, at times 3-foliolate, petioles 



twisted w ly : leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, I L0 in. long, ovate, base rounded 



or deeply cordate, entire or remotely serrate. Panicles 6 L2 in., tl. 1 \\ in. 

 diam., sepals 1-5, coriaceous, oblong, at length reflezed, outside dull brown 

 tomentose, inside purple. Feathery Btyles in fruit 2 in. long. 



Sikkim, Khnsi hills, Burma hills, Western Coast from North Kanara souths 

 in evergreen forests. Fl. C. S. Ceylon, Lower montane zone. Malaj Lrchipelngo. 

 I c. grata, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 98. North-West Himalaya 2,000-8,000 ft., Opier 

 Burma, Chit •- pinnate, leaflets 5, broadlj ovate, ite or 



B-'obod, puWscenl or tomentose beneath. PI. w liit>-. \ in. diam. 



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