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The Order is not of much importance in Indian 

 botany, as the plants belonging to it are mostly 

 confined to temperate regions. The common wild 

 plants of Bengal are chhagalbati {Naravelia zey- 

 lantca), a climber with ternate leaves, the terminal 

 leaflet of which is converted into a tendril ; Ranun- 



Fig. 145, — Anemone riviilaris 

 f. Head of Achenes. 



cuius sceleratus (Plate IV, fig. a), an erect herb, 

 found generally on the banks of rivers and marshes; 

 Clematis Gouriana, C. montana (fig. 144), herbs 

 climbing by twisting the petiole; Anemone rivu- 

 laris (fig. 145), a common roadside herb in Shillong 

 (Assam) with star-shaped white flowers. The com- 

 monly cultivated garden annuals are Larkspur {Del- 

 phinium) and Monkshood or Aconite {Aconitum) 



