ORDER I. RANUNCULACEZ. 
Hersacrovs, rarely shrubby plants: leaves alternate, or op- 
posite, usually divided: petiole dilated, forming a sheath half- 
clasping the stem: sepals distinct, usually 5, generally imbri- 
cate in sstivation, sometimes valvate: petals 3-15, distinct, 
sometimes wanting: stamens indefinite, distinct, hypogynous: 
anthers adnate: carpels numerous, consisting of achenia some-~ 
times baccate or follicular, 1-2-valved: seeds albuminous. 
GENUS I. CLEMATIS. 
Polyandria Polygynia. Sex: Sy: 
Deriv. From Klema, a vine branch, because most of the species 
have a climbing habit. 
Gen. Cuan. Perennial plants with opposite simple or trifolio- 
late leaves, with a terminal leaflet: involucre none, or calyciform: 
sepals 4—8, valvate in estivation, coloured and petal-like: petals 
wanting: stamens numerous, 1-seeded, terminated by a long feathery 
tail: flowers panicled. 
(1) C, Gourtana. (Rozb.) 
Ident. Dec. prod. I. p. 3.—Roxb. fl. Ind. 1I. p. 670.—-W. & 
A. prod. I. p. 2. 
Syn. C. Indica, Heyne. 
Engrav. Wight’s Icon. t. 933—4.—Spicil. I. t. 1-2. 
Spec. Cuar. Stem climbing: leaves pinnate or bipinnate: leaf- 
lets ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, cordate at the base, entire or 
coarsely serrated: peduncles and achenia pubescent: flowers small- 
ish, white. 
Neilgherries and other mountain ranges throughout India. My- 
sore. Flowering towards the end of the year. 
(2) C. rrinopa. (Heyne.) 
Ident. Dec. prod. I. p. 8.—W. & A. prod. I. p. 2.—Roth, 
nov. sp. p. 251. 
Srec. Cuar. Stem climbing: lower leaves simple, middle ones 
3-lobed, upper ef 3 leaflets: segments ovate-lanceolate: young 
branches and peduncles covered with silky down: sepals oblong- 
lanceolate: flowers largish, white. 
Mountains of the Deccan in the Mawul district, flowering in Sep- 
tember, 
