Clematis.] li ranunculace^. (Hook. f. & Thoriis.) 5 



solitary mtli a psiir of pinnate leafy bi-aota oh the peduncle. Mowers lJ-2 in. diam., 

 pale yellow, oduur heavy. /Sepals pubescent outsidfe, densely tomentpse inside. Fila- 

 ments narrow-linear. Abhmes pubescent. — Resembles the European O. Flammula. 



14. C. orlentalls, L. : glabrous, glaucous, leaves pinnate or S-pinnate, 

 sepals ovate acuminate. Jl.f. <So T. Fl. Ind. 9. 



Westben Himalaya, dry inner valleys from the Indus to Kumaon, ascending to 

 14,000 ft. Westebn Tibet, T. T.— Distkib. Temp. Asia, from Persia to Manchuria. 



A large woody climber, branchlets sometimes puberulous. Leaflets 1-2 in., orbi- 

 cular to ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, entire toothed or cut. Panicles tnany-flowered. 

 Flowers 14 in. diam., yellow or mottled with purplei Sepals 4, villous outside or fan 

 both surfaces, edges tomentose. Filaments membranous, tapering from a broad baise, 

 silky or ciliate. Achenes oblong, silkily hairy. — Very variable. 



Vae. 1. actetifolia; leaves oblong-lanoeolate acute or acuminate, flowers usually 

 large. C. tenuifolia, Boyk 111. 51. C. graveolens, Sook. Bot. Mag. t. 4495 {iiot of 

 Lindl.). C. paTvifolia, Mdgew. in lAnn. Trans, xx. 25. C. Ispahanica, Btiss. Fl, 

 Orient, i. 3 {Jlowiits smaU). C. longicaudata, Ledeb, PI. Boss. i. 3i 



Vae. 2. phtusifolia; usually very glaucous, leaves oblong obtuse, flowers small or 

 aiddle-sized. C. gknoa, WUld. 



Vae. 3. laUfolia v glaucous, leaves orbicular or oval obtusely lobed, flowers middle- 

 sized. C. globosa, Boyle Itt. 51. G. albida, Klotzseh in Bot. Beis. Br. Wald. t. 40. 



15. C. Wi^tlana, Wall. Cat. 4674; softly doWny, leaves piiinate, 

 Sepals broadly ovate. W. & A. Prodr. 2 ; WigU lb. t. 935 ; H.f. <5s T. Fl. 

 Irid. 10. 



Hills of the Dekkak, Okissa, Oonoah and NiLOHifei, ascending to 7000 ft., 

 Wi^ht, &c. 



A large woody climber. Leaflets usually 5, 2 in., orbicular- or ovate-cordate, 

 3-5-lobed, densely villous and brown below^ at length glabrate above. Flowers 2-24 

 in. diam., in decompound panicles. 'Sepails 4, brown tomentose outside. Filaments 

 narrow-linear, silty below the middle, glabrous at the base and tip ; anthers sbort. 

 Achenes silky. 



** S^Jals erect, witi recurved tips. Filaiteents hairy ; coanecttve not 

 produced. 



16. C. nutans, Royle III. 51 ; silkily pubescent, leaves deiiompoundly 

 pinnate, ff. f. S T, Fl. Ind. W. 



Western Subtkopical Himalaya, from the Sutlej to Kumaon, alt. 2-5060 ft., 

 Hoyle, &c. !Khasl4. hills, at Nurtiung, alt. 4000 ft., S.f. & T. BehaB, oh Parasnath, 

 alt. 2000 ft. „ , , 



Stem furrowed, slender, woody, elimbing. Ltaflets 1-3 m., ovsite oblbng'Ol- lanoeo> 

 latfe, deeply acutely oV obtusely 3-5-lobed, rkfely entiW. Floiem i^% fn. diam., in 

 much branched many-flowered panicles, gale yellow. SepaU oblong, many-nerved, 

 silky outside. Filaments narrow-linear, silky bel6w the middle, tapering upwards; 

 anthers short. Achenes large, ovate, silky-hairy. 



17 C. acuminata. DC. Syst. i. 148 ; glabrous except the flowers, leave's 

 once'ternate, rarely simple. jDon Pro&r. 192 ; WaU. Cat. 4670 \H.f.& T. 



Fl. Ind. 11. :, f, 



Tempeeate Himalaya, from Garwhal to Bhotan. Upper AsbaSi, Mishmi and Pat- 



^\ lar^woody, slender, branched climber. Leajtets 3-5 in., ovate or ovate^lanceo- 

 late acuminate, shining, quite entire or minutely distantly toothed. Flowers 1-lJ in. 

 diam in decompound (sometimes feW-flowered) panicles. S^als oblong-lancep ate, 

 more or less pubescent outside, suberect or spreading. Filaments, narrow linear, cihate 

 with lOiig spreading hairs throughout. AcheMS sAy.^The following vaneties may 

 jirove Bp?cieB ; — 



