Cletnatis.] i. RANUNCULACEiE. (Hook. f. & Thorns.) 3 



Temperate Himalaya from the Indus to the T?ramaputra, ascending to 12,000 ft., 

 always above 8500 ft. in Sikkim. Khasia hills atoye 4000 ft. 



A woody climber, glabrous or silky. Leaves fascicled at the nodes ; leaflets ovate, 

 toothed or incised, usually acute. Flowers 2 to 4 in. diam., often scented, white 

 or pinkish or yellowish ; pedicels exceeding the leaves. Sepals 4, elliptic, acute or 

 obtuse, glabrous or silky outside. Filaments narrow-linear ; anthers short, Acheries 

 flat, glabrous ; receptacle pilose. 



4. C. barbellata, Edgew. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 25 ; leaves once 

 -temately divided, pedicels naked, anthers softly bearded on the back. 

 Hook. Bat. Mag. t. 4794 ; E. f. S T. Fl. Ind. 5. C. nepaulensis, Royle 

 III. 51 {not of others). 



Western Temperate Himalaya in Garwhal and Kumaon, Boyle, &c. 



A woody climber, glabrous or nearly so. Leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acute, toothed or 

 lobed. Flowers large, dull purple. Sepals oblong, acuminate, pubescent on both sur- 

 faces, margins villous. Filaments broadly linear, 1-nerved, often ciliate with long 

 hairs ; anther-cells introrse. Achenes glabrous. 



5. C. acutangula, H.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 5; leaves 2-pinnate, pedicels 

 2-bracteate at the base rarely in the middle, anthers softly hairy. 



Khasia hills, near Molim, alt. 5000 ft, Oriffith, S.f.&T. 



A slender, hardy woody climber. Stem angled, deeply furrowed, slightly hairy. 

 Leaflets 1-2 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, crenate or 3-lobed. Floieers brownish- 

 yellow ; pedicels 1-3-nate, short. Sepals oblong, acute, pubescent outside. Filaments 

 narrow-linear, 1 -nerved, pilose; anthers introrse. Achenes &a,t, margined, pubescent. — 

 Intermediate between this and the following section. 



Sect. III. Flammula, DG. Achenes with long feathery taUs. Flowers 

 in axillary panicles, 

 * Sepals spreading from the base, 

 t Filaments glabrous ; connective of anthers not produced. 



6. C. smilacifolia, Wall, in Asiat. Hesearches, xiii. 414 ; Cat. 4683 ; 

 glabrous, leaves large usually simple ovate or cordate coriaceous entire or 

 remotely serrate. Bot. Mag. t. 4259 ; E. f. & T. Fl. Ind. 6. C. subpeltata, 

 WaU. PI. As. Ear. 1 1. 20; Cat. 4868. C. Munroana, Wight lU. i. 5, t. 1. 

 C. smUacina, Blume. Bijd. 1. 



Himalaya from Sikkim eastwards, ascending to 5000 ft. Khasia hills ; Cohcan ; 

 Teavancor ; AvA. — Distrib. Java, Borneo, Philippines. 



A tall, glabrous, woody climber. Leaves 3-10 by 1-7 in., rarely once temate, upper 

 smaller, narrower and cuneate at the base; Panicleti 6-12 in. Flowers 1-1^ in. diam. 

 Sepals 4-5, coriaceous, oblong, at length reflexed, outside dull-brown tomentose, inside 

 deep purple. Filaments membranous, linear, glabrous, inner shorter with longer 

 anthers ; connective produced. Achenes flat, pubescent, margins broad. 



7. C. trilolia, Het/ne in Roth. Nov. Sp. 251 ; silky, leaves small simple 

 or once temate entire or 1-3-toothed or -lobed. DC. Prodr. i. 8 j W. da A. 

 Prodr. i, 2 ; E.f & T. Fl. Ind. 7. 



Mountains of the M^wal district of the Dekkan and W. Cokcan. 



An extensive climber. Leaves or leafl^s 1-2 in. , elliptic-ovate or cordate, 3-nerved. 

 Panicle many-flowered ; lower bracts leafy. Flowers 14-2 in. diam,, white. Sepals 

 4-6, membranous, oblong,- silky outside. Filaments narrow-linear, glabrous. ' 



8. C. grata, WaU. Gat. 4668 ; PI. As. Bar. i. t. 98 ; hoary pubescent, 

 leaves simply pinnate. E.f. & T. Fl. Ind. 7. 



Subtropical and Temperate Himalaya, from Kumaon westwards, alt. 2-8000 ft. — 

 Distrib. Affghanistan, China, trop. Africa. 



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