Clematis.] flora indica. 9 



11. C. parvifolia (Edgeworth! in Linn, Tr. xx. 25) ; glabra, foliis 

 pinnatim decompositis, paniculis paucifloris (interdum unifloris), pedun- 

 culo medio bibracteato, filamentis linearibus sericeo-pilosis. — C. graveo- 

 lens, Lindl. Journ. Sort. Soc. i. 307. 



Hab. In Himalaya occidentali temperata : alt. 6-11,000 ped., ^«/^e- 

 worik / Banahal ! Kanawer, Munro ! Jacquemont ! — (Fl. Aug.) (». v.) 



Rami graciles, glabri vel apice tenuissime pubescentes. Folia decomposita, sub- 

 membranacea. Segments 1-3 lineas longa rarius uucialia, indivisa vel pinnatifida, 

 lobis lateralibas obtusis mucrouatis, terminali ssepias lanceolato. Paniculte pauci- 

 fiorse, foliosa;, longe pedunculatse, vel rarius ad pedanculos unifloros medio bibracteo- 

 latos redactse ; hractea pinnatse vel indivisse. Sepala late ovalia, obtusa, Htrinque 

 sericea. Stemma sepalis -| breviora ; //ameraifa plana ; antheree muiicm. Achenia 

 ovata, compressa, sericea. 



This speeies resembles very closely in foliage C Flammula, L., but differs in the 

 large flowers ; we have seen no intermediate forms. 



13. C. orientalis (L.) ; subglabra, foliis pinnatis vel bipinnatis 

 glaucia, filamentis planis membranaceis cUiatis apice filiformibus. 



a. acutifolia ; foliolis oblongo-lanceolatis acuminatis, floribus mag- 

 nis. — C. orientalis, L. et auct.; Ledeb. Fl. Boss. i. 3 ; Bill. FMh. t. 119. 

 /. 145. C. tenuifolia, Royle! III. 51. C. graveolens, Hook. Bot. Mag. 

 t. 4495 ! non Lindl. C. Ispahanica, Boissier! Diagn. vi. 8. 



^. obtusifoUa; foliolis oblongis obtusis. — C. glauca, Willd.; Ledeb. 

 Fl. Boss. i. 8. 



y. latifolia ; foliorum segmentis late ovalibus obtuse lobatis. — C. 

 globosa, Boyle! III. p. 51. C. Hysudrica, Munro ! (in Herb. Hook.) 



Hab. In montibus Afghanistan et in Himalaya occidentali Tibetica ; 

 a. in Tibet vulgaris alt. 7-14,000 ped. ! 0. in Himalaya maxime occi- 

 dentali; ILa&hiaix, Jacquemont! Marri, Fleming! Gilgit, Winterbottomf 

 y. in montibus Piti, Boyle! Munro! — (Fl. Jul. Aug.) (v. v.) 

 DiSTEiB. Per totam Asiam temperatam'. 



Glaberrima, glaucescens, rami novelli interdum sericeo-pubescentes. Foliorum seg- 

 menta forma valde varia, in a 1-3 uncias longa, oblongo-lanceolata vel linearia acu- 

 minata, integra triloba vel tripartita, integerrima vel inciso-dentata, in ;3 breviora ob- 

 tusiloba et apice obtusa, in y omnium latissima late ovata vel deitoidea. Paniculee 

 ramosse, multi- vel pluri-florse, saspins longe pediceUatse strictae. Flares straminei vel 

 purpurascentes, in a li unciam diametro, in cseteris var. minores. Sepala 4, steUatim 

 patentia, ovata, acuminata, intus sericeo-villosa, marginibus dense toraentosis, extns 

 glabra vel pubescentia. Stamina sepalis ^ breviora. Achenia oblonga sericeo-pilosa. 



We have examined, in the Hookerian Herbarium, authentic specimens, from nume- 

 rous sources, of C. orientalis^ L., C. glauca^ "Willd., C. longecaudata, Ledeb., and C. 

 Ispahanica, Boissier, all of which, we are quite convinced, are forms of one widely 

 diffused and extremely variable species. The shape of the sepals, and the form and 

 pubescence of the stamens, are the same in all the forms ; but the size of the flowers, 

 and the shape of the leaves, are very variable. In the drier parts of Tibet the variety 

 a is abundant; this has usually very large flowers, but they are occasionally not 

 larger than those of the ordinary Siberian and western forms of the species. In rich 

 soil, and a somewhat more humid climate, the leaves become broader and more glau- 

 cous, and the flowers smaller. Cultivation appears to produce the same effect, for 

 the figure in the Botanical Magazine, from Tibetan seed, porresponds very closely to 

 the plate of T. orientalis given by Dillenius. 



Clematis erecia of Linnaeus, a native of the south of Europe and of western Asia, 



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