Clematis.] flora indica. 11 



grosse aristato-dentatis, sepalis obloiigis, filamentis anguste ligulatis 

 sericeo-pilosis. 



a. rugosa ; foliia latioribus obtusiusculis rugosis reticulate veno- 

 sis subtus dense albo-tomentosis, caulibus tomentosis. — C. Buclianani- 

 ana, Wall. Cat. 4677 !; Don, Prod. 191. 



0. mtifolia; foliis tenuioiibus cano-pubesceiitibus vel subglabris, 

 caulibus pubesceutibus.— C. vitifolia, Wall. Cat. 4676! 



y. tortuosa ; foliis glabriusculis-serioeo-venosis vel glabenimis, 

 caulibus laxe fulvo-pilosis,— C. tortuosa, Wall. Cat. 4675 ! 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 5-10,000 ped. : Panj.ib Hima- 

 laya ! Garhwal ! Kumaon ! Nipal ! Sikkim ! ; et in montibus Khasia, alt. 

 4-6000 ped. ! — a in Himalaya occidentali vulgaris, /3 et y in humidiori- 

 bus Himalayae orientalis et Khasia. — (v. v.) 



Rami validi, rotundati. Foliola 2~3-uQcialia, basi cordata, obtusa vel acutiuscula, 

 Integra vel inaoqualiter triloba. Panieula parce ramosa, ramis pedicellisque tomen- 

 tosis, Bracteai foliaccEe, interduin verticillatse, varic incisffi. Sepala lineari-oblonga, 

 dense tomeatosa. Filamenta sepala subsequantia. Achenia ovata, sericea. 



Though we have divided this species into three varieties, which correspond to the 

 three species of Dr. Wallich, no great importauce must be attached to this mode of 

 grouping, as a regular gradation can be traced from the most hoary state of a, to the 

 glabrous leaves and hairy stems of 7. The amount of variation in pubescence in this 

 species is very remarltable ; specimens which, in shape of leaves and flowers, are abso- 

 lutely undistinguishable, being often quite dissimilarly clothed. 



17. C connata (DC. Prod. i. 4); glabra, foliis pinnatisectis, fo- 

 liolis 5-7 ovatis basi cordatis, petiolis (ssepius) basi dilatatis oonnatis, 

 filamentis e basi ligulata filiformibus longe pilosis. — Wall. Cat. 4679! 

 C. venosa, Royle, III. 51. C. amplexioaulis, 0. velutina, et C. gracilis, 

 Edgeio.! in Linn. Tr. xx. 24, 35. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata, alt. 6-10,000 ped. : Kislitwar! Ku- 

 maoa I Nipal I Sikkim ! — (Fl. autumno.) {v. v.) 



Rami validi, sulcati, prseaertim ad articolos glaucesceutes. Folia maxima, ssepe pe- 

 dalia, pinnatisecta, summa ternatisecta ; /o&'o/a remota, 2-5 uncias longa, 2-3 lata, 

 acuminata, serrata vel grosse dentata, iutegra vel iufflqualiter triloba. Fanicula laxe 

 ramosffi, rami graciles pauciflorEe. Bractece (dum adsunt) foliaceaj, lauceolata3, den- 

 tatffi vel integrse, sed sEepe minuta3. Sepala oblonga, acutiuscula, cano-tomentosa vel 

 puberula, rarius glabrescentia, margine cintreo-pubescentia. Filamenta sepalis bre- 

 viora. Achenia ovalia, sericeo-pilcsa. 



Flowers smaller than in C. Buchananiana. They vary much in amount of pubes- 

 cence. We can find no characters of importauce to separate the different forms 

 which Mr. Edgeworth has considered as distinct. His specimens, which are now 

 before us, certainly exhibit differences in the shape of the leaves; but we think that 

 he has not made sufficient allowance for the great amount of variation to which all 

 the species of this genus are subject, and feel confident that, with a suite of specimens 

 as extensive as that which we possess, he would not even consider them as varieties. 



18. C. acuminata (DC. Syst. i. 148, Prod. i. 6) ; glaberrima, pe- 

 tiolis basi non dilatatis, foliis ternatisectis, foliolis iucidis triuervibus 

 ovatis acuminatis, floribus parvulis subglabris, iilamentis late ligulatis 

 longe sericeis.— 7/«/(!. Cat. 4670 ! ; Don, Prod. 192. 



Hab. In Himalaya temperata : Kumaon! Nipal! Sikkim! — {v. v.) 



