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1. 2. Clematis Gouriana, 

 (Roxb.) climbing : leaves pinnate 

 or bipinnate ; leaflets ovate- lan- 

 ceolate, acuninated, cordate at the 

 base, 3-or obscurely 5-nerved, 

 entire or with a few coarse serra- 

 tures : young branches angled, 

 and peduncles, and oblong achenia 

 pubescent : sepals revolute. — W. 

 and A. Prod. p. 2. 



This beautiful species flowers 

 during the cool season. At this 

 time, January, it is in full bloom 

 in the jungles below Coonoor, 

 where it may be seen climbing to 

 the tops of the highest trees com- 

 pletely covering them with such a 

 profusion of white flowers as al- 

 most to conceal the tree that 

 supports them. In Mysore it is 

 of frequent occurrence in the dense 

 thickets surrounding most of the 

 hamlets of that province. 



3. Clematis Wightiana, 

 (Wall.) climbing : leaves pinnate ; 

 leaflets not wrinkled, very villous 

 and soft on both sides, coarsely 



ANEMONE. 



serrated, cordate at the base, pal- 

 mately 3-lobed, the middle lobe 

 the longest, or divided again into 

 3 ovate-lanceolate, segments : 

 young branches, peduncles, and 

 flat achenia, pubescent : sepals 

 ovate, outside very pubescent, 

 inside glabrous : filaments hairy. 

 —W. and A. Prod. p. 2. 



This species is less frequent 

 than the preceding, but is abun- 

 dant among the brushwood of 

 clumps of jungle about Ootaca- 

 mund ; also on the road side above 

 Kaity, and on that leading from 

 Southdown round the foot of Elk 

 Hill. In the latter station I met 

 with it in the greatest perfection. 

 It is readily distinguished by its 

 soft almost woolly pale green 

 leaves. 



I may here remark that the 

 colourist has represented them 

 of too deep a green, for which, 

 however, I can scarcely blame him, 

 . as I found it very difficult to ob- 

 tain the proper tint. 



Wind Flower. 



Involucre 3-leaved, distant from the flower, the leaflets variously 

 cut. Sepals 5-15, petaloid, imbricated in aestivation. Petals 0, 

 Stamens numerous. Achenia numerous. Seed pendulous. Her- 

 baceous plants with a perennial root. Leaves radical, stalked, more 

 or less cut or lobed. Scape, when branched, bearing involucres 

 at each of its divisions. 



Of this genus nearly 100 species have been described in recent 

 Botanical works. They are for the most part herbacious with peren- 

 nial roots, and, generally, can be at once distinguished by their 

 flowers having no distinct calyx, the floral leaves being all petaloid : 



