18 1. BANUNCULACEM. [Clematis. 



1. C. Gouriana, Uoxh. Fl. Ind. ii. 670; W. Sf A. Prod 2; Boyle 

 III. 51 ; Uk. f. «? T. Fl. Ind. 8 ; F. B. I. i. 4 ; Watt E. D. Vern. Bel- 

 Tcun (Dehra Dun). 



An extensive climber, usually glabrous ; young parts pubescent. Leaves 

 pinnate, 2-pinDate or 2-ternate; leaflets membranous, ovate-olDlong or 

 cordate, acuminate, shining above, sometimes pubescent beneath. 

 Flowers small, in dense panicles, yellowish or greenish- white. Sepals 

 spreading from the base, obovate or oblong, puberulous. Filaments 

 glabrous. Achenes narrowly oblong, hairy. 



Dehra Dun. Distrib. : Punjab Hills and West Himalaya up to 

 5,000 ft., extending to Ceylon, the Malay Peninsula, Java and the 

 Philippines. This species, though very variable in regard to its foliage, 

 closely resembles the European C. Vitalha, the well-known " Traveller's 

 Joy." The specific name given by Eoxburgh refers to Gour, the ancient 

 capital of Bengal, amongst the ruins of which this plant is abundant. 

 It begins to flower towards the end of the rainy season. 



2. C. nutans, Royle III. 51 ; Hk. f. ^ T. Fl. Ind. 10 ; F. B. I. i. 5. 



Vern. NdhchhiTcni (Dehra Dun). 



A slender silkily pubescent woody climber with furrowed stems. Leaves 

 decompoundly pinnate; leaflets 1-3 in., ovate oblong or lanceolate, 

 acutely or obtusely 3-5-lobed, rarely entire. Flowers large, in much- 

 branched panicles, pale yellow. Sepals erect, with recurved tips, 

 oblong, many-nerved, silky outside. Filaments hairy towards the base, 

 ^c/ienes large,' ovate, silky. 



Dehra Dun, in shady ravines. Distrib. : West Himalaya, from the 

 Sutlej to Kumaon, up to 5,000 ft. ; Parasnath in Behar ; Chota Nagpur ; 

 Khasia Hills. The flowers appear at the beginning of the cold season. 



2. THALICTRUM, Linn. ; FL Br. Ind. i. 10. 



Erect, usually rigid, perennial herbs. Leaves compoand ; petioles 

 sheathing, often auricled or stipuled. Flowers in panicles or racemes, 

 often polygamous. Sepals 4-5, imbricate, petaloid. Petals 0. 

 Stamens many. Carpels few or many ; ovule 1, pendulous. Fruit 

 a small head of sessile or stalked achenes. 



Leaves ternately decompound, anthers not pointed 1. 1\ javanicum. 

 Leaves pinnately decompound, anthers pointed . 2, T. foUolosum. 



1. T. javanicum, Blume Bijdr. 2 ; F. B. I. i. 13. T. glyphocarpum, 

 W. ^ A. Prod. 2 ; HTi.f. 4- T. Fl. Ind. 16. 



Stems 2-3 ft., erect, glabrous. Leaves ternately divided, with auricled 

 sheaths ; leaflets ^-f in. long, orbicular or oval, obtusely 3-7-toothed at the 

 apex, base rounded or cordate, glaucous beneath ; stipules adnate to the 

 petioles, membrauous, fimbriate. Flowers small, white, often clustered 

 at the ends of the panicle branches. Filaments club-shaped ; anthers 



