INDIAN TREES 



OnDEE I. RANIINCULACE^. Sen. PI. i. 1. 



Tribe Clematidese. Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite, usually 

 compoundj stipules 0, petioles often woody, twisted round supports. Sepals 

 petaloid, valvate. Stamens oo , carpels oo , eacli with one pendulous ovule. 

 Fruit, a bead of sessile or stalked achenes. 



Petals none .1. Clematis. 



Petals 6-12 . . .2. Xaravelia. 



1. CLEMATIS, Linn.; FL Brit. Ind. i. 2. 



Woody climbers. Sepals usually 4, petals 0, achenes usually with long 

 feathery styles. Species 100, a few in tropical, mostly in temperate climates. 

 Of the 20 Indian species only the larger and more common kinds are 

 mentioned here. 



A. Pedicels 1-flowered, in axillary fascicles, leaves trifoliolate. 



1. C. montana, Ham. ; Wall. PL As. Ear. t, 217. Vern. Garol^ Pangi ; 

 Kaioni^ IST.W. 



Leaves fascicled on arrested branchlets, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 coarsely toothed, 1|-2| in. long. Fl. white, 2-3 in. diam., pedicels longer than 

 leaves. Stamens glabrous. 



Himalaya from the Indus eabtwards, generally 7,000-9,000, ascending to 12,000 ft, 

 Khasi hills. PI. April-June. 2. 0. "barlbellata, Edgew. North- West Himalaya, 8,000- 

 10,000 ft. PI. dull purple, sepals acuminate, pubescent on both surfaces, anthers 

 bearded. 



B. Fl. in axillaiy panicles, sepals spreading, filaments glabrous, 



3. C. smilacifolia^ Wall.— Syn. C. sitbjpeltata^ Wall. PL As. Ear, t. 20. 

 Syn. (7. Munroana^ Wight 111. t. 1. 



Branches furrowed, leaves usually 1-foliolate, at times 3-foliolate, petioles 

 twisted woody ; leaflets coriaceous, glabrous, 4-10 in. long, ovate, base rounded 

 or deeply cordate, entire or remotely serrate. Panicles 6-12 in,, fl. 1-1 1 in, 

 diam., sepals 4-5, coriaceous, oblong, at length reflexed, outside dull brown 

 tomentose, inside purple. Feathery styles in fruit 2 in. long. 



Sikkim, Khasi hills, Burma hills, Western Coast from North Kanara soutli wards, 

 in evergreen forests. PI. 0. S.— Ceylon, lower montane zone. Malay Archijjelago. 

 4. 0. grata, Wall. PI. As. Ear. t. 98. North- West Himalaya 2,000-8,000 ft., Upper 

 Burma, China, leaves pinnate, leaflets 5, broadly ovate, acuminate, inciso-serrate or 

 3-iobed, pubescent or tomentose beneath. PI white, | in. diam, 



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