2 I. BANUNCULACEiE [Clematis 



5. C. Gouriana, Eoxb. ; Wiglit Ic. 933-4. Vern BelMm, Belkangu^ 



N.W. 



Leaves pinnate, often bipinnate, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, 

 entire or irregularly serrate, 2-^3 in. long, 3-5 basal nerves, upper part of 

 petiole often without leaflets, woody, twisted round supports. ¥1, greenish- 

 wMte h in. diam. 



Sub-liimalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 "ft. 5 Burma, tipper and lower ; Western 

 Peninsula. PL E. S. — Ceylon, Malay Peninsula and Arcbipelago. 



0. PL in axillary panicles, sepals Si3reading, filaments hairy. 



6, C. ^A^ightiana, Wall.; Wiglit Ic. t. 935. 



Soft-tomentose, leaves pinnate, leaflets usually 5, broadly cordate or ovate, 

 B-5 lobed, densely villous beneath. Fl. 1-2 in. diam. Sepals tawny-tomentose 

 outside, filaments with long white silk. 



Western G-hats, from Maliahleshwar sonthwarcU, common on the INilgiris. PL 

 Jan.-Feb, 7. C. orientalis, Linn. Dry valleys of the inner N.W. Himalaya, glabrous, 

 glaucous, leaves pinnate or bipinnate, leaflets lobed, varying fi'om linear-lanceolate 

 to hroad-ovate ] fl. IJ in- across, yellow, mottled ~^rith purple, sepals 4. 



D. P^L in axillary panicles, sepals erect with recurved tips. 



10. C. Buchaniana, DO. ; Collett Simla Fl. fig. 1. Vern. Kcaml^ Bah\ 

 Jauns. 



A large woody climber, greyish tomentose, leaves pinnate, leaflets 5-7, 

 broadly ovate, coarsely serrate or 3-5 lobed. PI. campanulate, ci-eam coloured, 

 sepals ribbed, filaments linear, densely hairy. 



Himalaya, from the Punjab eastwards, 5,000-10,000 ft , Ivhabi hi! lb. PL Aug.-Dee. 



11. C. connata, DC. Himalaya, from Kashmir eastwards, closely allied to 10, but 

 nearly glabrous, fl. smaller and petioles generally connate into a fiat coiiaceons or 

 woody expansion. 12. C. grewissflora, DO. Himalaya, from Kumaon eastwards, a«>- 

 cending to 5,000 ft. Manipur, Shan hills, Upper Burma, densely and softly tawny or 

 rusty tomentose, leaves pinnate, leaflets 3-5, cordate or broadly ovate. PL 1| in. long, 

 tawny tomentose outside, filaments filiform above. 13. C. acumiaata, DO.*" Hima- 

 laya, from Kedar Kanta eastwards, Khasi hills to Patkoy range, leaves trifoliolate 

 glahrous, leaflets ovate or ovate-lanceolate, entire or distantly toothed, fl. yellow 

 sepals slightly pubescent outside. 



2. NARAVELIA, DC. ; PL Brit. Ind. i. 6. 



Climbing shrubs, leaves pinnate, leaflets 2 opposite, common petiole 

 prolonged into a tendidl. PL in large axillary panicles. Sepals 4, petals 6-12, 

 linear-spathulate, achenes with long hairy styles. Species 2. 



1. N. zeylanica, DO. — Syn. Atragene zeylanica^ Linn. ; Eoxb. Cor. PL t. 

 188. Vern. 8at~gyo-yit, Burm. ; Nara-ivel^ Singhal. 



Branchlet», petioles and inflorescence pubescent, leaflets broad-ovate, 

 acuminate, 3-4 in. long, entire or with a few large teeth, softly tomentose 

 beneath, with 5-7 prominent basal nerves, tendril deflexed at right angles to 

 the petiole. PL yellowish green, panicles lax, usually longer than leaves. 

 Sepals I--J- in., tomentose outside, soon deciduous, petals as long as sepals, 

 linear spreading, achenes hairy, with hairy style 2 in. long. 



Sub-himalayan tract, from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 3,000 ft., Burma, Western 

 Peninsula. PL at different times between June and Dec. Ceylon, Malay Archipelago, 

 South China. 2. N. laurifolia, Wall. Martaban and Tenasserim, Malay Peninsula ancl 

 Archipelago, to the Philippines. Glabrous, fl. cream coloured, petals broader at the 

 end, moi^e or less spathulate. 



