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Tribe I. Clematideaj. Climbing shrubs. Leaves opposite. Sepals 
valvate, petaloid. Carpels 1-ovuled ; ovate pendulous. Fruit of many 
achenes. 
Petals 0 ... ... ... ... 1. Clematis. 
Petals many, linear ... ... ... 2. Naravclia. 
I; Clematis, Linn. 
"Woody climbers. Leaves opposite, simple or compound, exstipulate. 
Sepals 4 to 8, valvate. Petals 0. Stamens many. Carpels many, 
with long tails. Ovule solitary, pendulous. — Distrib. Temporate climates ; 
specicH about 100. 
1. C. similacifolta, Wall, in Asiat. Research, xiii, 414. Leaves 
simple, (rarely pinnate) ovate, blunt, with broad sub-cordate bases, boldly 
5-nerved, coriaceous, glabrous, entire or remotely serrate, 3 to 10 in. long 
by 1*5 to 5 in. broad ; petioles nearly as long. Panicles axillary, few- 
flowered, 6 to 12 in, long. Flowers 1 to 1*5 in diam. Sepals 4 to 5, coriaceous, 
oblong, reflexed, outside dull brown tomentose, inside purple. Filaments 
linear, glabrouB, the inner shorter with longer anthers. Achenes flat, 
pubescent, with broad margins and long feathery tails. A tall glabrous 
woody climber. DC. Prod., I„ 10 ; Bot. Mag., t. 4259 ; H. f . et Th. 
Fl. Ind., i, 6; Hook. fil. Ft Br. Ind., i, 3. Miq. Fl. Ind., Bat. I, Pt. ii, 
p. 2. C. sub-peltata, Wall., PI. Ab. ? Rar. I, t. 20- C. Munroana, Wight 
111., i, 5, t. h ? C glandulosa, Bl., Bijdr. i, 1. 
Penang, Curtis ; but probably occurring also in the Central Range 
of mountains in the Malnyan Peninsula. 
2. C. Gouiuana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii, 670. An extensive climber, the 
young parts pubescent, adult glabrou*. Leaves shortly petiolatc, pinnate, 
2- pinnate or 2-ternate, the leaflets shortly potiolulate, membranous, ovate 
to ovate-lanceolate, 5-norved, sometimes sub- cordate, entire or irregular- 
ly dentate-serrate, 2 to 3 in. long by *75 to 1*75 in. broad. Panicles many- 
flowered, longer than the leaves; flowers small (*3 to *5 in. in diam.) green- 
ish-white. Achenes narrowly oblong, pubescent, emarginate, with long 
silky tails. DC. Prod, i, 3 ; W. A. Prod. 2; Wight Ic. 933-4. H. f. 
et Th. Fl. Ind. 8; Hook. Fl. fil. Brit. Ind. i, 4. Miq. Ind. Fl. Eat. Vol. 
I, Pt. 2, p. 4. C. cana and dentosa, Wall. Cat. 0. javana, DC. Prod, i, 7. 
Not uncommon at low elevations in the Indo- Malayan region. 
2. Naravelia, DC. 
Climbing shrubs. Leaves 3-folioIate, terminal leaflet generally 
transformed into a tendril. Sepals 4 to 5. Petals 6 to 12, narrow, longer 
mny bo found. I tlierofnrn think it boltor to lot tljo diagnosis stand, tlirm to modify 
it ao as to include only tho tribe CJematidea. 
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