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I. RANUNCULACEiE 
6. Clematis nutans, Boyle ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 5. Silky-pubescent. 
Stems slender, furrowed. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets ovate-oblong 
or lanceolate, undivided or 3-5-lobed, margins entire or sharply 
and irregularly toothed. Flowers drooping, pale yellow, in 
panicles. Sepals f-1 in. long, densely silky-pubescent outside, 
not ribbed, oblong, erect, tip recurved, pointed. Filaments hairy 
only on the lower half, tapering upwards. Achenes densely hairy. 
Valleys below Simla ; September, October. — W. Himalaya, 2000-5000 ft. 
7. Clematis connata, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 6. Glabrous except the 
flowers, stems faintly grooved. Leaves pinnate, the bases of the 
opposite stalks more or less united, sometimes forming a broad 
flat expansion ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, cordate, sometimes lobed, 
sharply irregularly toothed. Flowers yellow-white, in panicles. 
Sepals J-l in. long, tomentose on both surfaces, not ribbed, 
oblong, erect, tip recurved, obtuse. Filaments hairy throughout. 
Achenes densely hairy. 
Simla, Mushobra ; July-September. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000-10,000 ft. 
8. Clematis Buchananiana, DC. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 6. Shortly hairy. 
Stems grooved. Leaves pinnate, the bases of the opposite stalks 
more or less united ; leaflets broadly ovate, cordate, often lobed, 
coarsely and irregularly crenately toothed. Flowers pale yellow, 
in long leafy panicles. Sepals J-l in. long, tomentose outside, 
pubescent within, ribbed, narrowly oblong, erect, tip recurved, 
pointed. Filaments hairy throughout. Achenes hairy. (Fig. 1.) 
Simla, common ; August. — Temperate Himalaya, 5000-10,000 ft. 
2. ANEMONE. From the Greek anemos, wind, referring 
perhaps to some species appearing in the windy months of early 
spring.— Cold and temperate regions, rare in the S. Hemisphere. 
Perennial herbs. Stems erect, usually branched. Leaves radical, 
long-stalked, deeply lobed, margins toothed. Flowers rather large, 
regular, in a simple or compound, umbelliform cyme bearing leaf- 
like involucres at its base and at the forks of its branches ; cymes 
few- or many-flowered. Sepals 5-8, petal-like, imbricate, spread- 
ing. Petals none. Stamens numerous. Carpels many, 1-ovuled, 
styles short. Fruit a head of sessile achenes. 
Radical leaves 5-7-lobed. 
Leaves glabrous on the upper, white- tomentose on 
lower surface. Achenes woolly . . . . 1. A. vitifolia. 
Leaves silky on both surfaces. Achenes glabrous . 4. A. joolyanthes. 
Radical leaves 3-parted. 
Leaves crenate. Achenes hairy 2. A. obtusiloba. 
Leaves sharply toothed. Achenes glabrous . . . 3. A. rivularis. 
1. Anemone vitifolia, Buch.-Ham . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 8. Stem 1-3 ft., 
white-pubescent, robust. Radical leaves orbicular, 4-8 in. across, 
cordate, deeply 5-lobed, sharply toothed, upper surface glabrous, 
