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I. R ANUN CTJL ACEiE 
1. CLEMATIS. The Greek name. — Temperate regions, rare in 
the tropics. 
Shrubs climbing by means of their leaf-stalks. Leaves of 3 
leaflets or pinnate, opposite, or clustered at the nodes ; leaflets 
often lobed, usually irregularly toothed. Flowers solitary on 
axillary stalks, or in loose axillary panicles. Sepals 4, rarely more, 
large, petal-like, spreading or erect, valvate in bud. Petals none. 
Stamens numerous, filaments glabrous or hairy. Fruit a head of 
nearly sessile achenes conspicuous by the persistent styles which 
grow out into long feathery tails. 
Leaves with 3 leaflets. Flowers solitary on long stalks. 
Flowers white . 
Flowers dull purple ..... 
Leaves pinnate. Flowers in panicles. 
Sepals spreading. 
Flowers | in. diam. .... 
Flowers f-1 in. diam. 
Leaflets hairy . . 
Leaflets downy ..... 
Sepals erect, tips recurved. 
Filaments hairy only on the lower half 
Filaments hairy throughout. 
Stem and leaflets glabrous . 
Stem and leaflets hairy 
1. G. montana. 
2. C. barbellaia. 
4. G. Gouriana. 
3. C. grata. 
5. G. puberula. 
6. C. nutans. 
7. G. connata. 
8. G. Buchananiana. 
1. Clematis montana, Buch.-Ham. ; Fl.Br.Ind. i. 2. Glabrous 
or pubescent. Stems terete. Leaves of 3 leaflets, stalked, clustered 
at the nodes ; leaflets narrowly ovate, acute, margins more or less 
toothed, especially towards the tip. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., white, 
solitary on axillary stalks longer than the leaves. Sepals oblong, 
flat, spreading, tip rounded. Anthers and achenes glabrous. 
Simla, common on open hill-sides ; April. — Temperate Himalaya, 4000- 
12,000 ft. 
This species is widely cultivated in England on account of its early flower- 
ing season. 
2. Clematis barbellata, Edgew. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 3. Glabrous 
or nearly so. Stems terete. Leaves of 3 leaflets, stalked, clus- 
tered at the nodes ; leaflets ovate-lanceolate, often lobed, irregu- 
larly sharply toothed. Buds ovoid, acute. Flowers dull purple, 
solitary on axillary stalks at first shorter than the leaves, lengthen- 
ing in fruit. Sepals §-l in. long, pubescent, lanceolate, long- 
pointed, spreading. Filaments usually fringed with long hairs. 
Anthers hairy on the back. Achenes glabrous. 
Mushobra, Mahasu, in forest ; May, June. — W. Himalaya, 5000-12,000 ft. 
3. Clematis grata, Wall. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 3. More or less hairy. 
Stems deeply furrowed. Leaves pinnate ; leaflets rarely only 3, 
hairy on both surfaces, ovate -lanceolate, often cordate, usually 
lobed, pointed, irregularly sharply toothed. Flowers f-1 in. 
diam., cream-coloured, fragrant, in panicles often longer than 
