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I. RANUNCULACEiE 
6. Clematis nutans, Royle ; 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-1 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 f-1 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, umbellifor.m 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, spreading. 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.-4. vitifolia. 
Leaves silky on both surfaces. Achenes glabrous . 4. A. polyanthes. 
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 
