Clematis bourdillonii Dunn in Kew Bull. 1914: 81.1914; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1: 3. 1915 (repr. ed. 1: 2. 1957).

Shrubs, climbing or straggling; branches glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves 1 - 2 temate; leaflets oblong or elliptic, acute or obtuse, entire or sometimes coarsely toothed, 6 - 8 x 2.8 - 4.5 cm; nerves 3 - 5, ribbed and raised beneath. Inflorescence axillary or terminal, many-flowered panicles. Flowers ca 2 cm across, with up to 1.5 - 1.7 cm long pedicels. Sepals 4, reflexed, glabrous inside, villous outside. Filaments glabrous: connectives produced beyond anther lobes. Achenes with up to 5 cm long tails.

Fl. April- May; Fr. June - Aug.

Distrib. India: Evergreen forests of Western Ghats, 500 - 1000 m. Kerala.

Endemic, rare and endangered.

Notes. Chromosome no. n = 24 (Shobha & Ramachandran in Taxon 29: 165. 1980).