648 XLiii. AMPELiDE^. (M, A. Lawsoii.) [Yitis* 



.Western Himalaya, GarwLal, Strach. & Wint Western Peninsula, from Ae 

 Concan southwards. ' Ay x ? Kurz, — Distkib. Abjssinia. ^ ^ ^^ ^' , 



Young branches and leaves often pellucid. Leaves pale green; petiole 2-5 m. 

 Tendril short, fleshy, opposite the leaves or 0. Petals distinct. Style long, slender. 

 Fruit subglobose, 1- or according to W. & A. l-2-8eeded; pedicels very thick and 

 fleshy. Seed | in., pyriform, smooth, pale.— Wight and Amott refer Cissus vitiginea, 

 Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 406, to this species, but Roxburgh's figure is without doubt V. la^ioia. 



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petioles rounaiy coraate rarely oDscureiy looea cuspj 

 membranous, tendrils forked, peduncles 2-3 in. very 

 rays umbellately many-flowered, bracts and bracteol 

 duous, petals ^^ in., fruit the size of a pea. V. 

 Gssus cordata, Roxb. Fl Ind, i, 407 \ DG.P 

 Fl. Ind. I 406 ; Grah. Cat Bomb. PI 32. ' 

 ed. ii, vol. i. Z73.—Eh€ede Hort. Mai. vii. 21, t 



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Western Peninsula; from the Concan southwards. i v Urxa 



Stems succulent, dark brown, cyliudric, faintly' striate. Leaves slightly puberuioos 



when young, drying black. Cymes slender. Flowers very small ; pedicels i ^^-j ^^ 



slender. Petak distinct. Style long, slender. Fruit subglobose, 1-2-seeded. ^^' 



Var. Stems woody swollen at the nodes. Leaves distantly and very obtuseij 



crenate not bristly-serrate. — Courtallam. ' * . 



14. y. assamica, Zam; whole plant except the youngest parts qjijj^ 

 glabrous, branches subangular woody, leaves roundly cordate or orbicui^ 

 cuspidate or suddenly and shortly acuminate bristly-serrate with recurv 

 margins very prominently nerved beneath harsh and subcoriaceous, tenarua 



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Stems very firm and rigid, turning Wack when diy; a tard harsh plant when co 

 pared with V. glauca. Flowers on slender pedicels. Petals distinct, btyle -n^ ^' 

 etigma subcapitate. Fruit \ in., turbinate, dry, black, subangled, 1-seeded. oeea 5 

 pyriform.— Very closely allied to V. adnata. 



tomentose 



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Linn. Soc. xxv, 



climber, branches terete round glabrous, leaves 6-8 in. cordate wth 

 deep sinus and long point mucronate glabrous above subtomenw 



beneath, tendrils bifid. 



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/^<em4-5in. diara., bark corky. Leaves crenate, crenatures sharply 

 nerved; netiole 2-4 in. Cvmes 3-5-rayed, rays bearing minute green 

 flowers.— I have never seen this species. 



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V. repanda, W. dt A. Prodr. 126 : stems and leaves with appress^ 



4-8 by 3-6 in. i 



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a aqlWsa,^F^a^^..a^.■600o:fc^r^^^ Vahl ;\DG.frodT' }l^ 



Qrah. Cat, Bmh. PI 32 ; DaU, d; Gibs. Bomb. F}, 39. C repens, nwa^^ 











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