yni^.] XLiii. AMPELiDE^. (M. A. Lawson.) G55 



C^es usually nearly sessile, very much smaller and more robust than !a the 

 iMt species i^foj^er^ green. Style 0; siigma large flat. FruU dry, 2-4-8eeded 

 1 a{ ^°- ^d.'-i'"-. girt about the middle by a ndge, hollow, the small openine 

 Closed bva thm membrane closely resembling that of V. BozburgMt.-Specmena from 

 assam liave leaves 8 m. long or more, and the cymes on longer petioles and more 



diffuse. 



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40. V. canarensls, Dah. in Eooh Km Joum. Bot. iii, 123; stem 

 nerbaceous pale warted, cynies about 2 in. shorter than the petioles, fruit 



m. globose nearly smooth. 



•Wes 



Western Peninsula; Canara, DaheU. ^ ,. ■ - ' > ^- ■ 

 Leaves 7-8 in. ; petiole 3-34 in.; leaflets 4 by 2 in., shortly stalked, elliptic, pnLes- 

 cent on both surfaces, at length glabrous. Petals distinct. Style short, stigma acute. 



-Very closely allied to Klanceolaria, of which it "may prove to be a broad-leaved 



Tanety. , ^ • . ■ ■ ^/- " * 



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J^' ^- Roxburg-hll, TT- d& A. Prodr. 127 {exct." synonym£f'*. quite 

 glabrous, stems slender, bark smooth black shining, cymes longer tnan the 

 petioles, fruit the size of a currant 2-4-seeded, seeds hemispheric hollow 

 ^P-shaped, the opening closed by a membrane. 



Western Peninsula ; Courtallam, Wight, ' ' * ''"'•■ ^ ' ' \ 



x^aue^ 5-8 in., glossy, glabrous, veiy membranous j petiole 2 in. ; leaflets 3-7 in:, 



stalks f-l in.^ elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacuimiiate, entire. TendriU simple, long, 

 ^nder. . Cymes shortly pedunculate, 3-4 in., branches divaricating. Flowers small, 



pen. Style conspicuous. — The seed closely resembling that of V.pedata, but a little 



^rger and darker- coloured. .:....„, ^ , . . s.^ ■ 



Anis, by inspection of the specimen in Wight's herbarium, I have determined to 

 JJ^^J^^^oubtedly Wight and Amott's spiecies, although in the description they say 



a nanicle. and 



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P^nt, IS F. lanceolarUi. 



4a V. reticulata, Thwaites Enum. 63 (Cissus); stems slender,^ whole 

 P^jpt quite glabrous, cymes lojiger than the petioles, leaves prominently 

 '^^ticulated, fruit ovoid the size of a cherry pale rose-coloured. ..^ 



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Y'^^Wn; m the Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. _ 



feaye* 6-8 in.; petiole li-24 in."; leaflets 4-6 in., stalks J-1 in. lonft IroacHy 

 ^Ptic-ovate, cuspidate, the upper half obscurely denticulate, membranous. liowers f 

 ^o_i m.— Thwaites remarks that this species is closely allied to some forms of 



r^<^^ differing from it chiefly in the form and character of the leaves, and larger 

 ^'j' the trifnlinln+o ^Ko^««f«». r^f i\^a Ioavaq lift sTio^ffests mav not be constant. 



tnfoliolate character of the leaves he suggests may 



*3.V. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 6024; stems exceedingly coarse thick 

 !ja woody, young branches cymes and petioles puberulous, cymes 8 in. 

 £f Se equalling the petioles, fruit the size of a pea red, seed i by i in. 

 ^ngular-obovoid emarginate coarsely angled or muncate pale. 



t^aves 1 ft. Jong ; petiole 6 in. ; leaflets elliptic, or suboTwvafe, acute or rounded at 



rtnnf^'^ coarsely dentate-serrate at length glabrous, conaceous. lendros simpie 

 glob ^^'"'* 6 L long ; peduncle 2 in. Flowers very small, often unisexual. Fruit 

 <^se, black, pruinose, 4-seeded. ,^;<'i|. ."-=-''' 





S^ger ' pa^'-J^gS^ t^Uust,' lateral leasts very oWxque, 



^n^ long as the UW flowers large, ^^i* t^^/i^^/^ itr Vhk 

 ^ i by 1 in.'f6iSidly obovoid .nearly smooth polished black. : Vitia 



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