62 ' ENUMEflATiON OF [Ampelide^. 



XLIV. AMPELIDE^, 



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1. CISSUS, Linn. 



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1. O, edulis, Dalz. in Hook. Lend. Joiirn. of Bot. ix. p. 248. — 0. 

 quadrangxdaris, Roxb. (non Linn.). Vitis quairangularis. Wall. ; 

 W . et A. Prod. i. 125 ; Wight, Icones, t. 51.— c.p. 1174. 



Hab. Common in the hot, drier parts of the island. 



The Cinghalesc use the succulent stems of the plaut as a medicine. 



2. C. glyptocarpa, Thw. ; ramxilis tennibus, 4-a^atis;/o?^^5 trancato- 

 cordatis, acuminatis, serratis, glabris, subtus basi, costa nerrisque 

 adpresse pilosis; siipulis cymbiformibus ; cymis petiolo longionbus, 

 medium versus 3-5-radiatis, glabris. — c.p, 1183. 



Hab, Hot, drier parts of tlie island. 



Tolia 2-3 poll, longa, 1-1| lata; petlolo alato, |-li poll longo. Flores^ parvi, 

 rafesceutes, Pefala acuta, reflesa. Stylus cyliudricus. Stigma miimtum, "bilohum. 

 Nuculania oblonga, 3^ lin. longa, 1-sperma, nigro-purpurea. Semen pynforme, 

 dorso 6-seriatim excavato-puuctatum, antice 2-sulcatum» 



repens, Lam. (W, et A. Prod. i. 125, cum sy 



Warmer narts of the island ; not uncommon 



c.p. 1180. 



4. C. acuminata, Thw. ; ramuUs teretibus ; Jhliis membranaceis, 

 truncato-cordatis, rostrato-acuminatis, _ denticulatis, glabris, superue 

 costa venis primariis^ue appresse pilosis, longe petiolatis ; cymis spa- 

 diceo'tomentosis, petiolo multo brevioribus. — c.p. 3451, 



Hab, Eatnapoora District, ^ 



Folia 5-7 poL. longa, 2^-4 poll, lata; petiolo 2i-3i poll. longo. Sti^ula 

 reniformes, medio adnaice. Fetala externe pilosa. 



Closely allied to the preceding species, but difTeriug from it in the shape and 

 texture of the leaves, and in these being usually five-nerved at the base, whereas iJi 

 G repens they are most commonly three-nerved ; in the latter, too, the lamina is 

 produced below the point of attachment of the petiole, giving the leaf a subpeltate 

 characten but it is not so in the present species. 



126.— C.P. 2939. 



Eoxb. n 



W 



2000 



6. O. lonchiphylla, Thw. ; glabra, foliis oblongo-lanceolatis, acumi- 



natis, remote denticulatis, basi truncato-rotundatis, S-nerviis, parum 

 Bubpeltatis ; ci/mis brevi petiolo longioribus. — c.p. 1177. 

 Hab. Ambagamowa District, at no great elevation ; rare. Muruta, 



Gardner* 



Folia 4-7 poll, longa, l^-2i poll, lata, petiolo 3-6 lin. longo, Siipulm cordatx, 

 medio adnatse. Flores parvi. Nuculania rotundata, depressa, 



7. O. adnata, 'Ro'sh .— Vitis adnata. Wall. ; W. et A. Prod. i. 126, 

 cnm syn. ; Wight, Icones, t. 144. — c.p. 3450. 



Hab. Warmer parts of the island; not uncommon. 



8. C. angulata, Tu^m.—Vitis Linn<Bi, Wall. ; W. et A, Prod. i. 126, 

 cum syn. — c.p. 1181. 



Hab. Hot, drier parts of the island ; common- 



9. C.trilobata. Lam.— Ff^f^ EheedzLVf, et A. Prod. i. 127, cum 



syn. — c.p. 1182. 

 Hab. Warme 



