Ampelidee.| THE HIMALAYAN MOUNTAINS. : 145 
from the cold of winter, as well as the great drought of the hot weather. V. Janata 
(rugosa, Wall.), Jlanceolaria, repens (glauca, Wall.), common in the Indian and 
Malayan Peninsulas, extend northwards from Silhet to Nepal; and the first, with 
Cissus rosea nob. t. 26, f. 1, is found in the Deyra Doon and the jungles at the foot 
of the mountains of Kemaon and Sirmore. C. Jeminea, Roxb., was recognised in 
my Herbarium .by Dr. Wight, as his Vitis Rorburghii. It therefore exists in the 
Peninsula, as well as in thevalley of the Agurwal, beyond 30° of N. latitude, 
and may be found in intermediate situations, but is not mentioned in Dr. Wallich’s 
Catalogue. Having found it always hermaphrodite, though otherwise agreeing in every 
respect with Dr. Roxburgh’s description, I had a drawing made, that it might afford 
_ better means of future comparison. (v. Lc. ined., t. 58.) 
Cissus Nepalensis, obtained from Dr. Wallich, is the only Himalayan species mentioned 
by De Candolle, but is not contained in the East-Indian Herbarium ; at least under that 
name. Mr. Don has a Vitis capreolata, Prod. Fl. Nep. p- 188, which I have figured 
at t. 26, f. 2, and consider the same as V. hederacea, N. 6019 of Dr. Wallich, and to which, 
_ from its habit of clinging to and climbing up trees, I had given the same name. This 
may possibly be the V. serrulata of Dr. Roxburgh (vy. Wallich’s Cat. 6034), in which - 
case this name must be substituted for V. capreolata. 
In addition to these, Dr.Wallich has seven Nepal species of Vitis. Of these I am 
acquainted with V. parvifolia, cymosa, and obtecta, which are found in the higher vallies 
near, as well as on Mussooree, where, however, a new species, V. macrophylla, is most 
conspicuous, from climbing trees and hanging down in elegant festoons from their tops. 
The species of Leea ascend as high as 5,000 feet on the mountain side, one species, 
_ L. rubra, being found near Jurreepanee, and also about the Kheree jungle. Leea 
aspera, found by Dr.Wallich in Nepal, also occurs in the Doon and about Nahn. The 
other species of this genus are found in Silhet and the Indian and Malayan Peninsulas. 
With respect to the properties of the plants of this family, little can be said that 
has not reference to the grape-vine, which has almost exclusiv ely engrossed the atten- 
tion of botanists. But several species of Cissus are remarkable for being acid, especially 
the fruit, owing to the presence of tartaric acid; hence Cissus carnosa, (of which a 
variety was at one time called C. acida by Dr. Roxburgh,) is used in Hindoo medicine, 
as well as the foots of C. latifolia, called kusar ; 
Forskal also describes three species of Cissus sider his name 2 Selanthes, of which 
the leaves are acid, and edible, when cooked; but not the stems and roots. But the 
leaves of C. cordata and C. setosa are described by Dr. Roxburgh as being acrid, as 
well as the berries of the latter, of which the leaves are said to be useful in bringing 
indolent tumours to suppuration. The young, tender, and succulent stems of Vitis 
(Cissus) quadrangularis are said, by Dr. Roxburgh, to be very generally eaten by the | 
natives of India. When old, it is considered acrid in the parts of India where I have | 
seen it, and accounted useful in medicine; as it is also stated to be by Dr. Ainslie, as 
well as by Forskal in Arabia, who says, ‘ Venenatum potent incole Morenses; 
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