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Bengal. In the Botanic garden it blossoms in February and 

 March. 



Trunk scandent, stout, ligneous, in six years old plants as 

 thick as a man's wrist, flattened, and grooved on the two flat 

 sides. Bark dark brown, rough or deeply cracked. Branches 

 and branchlets climbing, or pendulous when not supported; 

 young parts round, green and generally smooth ; extent of 

 the whole plant several fathoms. Tendrils leaf-opposed, ge- 

 nerally undivided. Leaves alternate, petioled, pedate. Leaf- 

 lets generally five, lanceolar, recurvate, most remotely and 

 sharply serrulate, long, taper, acute-pointed, both sides po- 

 lished ; texture rather fleshy, length from three to six inches, 

 and from one to two broad. Petioles and petiolets clothed 

 with short, reddish hairs. Stipules large, of a narrow conic 

 shape. Cymes sub-axillary, or close by the side of the base 

 of the petioles, shorter than the petioles, or when most luxu- 

 riant much shorter than the leaves, the ultimate divisions each 

 supporting a small globular umbellet, of small pale yellow 

 flowers. Bractes round the base of the peduncles, cordate. 



Male. Calyx scarcely any. Corol and stamina as in the 

 genus. Pistil none, an umbilicate, yellow, round, convex 

 gland occupying its place. 



14. C. pedata. Linn. sp. pi. ed. Willd. i. 659. 



Perennial, scandent. Tendrils simple, or two-cleft. Leaves 

 pedate ; leaflets broad-lanceolate, serrate. Berries four-seed- 

 ed. 



Belutta-Tsjori-Valli. Rheed. Mai. \n.p. 19. t. 10. 



C. heptaphylla. Retz. Obs. v. 22. 



Beng. Gwaiia. 



This is another very extensively climbing species, as in- 

 deed they all are ; a native of forests, hedges, &c. Flower- 

 ing time the rainy season. 



Stems woody, climbing over trees, &c. young parts cover- 

 ed with soft down. Tendrils leaf-oppoosed, simple or two- 

 cleft. Leaves alternate, petioled, pedate. Leaflets oblong, 



