()()U PENT ANURIA MON0GYN1A. Vitis. 



from one to four-seeded. Embryo erect, and furnished with 

 a perispenn. 



1. V. indica. Willd. spec. i. 1180. 



Shrubby, scandent. Leaves round-cordate, often more or 

 less angled, finely serrate, downy underneath. Tendrils pa- 

 nicle-bearing-. Germ embraced by a five-lobed cup. Ber- 

 ries round, from one to two-seeded. 



Schembra-valli. Rlieed.JWal. vii. 11. t. 6. 



Beng. Amdhouka. 



A native of various parts of India. Flowering time the 

 month of April. The fruit ripens in July. 



Root perennial. Stem and brandies long and slender, 

 climbing up and over trees, hedges, &c. to an extent of ma- 

 ny fathoms ; young shoots villous. Tendrils opposite to the 

 leaves, floriferous, beyond the flowers bifid. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petioled, round-cordate, more or less angular, finely 

 serrate, more or less villous according to their age, particu- 

 larly underneath, from three to six inches each way. Pe- 

 tioles rather shorter than the leaves. Panicles issuing soli- 

 tarily from the middle of the tendrils, peduncled, ovate, 

 dense. Flowers numerous, very minute, greenish purple. 

 Calyx small, five-toothed. Petals five, ovate-oblong, at 

 first spreading, afterwards reflex, and not cohering at top as 

 in some of the species. Nectary a five-toothed, saucer-shap- 

 ed body, surrounding the base of the germ. Filaments five, 

 nearly as long as the petals. Germ superior, nearly round, 

 two-celled, with two ovula in each, attached to the bottom of 

 the cell. Style none. Stigma five-lobed. 



2. V. lanata. R. 



.Shrubby, climbing. Leaves cordate, serrate, woolly un- 

 derneath. Racemes panicled, leaf-opposed. Petals coher- 

 ing at top. 



A native of the forests amongst the Circar mountains. 

 Flowering time the cold season. 



