AMPELIDE.-E. 56o 



All younser parts nisly toniontosc or pubescont, Klabrcscont. Leaves large, oftcu 

 somewhat 3-lobed, bluntish acuminate, deciduous. Seeds obovate, smooth. 



§ Inflorescence a modification of the fendrih, cijmosc-panich'd, racemose, npiied, or 

 the tendril-branches forming a panicle. Flowers 4- or more ttsuallij 5-merous. 

 * Flowers pcdiceJJed, in loose or contracted panicles. 

 f Seeds 2-4 lines Ion//, shallowhj grooved and radiately furrowed on the lack. 

 X Glabrous or nearlg so. 

 \. LATiFOLiA, Ri)xb. Froqueiit in the savannahs and village woods, but 



rare in the leaf-shedding forests, all over tlio 

 C'hin-douk-uweh-zouk (Kurz). Pegu plains, also .\ndamans in forests. 



Cyuiosc panicles ample, glabrous, witli or without tendrils. Pedicels thick, 

 nearly a line long. Leaves 3-5-lobed, the lobes usually acute. 



X X All parts more or less woolly-tomentose. 



Y. liAKiiATA, AVall. Lower mi.xed forests of Ava, Martaban and 



Tenasscrim ; var. (i Ava, Taong-doung. 



Ti ran ill lets, peduncles and usually the petioles covered with a woolly tomentuni 

 intermixed with l)lack spreading stiff liaii's. Leaves almost glabrous. 



var. a (/enaiiia. Leaves thinly lanate beneath, black hairs numerous. 



var. /i Jenkinsii. Leaves entire or lobed, their under-surface as well as tlio 

 stems densely tawny or rusty woolly-tomentose, black liairs very sparingly distributed. 



V. TOJiEXiosA, Heyne. Hills East of Toung-ngoo 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Branchlcts, etc. woolly, without black hairs. Leaves lobed to palraately lobed. 

 Panicles tendril-bearing, short and latlier compact. Pedicels very sliort and thick. 



■ff Seeds about a line long , furrowed on the back, almost smooth, glossy-black. 



V. LAXATA, llo.xb. Chittagong. Ava. Tenasserim. 



Branclilets, etc., woolly, without black hairs. Leaves tawny woolly beneath, 

 slightly lobed. Panicles usually temlril-bearing, woolly, large and lax. Pedicels 

 very slender, 1 \ line long. 



■»■::■ J.'Jowers sessile, in spikes, the spikes forming elongate panicles. 



V. Hia.KKur, Laws. Tenasserim. 



Toung parts thinly and fugaceously woolly. Leaves pedately 5-7-foliolate, 

 glabrous except on the nerves beneath. Spikes in very slender panicles. 



V. roLVSTACUYA, Laws. Tenasserim or Audamans {fide Lawson). 



Quite glabrous. Leaves digitately foliolate, ghuicous green. Spikes puberulous, 

 forming l.\— 2-feet long stout panicles. 



Bachis of inflorescence leafy crpanded and fleshy-membranous, the flowers sessile, 

 unisexual {Pterisanthes). 



V. POi.iTA, Mi(]^. Maulmain {fde Lobb). 



Glabrous. Leaves simple. A very slender twiner. 



or the vino ( V. vinifera, L ), Dr. Mason remarks : " The grape-vine may bo seen 

 in many of our gardens, but it very rarely produces fruit. I once saw a vine in 

 Mergui, however, which had on it several tine bunches of grapes, and I have heard 

 of grapes being occasionally brought to perfection in Ifaulmain." 



V. vinifera is a native of (icorgia and Mingrelia, and can be successfully cultivated' 

 ■whore the mean annual temperature does not fall below GG° Fahr. In the tropics the 

 plant grows luxuriantly, but the fruit withers without ripening. 



' For an account of tlio (litTiTont sorts of grapes usually mot witli in tlio Indian markets see 

 Ecllcw's Afijlianistan anil ils I'copk, [i. 'JS7. 



