AMPELIDEZ. 365 
_ deep red colour, 3 to 6 inches long, and 1 to 2 inches in diame- 
ter ; they are very mucilaginous and astringent. The tubers of 
are: — 
Vitis setosa, Wall., Wight Ic. t. 170; Vernacular— 
Harmal (Hind.), Bara-butsali (Tel.), Puli-naravi (Lam.), Khaj- 
goli-cha-vel (Mar.), an acrid plant sometimes applied as a 
domestic remedy to promote Suppuration and assist in the 
extraction of Guinea-worms. 
Vitis carnosa, Wall., Wight Ic. t. 171; Vernacular— 
_Amal-bel, Gidar-drak, Kassar {Hind.), Kanapa-tige (Tel.), 
- Mekamettavi-chettu (Tam.), Odi, Ambat-vel (Mar.), Khatumbro 
uz.), Amal-lata (Beng.), Fleshy wild Vine (Hng.), used as a 
omestic application to boils. : 
Vitis pedata, Vahl., Rheede Hort. Mal. Vitey 10, 
dhapadi or Iguana’s foot in Sanskrit, from a fancied resem- 
lance of the leaves to the foot of that reptile; Vernacular— — 
Goali-lata (Beng.), Gorpadvel (Mar.), used as a domestic remedy 
on account of its astringency. 
Vitis araneosus, Dalz., Vernacular—Bendri, Bendervel, 
~Ghorvel (Mar.), Kamraj (Hind.). .The tuberous roots are sold _ 
_ by herbalists as Chamér-musli, and used as an astringent medi- 
ne. It is called Ghorvel or “ Horse vine,” from the practice _ 
In Western India of giving the young shoots and leaves to horses 
once a year as a kind of cooling medicine. oe 
Under the names of Shamraj and Bhojraj short pieces 
Central Provinces as a remedy for gonorrhoea. They are both — 
_ ery astringent. ; ges as 
_ Remarks.—The different species of Vitis and Leea are chiefly 
arkable for containing a large amount of tannin, they are 
therefore useful astringents, Some of them are acrid « 
of the stems of two species of Vitis are sold by herbalists in the 
