VITACEAE 311 
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1. C. QUADRANGULARIS L. 
A glabrous vine, the stems fleshy, green, sharply 4-angled, 1 to 1.5 
em thick, much contracted at the nodes, the internodes 6 to 10 ecm long. 
Leaves few, 1 from each node, alternate, 4 to 6 em long, simple, somewhat 
fleshy, broadly ovate or triangular-reniform, distantly toothed with small 
appressed sharp teeth, apex obtuse, base broad, cordate or subtruncate. 
Cymes small, axillary, peduncled, up to 5 em long. Flowers pinkish, about 
2.5mm long. Berry globose, fleshy, succulent. 
In dry thickets etc., San Juan del Monte, fl. Sept.—Oct., and probably 
in other months; of local occurrence in the Philippines, certainly introduced. 
Tropical East Africa, tropical Asia and Malaya. 
2. C. aristata Bl. Salapong (Tag.). 
A scandent vine reaching a height of at least 10 m, more or less 
ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, base deeply cordate 
or the upper ones rounded, margins distinctly cuspidate-serrate, 8 to 18 
cm long, 5 to 12 cm wide. Cymes peduncled, trichotomous, 2.5 to 5 cm 
long. Flowers greenish, purple-tinged, subumbellately arranged on the 
ultimate branchlets, pedicelled. Petals 4, valvate, oblong-ovate, acute, nearly 
3 mm long. Fruit globose, fleshy, purple when mature, about 1 cm in 
diameter when fresh, containing a single large seed. (FI. Filip. pl. 878, 
C. nodosa.) 
In thickets, Pasay, San Pedro Macati, etc., scattered, fl. Aug.—Dec.; 
widely distributed in the Philippines. India, through Malaya to New 
Guinea. 
8. C. repens Lam. Ayong-gala (Tag.). 
A vine reaching a length of 10 m or less, quite glabrous. Stems terete, 
green, somewhat fleshy, readily breaking up at the nodes when dry. Leaves 
simple, 7 to 12 cm long, broadly ovate, acuminate, base broadly cordate, 
margins with distant, small, sharp, appressed teeth, the nerves usually 
4 or 5 pairs. Cymes leaf-opposed and forming terminal leafy inflorescences, 
the individual cymes shorter than the petioles. Flowers 4-merous, greenish, 
small, umbellately arranged. Fruits fleshy, purple, obovoid, usually apicu- 
late, about 6 mm long, very acrid, with a single seed. 
In dry thickets, Diliman, fi. Aug.—-Nov.; widely distributed in the Philip- 
pines. India to southern China and Malaya. 
4, C. trifolia (L.) K. Sch. (C. carnosa Lam.). Calit-calit (Tag.). 
Scandent, puberulent or becoming glabrous or nearly so. Leaves tri- 
foliolate, the petioles 2 to 3 cm long; tendrils opposite the leaves. Leaflets 
ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 5 cm wide, slightly acuminate, 
rather coarsely toothed. Cymes long-peduncled, axillary, solitary, usually 
8-branched. Flowers small, greenish-white. Fruit fleshy, subglobose, dark- 
purple or black, about 1 cm in diameter. (FI. Filip. pl. 24, C. acida.) 
In thickets and waste places, fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines. 
India and Ceylon through Malaya to New Caledonia. 
In addition to the species above considered, the grape vine (Sp. uva= 
Vitis vinifera L.) is occasionally found in cultivation, but it rarely produces 
flowers or fruit here. 
