Viz/s.] A mpelidece. 287 



Of the 20 species, only 2, Vitis Gardneri and V. lanccolaria^ are found 

 in the montane zone ; the rest are plants of the low country ; 4 are con- 

 fined to the dry region, viz., V. tovieftiosa, quadrangularis, Lmncsi, and 

 seiosa. 



I. VITIS; L. (including Ctssiis, L.). 



Shrubs or perennial herbs, climbing by means of tendrils 

 (barren inflorescences) ; 1. alternate, stipulate ; fl. bisexual or 

 unisexual, often in little umbels arranged in paniculate or 

 corymbose cymes usually opp. the 1., rarely axillary, some- 

 times terminating lat. branches; cal. cup-shaped, truncate or 

 scarcely lobed ; pet. 4 (rarely 5), distinct at base, valvate, soon 

 falling; stam. 4 (rarely 5), inserted outside disk, opp. the pet; 

 disk large, usually cupular or annular, lobed ; ov. usually 

 adnate to base of disk, 2-celled, with 2 collateral ovules in 

 each cell, style simple ; fruit a pulpy berry, with 1-4 erect 

 seeds; seed with the testa usually projected inwards, forming 

 a septum, embryo small, straight, in copious endosperm. — 

 Sp. 375 (Planchon); 75 in Fl. B. Ind. 



The species here (following Fl. B. Ind.) included under the genus 

 Vitis are, in the most recent account of the Family by Planchon (Mon. 

 Phaner. v. (1883), distributed under the genera Ampelocisstis^ Tetra- 

 stigiiia, and Cissus, and we have no species of Vitis, as restricted by him, 

 in Ceylon. 



Pet. 5, fl. polygamo-monoecious, infl. with a 

 tendril {Ampelocissiis). 

 L. 3-lobed, floccose on both sides . . i. V. tomentosa. 

 L. ovate, glabrous above . . . . 2. V. ERIOCLADA. 

 Pet. 4, fl. bisexual, stigma minute {Cissiis). 

 L. simple (often 3-foliolate in V. Rheedii). 

 Stems 4-angled. 



L. very obtuse 3. V. QUADRANGULARIS. 



L. acute. 

 Angles strongly winged . . . 4. V. GLYPTOCARPA. 

 Angles not winged . . . . 5. V. LONCHIPHYLLA. 

 Stems cylindrical. 



L. pubescent or tomentose beneath. 



L. not lobed 6. V. adnata. 



L. 3-5 lobed 7. V. LlNN^i. 



L. glabrous or nearly so. 

 L. not lobed. 



L. obtuse, thick . . . . 8. V. PALLIDA. 

 L. acute, thin, broader than long . 9. V. REPANDA. 

 L. gradually acuminate, longer than 



broad 10. V. ACUMINATA. 



L. 3-5 lobed. 



Berry globular, I in. . . . 11. V. Heyneana. 

 Berry ovoid, f in 12. V. Rheedii. 



