a88 Ampclidece. \yitis. 



It is probable that we have other species here not yet clearly dis- 

 tinguished. 



1. V. tomentosa, Hcync in Roth. Sp. Nov. 157 (1821). 



Trim, in Journ. Bot. xxiii. 144. Ampelocisstis tomentosa, Planch. 

 1- c. 2>n. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 650 (not given for Ceylon). Wight, 111. i. t. 57 (not 

 good). 



Stems stout, white-pruinose, nearly glabrous, tendrils long^ 

 bifid ; 1. 3-4 in., rather broader than long, somewhat cordate 

 at base, with a very wide sinus, 3-lobed, coarsely serrate- 

 dentate, floccose with scanty, white, cobwebby wool, lobes 

 ovate, acute, middle one smallest, petiole i-i-| in., stip. short,, 

 truncate; fl. small, sessile, crowded, in pyramidal, paniculate, 

 much-branched cymes 1-2 in. long, ending stiff, divaricate, 

 leaf-opposed peduncles, with a long bifid tendril below the 

 cyme, buds broadly oblong, truncate ; cal. nearly glabrous ;. 

 ov. conical, lo-grooved at summit; berry not seen. 



Dry country ; very rare. Anuradhapura ; Mihintale. Fl. Aug.^ 

 Sept.; dark vinous-red. 

 Also in S. India. 

 Our plant appears to be much less tomentose than the Indian one. 



2. V. indica, L. Sp. PL 202 (1753). To-wel, Rata-bulat- 

 wel, S. 



Burm. Thes. 230. Fl. Zeyl. n. 99. Moon Cat. 18. Thw. Enum. 63. 

 C. P. 1 184. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 651 ( V. efioclada, W. & A.) Rheede, Hort. Mai. vii. t. 6. 



Stems stout, semi -woody, cylindrical, floccose- woolly, 

 tendrils 6 in. or more, simple, woolly ; 1. 4-6 in., broadly 

 cordate-ovate, with a rather narrow sinus and rounded lobes, 

 very acute, very coarsely glandular-dentate, glabrous above, 

 woolly with rufous or grey tomentum on the prominent veins 

 beneath, margin slightly rcflcxcd, cottony beneath, petiole 

 3 in., densely floccose-vvoolly ; fl. sessile, in dense clusters 



