Vtyis.] Anipelidece. 291 



7. V. Iiinnaei, Wall. Cat. n. 5987 (1828). Wal-niviti, S. 

 Kaddumuntiri, T. 



Fl. Zeyl. n. 60. Cissiis vitiginea, L. Sp. PI. 117; Planch. 1. c. 472 ; 

 Moon Cat. 11. Cissies attgulata, Lam., Thw. Enum. 62. C. P. 1181. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 649. Plukenet, Mant. t. ^37, f. 2 (poor). 



Old stems woody with smooth bark, branches rather 

 short, stout, densely pubescent, tendrils stout, pubescent 

 simple or pinnately branched ; 1. i|-3|- in., variable, rotundate- 

 ovate, cordate or truncate at base, obtuse or acute, shallowly 

 or deeply palmately 3-5-lobed, sharply and irregularly den- 

 tate, finely pubescent above, softly and densely glandular- 

 pubescent and white beneath, petiole variable in length, 

 densely pubescent, stip. large, ovate, obtuse, pubescent out- 

 side, membranous; fl. on long spreading or slightly drooping, 

 unequal ped., cymes about as long as petiole, 3-5-branched, 

 pubescent; cal. pubescent; ov. 4-lobed, style as long as ov. ; 

 berry f in., obovate-ovoid, drooping, apiculate, glabrous, blue 

 with a glaucous ' bloom.' 



Dry and desert regions ; very common. Fl. July-September ; 

 greenish. 



Also in Southern India. 



This is the original type of the genus Cissies, L. It varies a good deal 

 in depth of the leaf-lobing and amount of pubescence. The leaves have 

 a pleasant scent like those of the grape-vine when bruised. 



8. V. pallida, W. and A. Prod. 125 (1834). 



Cissus repens, Thw. Enum. 62 (non Lam.). C. pallida. Planch. I. c. 

 477. C. P. 1 1 80. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 647 (not given for Ceylon). Rheede, Hort. Mai. vii. 

 t. 48 (?). 



Stems semi-woody below, cylindrical or nearly so, branches 

 slightly puberulous or quite glabrous, tendrils very long, 

 simple ; 1. 2-4 in., broadly ovate, cordate with a very wide 

 sinus or truncate at base, shortly acuminate, obtuse, sharply 

 and shallowly spinous-serrate, perfectly glabrous and shining 

 on both sides, rather thick, pale green, petiole ih in., stip. 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, membranous, caducous; fl. on slender 

 ped. in little umbels, cymes pedunculate, shorter than petiole; 

 pet. reflexed ; berry | in., globose-pyriform, on a fleshy stalk. 



' Warmer parts of the island, not uncommon ' (Thwaites). There is 

 no locality to the C. P. specimens, and I have not met with the plant, 

 except in the Botanic Garden. Fl. Sept.-Dec; pinkish. 



Also in Southern India. 



I am little acquainted with this, and follow Planchon. Lawson refers 

 Thwaites' plant to V. repanda. 



Rheede's figure seems to fit our specimens very well, but is usually 

 quoted for C. repens^ Lam. 



