292 A mp elide CE. [ ] 'itis^ 



g. V. repanda, ?f. ntid A. Prod. 125 (1834). Wal-dlyalabu, 5. 



O'ssus I at i folia, Moon Cat. 11 (? Vahl). C. P. 3962. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 648. Rheede, Hort. Malab. vii. t. 11. (good). 



Stems cylindrical, woody below, glabrous, white-pruinose^ 

 young parts slightly rusty-hairy, tendrils deciduous; 1. 3-6 in., 

 broader than long, cordate-ovate, with a narrow or wide sinus, 

 suddenly and narrowly acuminate, acute, margin somewhat 

 repand, sharply spinous-serrate, glabrous on both sides or 

 slightly pubescent on veins beneath, rather thin, petiole i-2Hn., 

 glabrous or slightly pubescent, stip. large, thick and wart-like, 

 persistent, with a short, blunt, scarious margin ; cymes lax, 

 much longer than petioles, paniculate, ped. slender, puberulous;. 

 cal. truncate, pubescent ; ov. flat-topped ; berry \ in., pyriform, 

 apiculate. 



Low country ; rather common, chiefly in the dry region. Trinco- 

 malie ; Dambulla ; Jaffna ; Galle. Fl. March, April. 



Also in S. India. 



I feel much doubt as to the name of this ; Planchon does not give 

 V. repaiida for Ceylon. Rheede's figure is referred in Fl. B. Ind. to 

 V. glaiica. W. and A. The solid stipules in our plant are very remark- 

 able. Cissus 7>ittginea, L. and C. repe?ts, Thvv. are wrongly referred to 

 V. repanda in Fl. 13. Ind. 



10. V. acuminata, Trim. 



Cissus aciatiinata, Thw. Enum. 62. C. P. 3451. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 648 (under V. repanda). 



Stems cylindrical, smooth, young parts very glabrous, 

 tendrils short, much branched, provided with large peltate 

 disks; 1. 4-6 in., ovate or ovate-lanceolate, slightly cordate at 

 base, gradually acuminate, acute, distantly and slightly spinous- 

 serrate, glabrous and shining especially beneath, sometimes 

 slightly pilose on veins above, very thin, petioles 2-3 in., stip. 

 broad, peltate-cordate, finely ciliate, scarious ; c}'mes shorter 

 than the petioles; fl. umbellate, ped, rather long, rusty-pilose; 

 berry not seen. 



Moist low country; rare. Ratnapura District (Thw.) ; frequent about 

 Eratne, <S:c., Kuruwita Korale. Fl. April. 



Endemic. 



This is combined with V. repanda in Fl. B. Ind., but seems quite 

 distinct, though I have but scanty material. It is a forest species, and 

 climbs like the 'Virginia creeper' by the large disks at the ends of the 

 tendril-branches. 



The species is not given in Planchon's Monograph, nor is C. P. 3451 

 quoted there. 



11. V. Heyneana, Wall. Cat. n. 5988 (1828). 



V. pallida (/), Trim. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 19 (non W. & A.) Cissus glaucOy 

 Thw. Enum. 62 ; Planch. 1. c. 476 (non Ro.\b.). C. P. 2939. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 647. 



