Vz/z's.] AmpelidecB. 293 



Stem very stout, woody below, with white bark, far- 

 cHmbing, branches quite glabrous, shining, pale green or 

 glaucous, cylindrical, tendrils stout, long, simple, usually 

 deciduous by a clean scar ; 1. variable, lower ones 6 in. long 

 by 8 in. wide, palmately 5-lobed, lobes triangular, acute, upper 

 ones 3-5 in., ovate or often slightly 3-lobed, acute, all coarsely 

 and distantly spinous-serrate, quite glabrous and shining, 

 somewhat glaucous beneath, rather thick, petiole of lower 1. 

 5-6 in., of upper ones 1-2 in., cylindrical, very smooth, stip. 

 broadly oblong, obtuse, very caducous ; fl. rather large on 

 long pubescent ped., cymes few-fld., about equalling petiole; 

 pet. reflexed, with an inflexed apex ; ov. strongly 4-angled ; 

 berry \ in., globular, purple-black, shining. 



Low country ; common up to 2000 ft. FI. June ; pink. 



Also in Southern India. 



This is a very large and vigorous vine, abundant about Kandy, with 

 handsome foliage and purple-black fruit as large as a small cherry. The 

 rope-like white-barked stems are often i\ in. in diameter. There is some 

 doubt as to its correct name. The fruits are not obovate or pyriform 

 when freshj but take that form after drying. 



12. V. Rheedii, W. and A. Prod. 127 (1834). 



Cissiis trilobata, Lam., Thw. Enum. 62 ; Planch. 1. c. 503. C. P. 1182, 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 653. Rheede, Hort. Mai. vii. t. 45. 



Stems stout, cylindrical, slightly rough, glabrous ; 1. very 

 variable, mostly simple, ovate, subcordate or rounded at base, 

 3-veined, more or less deeply 3-lobed, often compound, 

 3-foliolate, with shortly stalked Iflts., all acuminate, acute, 

 spinous-serrate, glabrous on both sides, thin, petiole 1-3 in.; 

 fl. rather large, pedicellate, cymes stalked, usually exceeding 

 petiole, numerous near end of branch and the last one ter- 

 minating it, dichotomously branched, divaricate ; pet. obtuse, 

 spreading; style long; berry -| in., ovoid. 



Moist low country ; rather common. Heneratgoda ; Reigam Korale. 

 Fl. May-September ; pinkish. 



Also on the Malabar coast. 



The leaves in this species are found both simple (entire or 3-lobed) 

 and compound (3-foliolate) on the same plant. 



13. V. Gardner!, Laws. FL B. Ind. i. 656 (1875). 



Cissies Gardneri, Thw. Enum. 63; Planch. I.e. 515. C. P. 1176, 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 656. 



Stems slender, terete, striate, glabrous, reddish; 1. 3-folio- 

 late, petiole 1-2 in., Iflts. very shortly stalked, unequal, oblong- 

 oval, acute at base (the lateral ones oblique), acute, mucronate, 

 distantly spinous-serrate, glabrous, rather thick, veins stout, 



