294 Ampelidece. \yitis. 



conspicuous beneath, stip. oblong, cordate, persistent ; fl. rather 

 large, pedicellate, in small umbels, cymes lax, slender, corym- 

 bose, glabrous, pink, peduncle longer or shorter than petiole; 

 pet. obtuse, spreading ; style long ; berry about \ in., nearly 

 globular, apiculate, smooth, purple. 



Lower montane zone ; rather rare. Ramboda ; Hunasgiriya ; Matale. 

 Fl. Dec. -April ; pinkish yellow. 



Endemic. 



According to Planchon (I.e. 515), another plant, allied to V. pedata, 

 has also been distributed under the name of V. Gardneri. The true 

 plant is very nearly allied to V. R]icedii, but the inflor. seems to be never 

 terminal. 



14. V. camosa, Wall. Cat. n. 6018 (1828). Walratdiyalabu, S. 



Cissus car7iosa, Lam., Moon Cat. 1 1 ; Thw. Enum. 63 ; Planch. 1. c. 

 570. C. P. 29^8. 



Fl. B. Ind. i. 654. Wight, Ic. t. 171. 



Stems slender, much-branched, angular, quite glabrous, 

 tendrils long, slender, branched, young shoots glabrous, red ; 

 1. 3-foliolate, peduncle 14-if in., channelled above, Iflts. small, 

 stalked (the middle one the largest and on longer stalk), 

 broadly oval or rotundate, rounded at base, acute or obtuse, 

 very coarsely crenate-serrate, glabrous and shining, thick, 

 stip. small, ovate, acute ; fl. shortly pedicellate, cymes di- or 

 trichotomous, lax, divaricate, terminating lateral branches, 

 peduncle 2^-3 in., glabrous ; pet. acute, spreading ; berry f in. 

 or more, depressed-globose, smooth, purple, 3- or 4-seeded, 

 very juicy ; seed acutely trigonous, sharply pointed, bluntly 

 muricated on back. 



Low country in both moist and dry regions ; rather common. Galle ; 

 Reigam Korale ; Medamahanuwara ; Kantalai. Fl. July-September ; 

 green. 



Throughout Tropical Asia and Australia. 



V. infolia, L. seems to be this, and, if so, is the oldest name. This 

 and the three following species come under Planchon's section Cayratiaoi 

 Cissiis. 



15. V. reticulata, Laws. Fl. B. Ind. i. 655 (1875). 



Cissus reticulata, Thw. Enum. 63. C.retivenia, Planch. Mon. Phan. v. 

 576. C. P. 2857. 

 Fl. B. Ind. i. 655. 



A very large climber, stems cylindrical, glabrous, purplish, 

 tendrils slender, forked; 1. large, 3-foliolate, petiole i\-2 in., 

 Iflts. equal, stalked (the middle stalk the longest), 4-6 in., 

 ovate-oval, acute at base, suddenly acuminate, cuspidate, 

 faintly repand-dentate, usually quite glabrous, thin, venation 

 prominent, reticulate ; fl. pedicellate, cymes axillary, di- or 

 trichotomously branched, lax, longer than petioles ; berry 



