1. Vitis. ] 38. AMPELIDACEJE, [ 2. Leea. 



Shoots glabrous except the large oblong \'' stipules. Tendrils simple- 

 Lflts. acuminate up to 6|" by 4" with 1 fine sec. n. to each tooth. Petiole 

 2-6 . Petiolules stout. Cymes forked pubescent axillary sessile or sub- 

 sessile on the old shoots, or sometimes rarely (on same plant) terminating 

 long (2-4") leaf-opposed peduncles (taking the place of tendrils). Bracts 

 paired at the forks oblong to ovate pubescent £-£". Fls. papillose pubes- 

 cent in stalked umbelled heads on the cymes. Buds oblong truncate each 

 sepal with a spreading cusp. Pet 0. Ovules 2 in each cell. 



8. V pedata, VaM. 



A large weak climber with pedately 7-foliolate usually 

 softly pubescent leaves, petiole 4-6" long and large 

 sub-corymbose cymes as long as the petioles. Whole plant 

 softly pubescent or glabrate. Lflts. 4-8" by l|-3", oblong- 

 lanceolate acuminate, serrate. Frt. sub-globose, the size of a 

 currant. 



Chota Nagpur, Prairt. 



The description has been taken from the F. B. I. and " Bengal Plants " 



2. LEEA, L. 



Stout herbs, shrubs or small trees, usually with herbace- 

 ous branches, erect and without tendrils. L. simple or pin- 

 nately-compound or -decomnound. Peduncles leaf-opposed. 

 Fls. in corymbose cymes distinguished from those of Vitis by 

 the marked staminal-tube. Ovary cells 3-8. Berry 4-6-seed- 

 ed or fewer by abortion. 



A. Petals and inflorescence red. L. 1-pinnate . . . 1. alata. 



B. Petals greenish- white. 



I. Herbaceous. Lowest one or more leaves very large 



and simple 2. macrophylia. 



II. Suffraticose. L. 1-2-pinnate. Sec. n. close and 

 parallel as many to half as many as the teeth. 

 Nerves 1 to each tooth. Corymbs sub-sessile . . 3. crispa. 

 Nerves less than 1 to each tooth. Corymbs peduncled. 

 Lflts. often setose between the nerves, base 



cordate. 4. aspera. 



Lflts. not setose, base rhomboid or rounded . 5. herbacea. 



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