38. AMPELIDACE&. [2. Leba. 



4. L. aspera, Bdgw. Horn, Ho. ; Horom, M. 



Erect spreading 5-10 ft. stems annual or perennial never 

 winged. Lower leaves 2- pinnate. Lflts. mostly elliptic or 

 ovate caudate with a rounded or cordate base most of the 

 sec. n, bifurcating near the margin and giving a branch to 

 each pair of teeth. 



TLte commonest species in our area, and occurring in every district, 

 chiefly under shade in the valleys. Fls. July -Sept. Fr. Nov.-Dec. The 

 leaves turn red after fruiting and the stems break off at a node close 

 to the ground. 



Lflts. pubescent on the nerves beneath as in 3 and 5, also frequently 

 birtellous between the nerves above, often dotted. Teeth coarse. 

 Peduncles sometimes slightly winged, usually long and slender, often 

 geminate. Berries depressed of a green-slatey colour, finally black. 



5. L. herbacea, Ham. Horn. Ho. ; Horom, AT. 



Stems usually several from the root, attaining 2" diam. 

 and 15-20 ft. high, so(t-wooded with very large pith, often 

 longitudinally banded and with minute microscopic tomentum. 

 Lower leaves 3-pinnate up to 3 ft, long and 2 ft. broad. 

 Serratures often shallow. 



Eavines in Singbhutn. Santal P. Gamble Herb.? Fl. June-Aug. and Fr. 

 same time as last, of which I believe it to be merely a robcst form. De- 

 ciduous in Dec. and sometimes dies down like the last. 



Lflts. from ovate to obovate-oblong not usually exceeding 7" by 2£", 

 punctate, sec. n. about 8-9 prs. above the 4-6-nerved base which varies 

 from cuneate to sub-cordate. Cymes from the forks or leaf-opposed 

 sessile or peduncles 2| v nearly always bifurcate and branches com- 

 pressed winged. Berry glaucous. 



6. L. sambucina, WUU. 



A very large woody shrub with 2-pinnate leaves and 

 leaflets (on terminal rachis) 3-4 prs. very large, oblong or 

 lanceolate acuminate coarsely doubly serrate with sec. n. 

 much carved within the margin and 3-5-times as many teeth 

 as nerves. Fls. green with yellowish staminal-tube, in sub- 

 sessile corymbs 3-6'' diam, Berries succulent black pruinose. 



Santal P., in ravines in the Eajmehal hills. Fl. June-Aug. Fr. Sept. 

 The most woody of the Leeas and not dying down. 



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