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•about \ in. in diam. Seed solitary. ? Oissus vitigitiea, Dalz. & Gibs. 



p. 40 (not of Eoxb.) ; Cissus , Grab. Cat. p. 33 (n. 244j. — Flowers : 



June. Veen. Ginml. 



Very closely allied to V. pallida, W. & A., from wbicb it differs in 

 the absence of tendrils, an erect thick trunk and larger leaves which are 

 almost invariably 3-lobed. The root contains starch-granules in abund- 

 ance, of variable form, also raphides which are pointed at one end and 

 2-3-furcate at the other ( IVoodrow). 



KoNKAN : Bombay, Capt. Geburne ! Deccan : cominon in the Poona districts, 

 Woodrowl; a roadside bush, iVazrrae; Bowdhan forest near Poona, Woodrowl — Distrib. 

 Apparently endemic in the Bombay Presidency. 



2. Vitis pallida, Wight ^ Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 125. A climbing 

 shrub; stems woody below, terete or nearly so; tendrils simple. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. in diam., pale green, cordate (with a wide sinus), ovate or 

 orbicular, sliortly acuminate, glabrous, ttie margins with shallow distant 

 glandular incurved serratures ; petioles 2-5 in. long; stipules mem- 

 branous, broadly oblong, obtuse, caducous. Flowers in compound 

 umbellate cymes ; peduncle 1-2 in. long, thick and fleshy. Calyx 

 saucer-shaped, the margins membranous. Petals 4, calyptrately de- 

 ciduous but free at the apex, triangular-ovate. Style rather long, 

 slender. Disk 4-lobed. Berry 1- (rarely 2-) seeded, size of a pea, 

 pyriform or subglobose, mucronate, supported on an incurved pedicel. 

 El. B. I. V. 1, p. 647 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 291 ; Talb, Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 55 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 271. Cissus^ 

 pallida, Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 477. — Flowers : 

 June- July. 



Rare in the Bombay Presidency. S. M. Country: Padshapur, Bitchie; near 

 Dharwar, Talbot. 



3. Vitis repens, WiyU ^ Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 125. Scandent, 

 quite glabrous ; branches subterete when fresh, angled when dry ; 

 young shoots glaucous ; tendrils weak, leaf-opposed, forked. Leaves 

 membranous, pale green, 3-6 by 1-3^ in., broadly ovate, acuminate, 

 glabrous, the margins undulate and distinctly spinous-toothed, base 

 deeply cordate ; main nerves about 4 pairs, the lower pair branching 

 outwards ; petioles 1-2^ in. long ; stipules rounded. Flowers in com- 

 pound umbellate cymes ; buds conical ; peduncles leaf-opposed, solitary 

 or rarely fascicled, 1-2^ in. long ; pedicels slender. Calyx membranous, 

 truncate. Petals 4, triangular-ovate, subacute, jl^ in. long, free. Berry 

 subglobose or pyriform, |— ^ in. in diam., usually 1-seeded. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 1, p. 646 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 55; Woodr. iu Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 271. V. glauca, W. & A. Prodr. p. 126. Cissus repens, 

 Lam. Encyc. v. 1, p. 31 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 39 ; Planch, in DC. Monogr. 

 Phan. T. 5, part 2, p. 504. Cissus cordata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. v. 1, p. 407 ; 

 Grab. Cat. p. 32.— Flowers : Feb.-Mar. 



I have followed Planchon (1. c.) in uniting this species with V. glauca. 

 Although Lawson (Fl. B.I. 1. c.) makes Cissiis cordata Eoxb. a synonym 

 of both V. repens and V. glauca, he still retains these as separate 

 species. 



Konkan: Balzell S[ Gibson, Graham, Talbot. S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 

 114! Kanaka: in evergreen forests, not common; Ghats near Siipa, Talbot, 20!; 

 Kilkimd (N. Kanara), Woodrow. — Distrib. India (B. Tropical Himalaya, Assam, 

 Chittagong, W. Peninsula); Java, Amboyna. 



