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4. Vitis discolor, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 2 (1850) 

 p. ^9. ycandent; stem woody at the base ouly ; young shoots and 

 branches more or less 5-6-angled, deep red ; tendrils leaf-opposed, 

 forked. Leaves 3-5 by lj-2| in., ovate-oblong, acuminate, usually 

 irregularly blotched with white above, deep red and shining beneath, 

 remotely bristle-serrate, glabrous, base more or less oblique, cordate, 

 truncate or rounded, sometimes cuneate ; main nerves 5-7 pairs ; 

 petioles red, those of the lower leaves reaching 2 in., those of the upper 

 leaves about ^ in. long or less ; stipules ovate-oblong, rounded at tlie apex. 

 Plowers 4-merous, in umbellate cymes on umbellately arranged branches; 

 buds oblong ; peduncles leaf-opposed, slender, short or long, and as well 

 as the pedicels deep red. Calyx ghuidular, fleshy, truncate. Petals red 

 outside, glabrous, -^.j in. long, thickened at the apex. Disk 4-lobed. 

 Stvle long, glabrous. Fruit subglobose or pyriform, about | in. long, 

 red when ripe. Seed solitary. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 647 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 55 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 271 ; Watt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 253. Cissus discolor, Blume, Bijdr. 

 p. 181 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 40 ; Plauch. in DO. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, 

 part 2, p. 49G. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Vebn. Telitsai/el. 



A very handsome plant, often grown in gardens in India and in conservatories in 

 England. According to Watt (I. c.) depth of color and breadth of leaf are obtained 

 when the plant is grown in shade. 



Konkan: Law I, Stocks], Dalsclll, Talhot; W. Ghats, Woodroivl Decoan : below 

 Mahableshwar near Wada bungalow, Cooke ! Kanaka : moist forests of N. Kanara, 

 YeUapur, 2aZ6oi!!— Distkib. Throughout India, Java. 



5. Vitis quadrangularis. Wall Cat. (1828) 5992. Stems leafless 

 when old, very long, fleshy, glabrous, much contracted at the nodes, 

 quadrangular, the angles of the young branches winged ; tendrils long, 

 slender, simple. Leaves 1-2 in. long, broadly ovate or reniform, sometimes 

 3-7-lobed, denticulate, glabrous, cordate, rounded, truncate or cuneate 

 at the base; petioles |-g in. long ; stipules small, broadly ovate, obtuse. 

 Flowers in shortly peduucled cymes with spreading umbellate branches. 

 Calyx cup-shaped, truncate or very obscurely lobed. Petals 4, ovate- 

 oblong, acute, ^ in. long, hooded at the apex. Disk erect, 4-lobed. 

 Style short, stout. Beriy obovoid or globose, scarcely ^ in. long, 

 apiculate, red when ripe, 1- (very rarely 2-) seeded. Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 645; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 289; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 54; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 271 ; Wight, Icon. t. 51 ; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, p. 256. Cissns quadranr/ularis, 

 Linn. Mantiss. p. 39 ; Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, 

 p. 509 ; Grab. Cat. p. 33 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 39. Cissus ednlis, Dalz. in 

 Hook. Kew Journ. Bot. v. 9 (1«57) p. 248 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 40.— 

 Flowers : July. Veen. Chauddri ; Kdndvel ; HarsanTcar. 



Throughout the driest districts of the Presidency, Talhot. Konkan : in gardens 

 Bombay, Graham. Gujarat: in hedges, DalscU Sf Gibson; Bhavnagar (Kathiawar), 

 Woodrow. 



The succulent steins are eaten in curries when young. Graham says tliat (he Arabs, 

 when sufTering from affections of the spine, make beds of them. See Watt. Diet. 

 Econ. Prod. 1. c. — Di>tiub. Tliroughout India; Java, E. Africa, Malaya, Ceylon. 



6. Vitis gigantea, Bedd. in Trans. Linn. Sac. v. 25 (1866) p. 212. 

 An enormous climber ; trunk 4-5 in. in diam. ; bark corky ; branches 



