XLII. VITACE-E. 253 



DC. Moiiogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 376. — Flowers : Mar. Verx. 

 Shend-vel. 



S. M. Country : common in the forests of tlie Dliarwar districts along the banks of 

 streams and rivers, Talbot; Beigaum, Ritchie, 116! Kanaka: dry forests on the 

 N. Kanara border, Talbot; Mandgod (N. Kanarn), Talbot, 144! — Distrib. India 

 (W. Peninsula) j Ceylon. 



11. Vitis indica, Linn. Sp. PZ. (1753) p. 202. Scandent ; stems 

 stout, hollow, cyliudric, more or less floccose-woolly, striate ; tendrils 

 simple, 6 ia. long or more, tloecose- woolly. Leaves 4-9 by 3-8 in., 

 broadly ovate, deeply cordate with a narrow sinus and rounded lobes, 

 acute or acuminate, coarsely glandular-dentate, glabrous at length above, 

 rufous- or grey-tomentose on the nerves beueath ; nerves 6-8 pairs, 

 prominent beneath, the two lower pairs much branched on the lower 

 side ; petioles 3 in. long, densely floccose-woolly. Flowers 5-merous, 

 greenish-purple, almost hidden in a reddish woolly tomentum, nearly 

 sessile, in dense clusters on the thick branches of a racemose or panicu- 

 late cyme 2-3 in. long; buds oblong-obovoid, flattened at the top; 

 peduncles 2-7 in. long, usually bearing a simple tendril below the cyme. 

 Calyx small, truncate. Petals oblong, yL in. long. Ovary grooved ; 

 stiguia foveolate. Berry -f in. long, ovoid-oblong, smooth, purple. 

 Grab. Cat. p. 33; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 41 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 288; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 55 ; King, in Journ. As. Soc. Beng. v. Qb (1897) 

 p. 112. Vitis eriodada, W. & A. Prodr. p. 130; Laws, in Fl. B. I. v. 1, 

 p. 651 ; Woodr. in Journ, Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 271. Schemhra 

 Valli, Eh cede, Hort. Mai. v. 7, p. 11, t. 6. Ampelocissus eriodada (?), 

 Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 380. 



KoNKAN : Graham ; evergreen forests, Talbot. Kanaka : Kadgal, Woodrow ; 

 evergreen forests, Talbot. — Distkib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon. 



12. Vitis latifolia, Roxh. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 18. An extensive 

 climber ; stems weak, finely striate, glabrous ; tendrils forked. Leaves 

 4-7 in. long, as broad as long, orbicular, cordate, 3-7-angled or -lobed 

 (sometimes palmately), sharply and irregularly toothed, reticulately 

 veined, tomentose beneath when young, at length glabrous ; main nerves 

 5-7 pairs, the lowest pair almost horizontal, branched on the lower side ; 

 petioles 2|-4 in. long. Flowers small, 5-raerous, deep reddish-brown, 

 in compact thyrsoid cymes; buds ovoid-oblong, glabrous; peduncles 

 bearing a slender forked tendril below the cyme. Calyx small, truncate. 

 Petals yL in. long, oblong, not cohering at the apex. Style ; stigma 

 foveolate. Berry edible, ^-| in. long, globose, glabrous, usually 2- 

 (rar.'ly 3-) seeded, black. Seeds ellipsoid, \-^ in. long, rounded and 

 transversely grooved on the back, flattened on, and with a raised rido-e 

 in the middle of the face, smooth, polished. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 652 ; Talb. 

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

 Cissus lafifolia, Vahl, Symb. v. 3, p. 18 ; Grab. Cat. p. 32 ; Dalz. & Gibs. 

 p. 39. Ampelocissus latifolia, Planch, in Journ. Vigne Amer. (Dec. 

 1884) p. 374 & in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 370.— Flowers :" 

 June-Aug. Veen. Kadena. 



KoNKAN : common, Dalzell cf Gibson ; Malabar Hill (Bombay), Graham ; W. Ghats, 

 Kanitkar !, IVoodrowl ; Ratnagiri, Nairiie. Deccan : Bowdhan near Poona, Woodrow ! 

 Kanaka : moist forests near the coast ; common near Karwar and on fhe N. Kanara 

 Ghats, Talbot. Gujarat: Godra, t'ooXrci— Distrib. India (N.W. Prov., Assam 

 W. Peninsula). 



