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of a cherry, globose, smooth, shining, red when ripe, 1-seeded. Seed 

 ellipsoid or suhglobose, concave on the face. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 658 ; 

 Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 56; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) 

 p. 272. Cissus auricidata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed. Carey) v. 1 (1820) p. 430 ; 

 DC. Prodr. V. 1, p. 632; Grah. Cat. p. 246; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 40; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 145 ; Planch, in DC. Mono^r. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 565. 

 — Flowers : Mar.-June. Vern. Kali-vel ; Jangli-kdjorni. 



Konkan: on rocks by tbe seasliore, Bombay, Woodrow; Vingorla, DalzeJl ^- Gibson- 

 Deccan : Sindewadi, top of Kartriz Gb.it (Poona districts), Woodrow ! S. M. Country : 

 about Dharwar, Law ex Graham; Belgaum and Dharwar districts, Talbot. — Distrib. 

 Tbrougbout India. 



20. Vitis tenuifolia, Wight Sf Am. Prodr. (1834) p. 129. Scan- 

 dent ; stems slender, striate, glabrous ; tendrils leaf-opposed, slender, 

 usually forked. Leaves compound, petioled, the petioles 1-3 in. long ; 

 leaflets 5-7, 1-3 by |-2 in. long, the lateral pedately arranged, the 

 terminal leaflet slightly larger and with a longer petioUde than the 

 lateral ones, all lanceolate, acuminate, mucronate, cuneate at the base, 

 shallowly repand -serrate, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, 4-merous, in 

 axillary dichotomously branched lax divaricate cymes. Calyx funnel- 

 shaped, truncate. Petals 4, ovate-oblong, obtuse, hooded at the apex, 

 jL in. long. Disk 4-lobed. Style short, conical. Berry |-g in. long, 

 turbinate-globose, cream- colored when ripe, 1-4-seeded. Seeds ^ in. 

 long, pointed, cuneate on the face and with a prominent longitudinal 

 midrib down the centre of the rounded back, transversely rugose at 

 each side of the midrib. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 660 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 295 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 56 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 

 (1897) p. 272. Cissus tenuifolia, Heyne, in Wall. Cat. 6022; Planch, 

 in DC. Monogr. v. 5, part 2, p. 563. — Flowers : May- Aug. 



Kanara : moist foi-esfs of the N. Kanara Gbats from Ainshi southwards, Talbot; 

 Gudehalli near Karwar, Woodrow. — Distrib. India generally ; China, Japan. 



21. Vitis pedata, Vahl, ex Wall. Cat. (1823) 6027. Scandent, 

 softly pubescent, sometimes liairy, rarely glabrate ; tendrils long, slender, 

 forked. Leaves 7-11-foliolate, the lateral leaflets pedately arranged; 

 common petioles 2-3 in. long, hairy or glabrate ; leaflets 2-5 by 1-2| 

 in., oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, pubescent or glabrous, often 

 oblique at the base ; petiolules variable in length, those of the terminal 

 leaflets usually much longer than those of the lateral ones. Flo\\ers 

 bisexual, white, in axillary divaricate shortly pedunculate corymbose 

 cymes. Calyx shallow, 4-lohed ; lobes triangular. Petals 4 (rarely 5), 

 triangular, calyptrately deciduous, cohering at the apex. Disk large, 

 cup-shaped, exceeding the ovary. Berry about the size of a pea, sub- 

 globose or often 4-lobed, 2-4-seeded, cream-colored when ripe. Seeds 

 hemispheric, smooth, with a deep circular pit closed by a thin membrane 

 on The flat lower face. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 661 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 295 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 56 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, 

 p. 256. Cissus pedata, Lamk. Encyc. v. 1, p. 31 ; Grab. Cat. p. 33 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 40; Planch, in DC. Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, 

 p. 558. 



Konkan : SfocJcs !, Dahell !, Graham, Talbot. Kanaka : not common, Talbot ; 

 Shiroli (N. Kanara), Za/io^, 2087 !— Distrib. India generally ; Malaya, Ceylon. 



