258 xLii. vitacBjE. 



22. Vitis lanceolaria, Wall. Cat. (1828) 6013. Sc-andeut, glabrous 

 except the inflorescence ; stem woody ; branches with lenticellate bark ; 

 tendrils long, slender, simple. Leaves 3- or 6-foliolate (in the latter 

 case the leaflets pedately arranged); petioles 1-2^ in. long; leaflets 

 stalked, 3-5 by 1-2 in., oblong-lanceolate, irregularly serrate, glabrous. 

 Flowers 4-merous, dioecious, axillary ; male cymes paniculate, longer 

 than the petiole ; female cymes denser, corymbose, shorter than the 

 petiole ; branches of the inflorescence pubescent. Calyx funnel-shaped, 

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

 y'^- in. long. Stigma large, 4-lubed. Berry about | in. in diam., globose, 

 2-4-seeded, cream -colored when ripe. Seeds ellipsoid, obtusely angular 

 on the face, rounded and with a single deep groove on the back, smooth, 

 ri. B. I. V. 1, p. 660 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, p. 296 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 p. 56; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 272. Cissus 

 lanceolaria, Roxb. Hort. Beng. p. 11 ; Grab. Cat. p. 33. Cissus muri- 

 cata, Dalz. & Gibs. p. 40. Tetrastigma lanceolariwn, Planch, in DC. 

 Monogr. Phan. v. 5, part 2, p. 423.— Flowers : Dec-Mar. Vebn. Eazor- 

 licha-yel. 



KoNKAN : Graham ; Matberan, Woodrow. Kanaka : plentiful, Dalzell ^ Gibson ; 

 N. Kanara Ghats in evergreen forests, Talbot. — Disteib. India (Assam, B. & W. 

 Peninsulas) ; Ceylon. 



Vitis vinifera, Linn. The grape vine (Vekn. Angur) is cultivated in 

 several parts of the Presidency. The moist climate of the Konkan is 

 not suitable for vine-growing, but in parts of the Deccan, e.g. Ahmed- 

 nagar, and especially Nasik, grapes of fairly good quality are grown for 

 the Bombay market. The vines are usually trained on live posts cut 

 from Erythrina indica, a tree known in the Aernacular as the Pdngara. 



The vine is largely cultivated in Sind, the climate of which province 

 seems highly favorable to its growth. "Woodrow (Gardening in India) 

 speaks in terms of high approbation of the system of growing the vine 

 at Hyderabad which was introduced by Mr. Strachan. 



For an exhaustive account of the culture of the vine in India consult 

 Watt's Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 6, part 4, pp. 258-296. Woodrow (Garden- 

 ing in India, ed. 5 (1889) pp. 218-230) gives a full account of the mode 

 of culture adopted in the Bombay Presidency. 



2. LEEA, Linn. 



Small trees, shrubs or herbs ; branches usually striate or sulcate. 

 Leaves alternate, usually large, simple or 1-2-3-pinnate ; petioles often 

 dilated at the base; stipules sheathing. Peduncles leaf-opposed or sub- 

 terminal. Tendrils 0. Inflorescence corymbosely cymose. Flowers 

 small, red, yellow, white or green. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, connate 

 at the base and adhering to the staminal tube, revolute. Stamens united 

 at the base into a 5-lobed tube ; filaments inserted between the lobes of 

 the tube, inflexed ; anthers either free and exserted or connate and 

 enclosed in the tube. Ovary inserted on the disk, 3-8-celled ; ovules 

 1-2 in each cell, erect ; style short ; stigma thickened. Fruit 3-8-celled, 

 baccate, usually succulent, depressed-globular and lobed. Pyrenes 

 wfdgci-shaped. Seed compressed. — DiSTHiu. Tropical Asia, Africa, a 

 few species in Australia ; si)ecies about 50. 



