£60 XLII. TITACE.^. 



p. 665 ; C. B. Clar]<e, in Trim. Journ. Bot. (1881) p. 135 ; Talb. Trees, 

 Bomb. p. 57 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 616.— Flowers : Aug. 



KoxKAN : from the sea-level upwards iu moist forests, Talhot. Kanara : Karwar, 

 Talbot [—Biijmn. India (W. Trop. Himalaya, Oude, W. Peninsula). 



3. Leea aspera, Edr/nv. in Trans. Linn. Soc. v. 20 (1841) p. 36 {not 

 of Wall.). A shrub 0-10 ft. high ; stems terete, not erisply wduged. 

 Leaves usually simply piuuale (one or both the leaflets of the lowest pair 

 sometimes compound); leaflets 5-7, elliptic, not parallel-sided, 5-8 by 

 21-4 in., more or less acuminate, glabrous or with short stiff hairs above, 

 finely pubescent beneath, irregularly serrate, cordate at the base ; main 

 nerves 12-18 pairs carried nenrly to the margin, then curved and bi- 

 furcate so that the crenatures of the margin are often nearly twice 

 as many as the nerves ; petiolules ^-f in. long, those of the terminal 

 leaflets twice as long as those of the lateral ones. Flowers white, in 

 much-branched trichotomous pubescent cymes, which are shorter than 

 the leaves ; bracts linear-subulate, i-| in. long, subpersistent. Calyx 

 sliallowly lobed ; lobes gland-tipped and with membranous margins. 

 Petals ovate-oblong, subacute. Staminal-tube divided about g way 

 down ; lobes bifid, sloping towards the apex ; anthers not united in bud. 

 Berry size of a pea, depressed-globular, often 2-6-lobed, smooth, black 

 when ripe. Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 665; C. B. Clarke, in Trim. Journ. Bot. 

 (1881) p. 136 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 57 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. 

 V. 11 (1897) p. 272; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 6] 6.— Flowers : 

 July-Aug. 



Konkan: Law I; Bombay, Capt. Gehumel Deccan : Khandala, Cooke I; Karli, 

 Woodrou'l Kartriz hills near Poona, Kanifkarl Kanaka: throughout N. Kanara in 

 moist forests, Talhot; Karwar, Talhot \, Woodrowl — Distkib. India (W. Tropical 

 Himalaya, Oude, W. Peninsula). 



4. Leea latifolia, Wall. Cat. 1828, 6821. A shrub ; young branches 

 rusty-puberuloiis. Leaves simply pinnate ; leaflets 3-5, elliptic-oblong, 

 9-12 by 6-11 in., subacute or obtuse, distantly serrate, glabrous above, 

 mealy-Mhite pubescent beneath, base cordate; main nerves opposite, 

 8-10 pairs ; veins transverse and distinct ; petiolules of terminal leaflets 

 |-1 in. long, the upper pair of lateral leaflets sessile or nearly so, the 

 lower pair (when present) shortly stalked. Flowers in long-peduncled 

 pubescent umbellate cymes ; bracts caducous. Calyx pubescent outside; 

 lobes short, triangular, with membranous margins. Petals oblong. Lobes 

 of the staminal-tube notched ; anthers united in bud. Style angled and 

 ribbed ; stigma concave. Berry size of a pea, de])ressed-globuhir, usually 

 2-6-lobed. C. B. Clarke, iu Trim. Journ. Bot. (1881) p. 138 ; King, in 

 Journ. As. 8oc. Beiig. v. 65 (1897) p. 410. L. coriacea. Laws, in Fl. B. 

 I. V. 1, p. 665; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 57. L. cinerea, Laws, in Fl. B. L 

 V. 1, p. 665. 



Tliere is but one speciinen Cin fruit only) from Bombay in Herb. Kew. labelled 

 "Konkan, iS/ocZ-.s "!— Distkib. India (VV. Peninsula) ; Malaya. 



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5. Leea sambucina, Wilhf. Sj-). PI. v. 1 (1797) p. 1177. A shrub 



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10 ft. high; branches numerous, straight, tough, the young ones green, 

 ^ abrous. Leaves 15-20 in. long, 2- (rarely 3-) ])innate ; leaflets 3-8 

 by 1^-3^ in., oblong or elliptic-oblong, actmiinate, coarsely and irregu- 

 larly serrate, glabrous, base acute or cuneate ; main nerves 7-12 pairs, 



