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prominent beneath, arclied ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets 1-| in. long, 

 those of the terminal much longer. Flowers white, in large branched 

 corymbose cymes ; bracts inconspicuous, caducous. Calyx shortly 

 divided ; lobes subacute or rounded and with membranous margins. 

 Lobes of the staminal-tube rounded at the apex, notched ; anthers 

 united in bud. Berry ^-3 in-, depressed-globular, often 2-6-lobed, 

 smooth, sliining, purple-black. Fl. B. 1, v. 1, p. 666 (excluding some 

 synonyms) ; C. B. Clarke, in Trim. Journ. Bot. (1881) p. 139 ; Talb. 

 Trees, Bomb. p. 57; AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1897) p. 272; 

 Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 618. L. Staphijlea, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 

 p. 18; Grab. Cat. p. 33; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 41; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 1, 

 p. 297. — Flowers: July-Oct. Vern. Kurl-ani ; Dinda. 



Where there is a heavy rainfall short aerial roots are developed abun- 

 dantly from the branches (Talbot 1. c). 



Widely distributed throufihoiitths Presidency. Konkan : Siorks'., Law I -jW-GhAta, 

 Woodruw; Konkan and Ghat jungles, common, Dahell\ : Salsette, Graham ; Matheran, 

 Cooke \, H. M. BirdiiKiod. Deccan ; Khand;ila, Cooke\; Lanoli, Woodww I ; Kartriz 

 Ghat near Poena, Kanitkarl; Karli, Woodrow\; Mahablesiiwar, Cookel, H. M. 

 Birdwood. — Distrib. Throughout India ; Malay islands, Ceylon. 



6. Leea robusta, lloxb. HoH. Beng. (1814) p. 18. A shrub 5-6 ft. 

 high ; young branches rusty-pubescent. Leaves simply pinnate to 

 tripinnate ; rliachis and petioles angled, not winged ; leaflets 3-9 by 

 l-3f in. (the terminal leaflets very much larger than the lateral ones, 

 acute at the base while the lateral leaflets are rounded), oblong or 

 elliptic-oblong, acuminate, irregularly serrate, sparsely strigose above, 

 pubescent and with the nerves sparsely strigose beneath ; main nerves 

 8-12 pairs, ascending ; petiolules of the terminal leaflets often reaching 

 2 in., those of tiie lateral leaflets g-g in. long. Flowers greenish-white 

 in long-pedimcled much-branched compound cymes ; bracts caducous. 

 Calyx divided about h, of the way down. Lobes of tlie staminal-tube 

 rounded or truncate, not bifid at the apex ; anthers slightly united in 

 bud. Berry \ in., depressed-globular, black when ripe ; pyrenes 6-4. 

 C. B. Clarke, in Trim. Journ. Bot. (1881) p. 164; Iving, in Journ. As. 

 Soc. Beng. v. 65 (1897) p. 417 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. p. 57. L. diffusa. 

 Laws, in Fl. B. I. v. 1, p. 667. — Flowers : Aug. 



Konkan : Mira Donger near Pen, Bahell\ Kanara : Ghats of N. Kanara and sea- 

 level near Kadra, Talhot. — Distkib. India (Nipal, Khasia mountains, Andamans) ; 

 Malaya. 



7. Leea sequata, Linn. Mantiss. v. 1 (1767) p. 124. A shrub 

 4-10 ft. high ; young shouts more or less pubescent. Leaves 2-pinnate 

 (the upper often simply pinnate or rarely simple) ; rhachis angled but 

 hardly winged, pubescent ; petioles not dilated at the base ; leaflets 3-7 

 by 1-1 1 in., oblong or ovate-oblong, acuminate, irregtdarly serrate, more 

 or less hairy on both surfaces, covered beneath with numerous fl.-ifc 

 circular discs ; main nerves 7-12 pairs, ascending, curved ; petioles of 

 the lateral leaflets g-5 in., those of the terminal reaching I in. long. 

 Flowers white, very shortly pedicelled, in short compact pubescent cymes ; 

 bracts large, broadly ovate, obtuse, caducous. Calyx pubescent and 

 sparsely covered with glandular discs outside, cleft about \ the way down; 

 lobes ovate, subacute. Lobes of the staminal tube oblong, bifid ; anthers 

 united in bud. Berry \ in. in diam., depressed-globular, usually 2-6- 



