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cut, yields a copious draught of pure, tasteless fluid." Tennant. 

 The stems are eaten in curries. 



2. V. repanda (Cissus r. D.). Hairy, stems woody, leaves 

 large, cordate roundish, coarsely-toothed, stipules oblong, ten- 

 drils forked or none, flowers in compound umbels, fruit pear- 

 shaped black, tipped with the persistent style. Gendal. 



3. V. aduata (C. latifolia, D.). Is very like the last, but not 

 so stout, with stipules oval, adnate. Nddena. 



H. considers that these two are difficult to distinguish. They are 

 both found in the Konkan, and probably in the Ghauts, in the rains. 

 The latter only is in Mr. Birdwood's list. 



4. V. .-A stout, woody shrub, not generally climb- 

 ing, leaves large, smooth, heart-shaped with incurved serratures 

 and umbels opposite to them ; petals recurved, berries black, 

 one or two-seeded. 



Common in the Deccan, as a roadside bush ; not at all attractive. 

 This is D.'s C. vitiginea, but I have not been able to identify it with 

 any of jET.'s. 



5. V. carnosa. Fleshy, leaves trifoliate, petioles rather long, 

 leaflets ovate, coarsely serrated, tendrils forked, flowers in 

 panicles green, glands, disk and stamens white, style conspicuous, 

 fruit black and juicy, 2 to 4-seeded. Tdmdnya. 



Very common on the seashore, in the Konkan, growing among the 

 rocks. There it is quite smooth, but inland is often coarse and hairy. 

 Common in most parts of India. Brandis. 



6. V. auriculata. A stout and handsome climber, young 

 stems, petioles, &c., thickly downy, light-green, leaves with 

 5 or more oblong or ovate serrated leaflets ; stipules ear- shaped, 

 tendrils forked, flowers in large long-stalked panicles, yellowish, 

 berry red or plum-coloured, shining, size of a sloe. Ambari, 

 jnngli Kdjorni. 



Plentiful about Ghorabuader. Vingorla (D.). Matheran, Birdwood. 



* V. repens, smooth and glaucous, leaves cordate, ovate, bristle- 

 toothed, flowers in compound umbels, fruit round. The Konkans (D.). 



* V. glauca, very doubtful how this differs from the last. D. has not 

 got it. The Konkans ((?.). * V. Rheedii (C. trilobata, D). Smooth, 

 leaves trifoliate, leaflets oblong, bristle-toothed, fruit round. Vansa. 

 Konkan (D. 8f (?.). * V. setosa. Fleshy, covered with long bristly 

 hairs, leaflets 3, long oval, fruit one-seeded, red. Junar (D.). V. elongata. 

 A very large climber, smooth and succulent, leaflets 5, oval lanceolate, 

 flowers in panicles white, berry size of a cherry, blackish. Maha- 

 bleshwar. Not in D. * 7. lanceolaria (C. Muricata, D.). A woody 

 climber, branches warty, leaves 5-foliate, stipules large, flowers in 

 compound umbels, yellowish, fruit size of a cherry, white when ripe. 

 S. Ghauts and Canara (D.). Khdjgoli cha vel. 



