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(Fig. 14) ; petiolar sinus shallow; limb thick, umbrella shaped * r 

 upper-face deep green; under-face with white, thick, felty 

 tomentum. Bunch small, irregular; berries large, deep- 



Fig. 14. Lancinate Leaf of V. Candicans. 



black colour, globular, discoid, pulpy, very harsh taste- 

 Seeds (Fig. 15) very large, beak short; chalaze and raphe 

 rudimentary, grooved round the chalazic depression. Roots 

 large and fleshy. 



(b) Varieties. The variations of,, the V. Candicans or Mus- 

 tang are not numerous ; it is one of the species which has, in 

 the wild state, the most fixed and defined 

 characters. A few differences of secondary 

 importance sometimes occur, but it is- 

 only in dimensions of the leaves, which 

 vary according to the richness of the soil. 

 F v.'candkans. f In tn e rich soils on the banks of rivers- 



