654 XLIII. AMPELIDE2E. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



36. V. set os a, Wall. Cat. 6009 ; whole plant covered with long glan- 

 dular bristly hairs without other pubescence, leaves sessile, fruit red. 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 127; Wiqlit Ic. t. 17<; Dah. & Gils. Bomb. Fl. 41. 

 Cissus acida, Watt. Cat. 6009, 6. (not L.) C. setosa, 7 t W>. Fl. I ml i. 410; 

 DC. Prodr. i. 630. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; from the Circars and Maisor southwards. CEYLOX, south part 

 of the Island, Gardner. 



Stem and leaves very fleshy, herbaceous, weak. Leaflets 1-2 in., sessile or shortly 

 stalked, ovate or subovate, rounded at the tip, sharply and irregularly serrate-dentate. 

 It usually forked, succulent. Flowers T a 2 in. lornr, umbellau-ly disposed in 

 divaricating cymes. Cymes on pednm-lcs as !un^ as or longer than tin- (eaves. 

 revolute. Fruit the size of a pea. when younu r often hairy, 1-. seeded. Seed subglobose, 

 nearly smooth. Every part of the plant is exceedingly acrid. 



37. V. carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6018 ; whole plant when young covered 

 with a fiM.rt druse pubesconce, leaves petioled, fruit black. II". 

 Prodr. \1\ W'.il't 1>: 171: r>r,<,l. Fur. Fl. loi. V. crenata, Wall. 

 Cat. 6021. V. trit'ili iasua arida, /.'.'/,. I,-. i,,,,1. nil. 

 C. auriculuta, I '/. Cut. <;n:>,l b. C. caniosa, Roxb. Fl. In>l. i. 

 409; />'". Prtnlr. i. C3n ; (,'mh. Cat. J'xm,!,. />/. :j:j : // .. /;////,. Fl. 

 40. C. crenata. Vahl DC. /'/<//-. i. 631. C. cinciva, Ln,nk. ,- DC. l'r<l,: i. 

 631. C. obtusifolia, Lmk. liirt. i. :;i .' fifort Mai. vii. t. '.. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA and throughout the hotter parts ol' INDIA from the I* VN.I.MJ and 

 F,II:M'. to CKVI.M.N and MALACCA. 



Stems more slender and less succulent than in V. setosa. Leaves 2-6 in. on lon^ 



''cts usually .shortly stalked, 1-3 in., ovate or ohovatc, rOunddd <>r acute, 



sen-all- or dentate. 7', /. ,//;/.-,- ojtposit.- the leaves, slend.-r, wiry, usually branehed. 



7'7o/'', /.-, white, larger than in I . tftofOj tu the jx-dunele equalling 



the petiole. A'//V eon^pieuous. Fruit tnrhinat". lloh\. [. >- <d \ l>y J in. 



triangular, round on the back and \vith a. linear tubercle, \vnl-e shapud on the face. 



ft Stems tvoojy. 



a. Fruit iiinli-r \ in. diam. round or ovoid (doubtful inV. subicaulis and 

 V. ananiallayana). 



38. V. bracteolata, Wall, in I!otf>. Fl. T,l. 1. Carf^ii. 483; Cat. 

 6023; stems smooth, flowers minute numerous, peduncles and pedicels 



HI i form. 



SILHET, De Sllra : T.IIOTAN and ASSAM, dr'/wth. 



*SV, ///x and IIMV.-V LrlahiMiis. /// -lender. Lrarfs 3-5 in.; petiole nearly 



as Ion : as the leaflets; leaflets nearlj aeflile <>r abort! J Stalked, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate or ovate-acute, serrate, membranous or subc >riaecous. / 'Inn /-x far the 

 smallest of the genus, dispo<r d in : ,;v;\iicating filiform cymes. Cymes on a 



long slender peduncle. >V///c 0. Frn.it the si/e.of a pea, round, black, 2-3-seeded. 

 Seed \ by in., obovoid or globose, finely cAuricate. 



39. V. angnstifolia, Wall. Cat. G033 ; stems smooth, cymes usually 

 under 1 in. long shorter than the petiole, flowers dioecious, larger than in 



V. brcu'trolafa, fruit the size and colour of a black currant 1-2-si'edud, 

 Beed hemispherical hollow, pale. WitjJtt Ic. l~n. Cissus angnstifolia, 

 ll<,.,-h. Fl. Ind. i. 408 ; DC. Prodr. i. 631. C. trifoliata lib. Ham. i,t Wall. 

 Cat. 6013 1 K. 



ASSAM, RILHET, and the KIIASIA Mrs. DISTRIB. Sumntra [Roxburgh], Hongkong. 

 Stems flexuous, dark-coloured, glabrous. Leancx 3-6 in.; petiole 1^-24 i n - ; 

 leaflets shortly stalked, lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, .membranous. Tendrils simple. 



