Vitis.] XLIII. AMPELIDE^. (M. A. Lawson.) C55 



Cymes usually nearly sessile, very much smaller and more robust than in the 

 last species. Flowers green. Style ; stigma large flat. Fruit dry, 2-4-seeded. 

 Seed 5 in. diam., girt about the middle by a ridge, hollow, the small opening 

 closed by a thin membrane closely resembling that of V. Roxburghii. Specimens from 

 Assam have leaves 8 in. long or more, and the cymes on longer petioles and more 

 diffuse. 



40. V. canarensis, Dolt, in Hook. Kew Jowrn. Bot. iii. 123; stem 

 herbaceous pale waited, cymes about 2 in. shorter than the petioles, fruit 

 i in. globose nearly smooth. 



WESTERN PENINSULA; Canara, Dalzell. 



Leaves 7-8 in. ; petiole 3-34 ^ n -> leaflets 4 by 2 in., shortly stalked, elliptic, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, at length glabrous. Petals distinct. Style short, stigma acute. 

 Very closely allied to F. lanceolaria, of which it may prove to be a broad-leaved 

 variety. 



41. V. Xtoxburg-hii, TF. & A. Prodr. 127 (excl. synonyms); quite 

 glabrous, stems slender, bark smooth black shining, cymes longer than the 

 petioles, fruit the size of a currant 2-4-seeded, seeds hemispheric hollow 

 cup-shaped, the opening closed by a membrane. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Courtallam, Wight. 



Leaves 5-8 in., glossy, glabrous, very membranous; petiole 2 in. ; leaflets 3-7 in., 

 stalks |-1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subacuminate, entire. Tendrils simple, long, 

 slender. Cymes shortly pedunculate, 3-4 in., branches divaricating. Flowers small, 

 green. Style conspicuous. The seed closely resembling that of F. pedata, but a little 

 larger and darker- coloured. 



This, by inspection of the specimen in Wight's herbarium, I have determined to 

 be undoubtedly Wight and Aruott's species, although in the description they say 

 that the cymes are much shorter than the petioles, almost approaching a panicle, and 

 the leaves occasionally 4-5-foliolate. Roxburgh's Cissus feminea, which they identify 

 with it, and owing to which the specific name of Eoxlurghii was given to Wight's 

 plant, is F. lanceolaria. 



42. V. reticulata, Thwaites Enum. 63 (Cissus) ; stems slender, whole 

 plant quite glabrous, cymes longer than the petioles, leaves prominently 

 reticulated, fruit ovoid the size of a cherry pale rose-coloured. 



CEYLON ; in the Ambagamowa district, Thwaites. 



Leaves 6-8 in.; petiole 14-24 in.; leaflets 4-6 in., stalks -1 in. long, broadly 

 elliptic-ovate, cuspidate, the upper half obscurely denticulate, membranous. Flowers ? 

 Seed ^ in. Thwaites remarks that this species is closely allied to some forms of F. 

 pedata, differing from it chiefly in the form and character of the leaves, and larger 

 fruit ; the trifoliolate character of the leaves he suggests may not be constant. 



43. V. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 6024; stems exceedingly coarse thick 

 and woody, young branches cymes and petioles puberulous, cymes 6 in. 

 diffuse equalling the petioles, fruit the size of a pea red, seed i by | in. 

 triangular-obovoid emarginate coarsely angled or muricate pale. 



PENANG, Wallich; MALACCA, Maingay. 



Leaves 1 ft. long; petiole 6 in. ; leaflets elliptic, or subobovate, acute or rounded at 

 the apex, coarsely dentate-serrate, at length glabrous, coriaceous. Tendrils simple, 

 stout. Cymes 6 in. long ; peduncle 2 in. Flowers very small, often unisexual. Fruit 

 globose, black, pruinose, 4-seeded. 



44. V. himalayana, Brand. For. Fl. 100; quite glabrous the 

 younger parts subneshy, stem robust, lateral leaflets very oblique, 

 cymes as long as the leaves, flowers large, fruit the size of a pea black, 

 seed i by i in. roundly obovoid nearly smooth polished black. Vitis 



