Leea.] XLIII. AMPELIDE^E. (M. A. Lawson.) 665 



Stems erect, flexuose. Leaves 9 in. -2 ft., broadly ovate, subcordate at the base, 

 coarsely serrate or dentate or sublobed, repand, glabrous and dark-green above, nearly 

 white beneath, and pubescent with minute branching hairs. Cymes puberulous, 1 ft. or 

 more, freely branching. Flowers small, white. Anthers connected. Fruit the size 

 of a small cherry, smooth, black, succulent. The root is said to yield a colour fit for 

 dyeing. 



SECT. II. Leaves pinnate (tripinnate leaves may occasionally be found on 

 luxuriant plants). 



2. Xi. cinerea, Laws. ; leaflets 6-9 by 4-5 in. elliptic-ovate serrate- 

 dentate repand dark-green and glabrous above pale beneath with minute 

 branching hairs membranous. 1 L. macrophylla, DC. Prodr. i. 635. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; at Paulgautcherry (in Malabar ?) Wight. 

 Stems herbaceous. Leave* about 2 ft." ; the lower leaflets on stalks 2-3 in., the 

 upper ones sessile. Cymes and Flowers as in L. macrophytta. Fruit ? 



3. L. coriacea, Laws. ; leaflets 10 by 4 in. sessile ovate subcordate 

 at the base serrate-dentate not repand green and glabrous above rather 

 paler beneath and pubescent with minute nearly simple hairs coriaceous. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; the Concan, Stocks. 



Stems herbaceous. Leaves about 2 ft. Flowers ? Fruiting-cymes large and fleshy, 

 branching freely. Fruit the size of a large currant, dry. I have seen only a single 

 specimen. 



4. Zi. alata. Edyeworth in Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 36 ; leaflets 12-14 by 

 2|-3 in. sessile oblong or oblong-lanceolate sharply and irregularly serrate 

 quite glabrous on both sides shining beneath reddish. Brand. For. Fl. 102. 

 L. rubra, Royle III. 145, not of Blume. 



TROPICAL HIMALAYA ; from Garwhal, Falconer, to Sikkim, alt. 1-5000 ft., /. D. H. 

 Stems herbaceous. Leaves shortly petioled ; petiole winged, reddish. Flowers red. 

 Anthers connate. Fruit the size of a large currant, reddish-purple, succulent. 



5. Xi. ang-ustifolia, Laws. ; leaflets 1-1 \ ft. by f-1 in. on stalks i in. 

 linear-subulate acuminate subcordate at the base distantly serrate glabrous 

 on both sides. 



PKGU, at Rangoon, M'Lelland. 



Stems herbaceous. Leaves shortly petioled, about 2| ft., pale glaucous-green. 

 Flowers ? Fruiting-cymes rather small though freely branching. Fruit the size of a 

 pea, dry. Very closely allied to V. parallela. 



6. Xi. crispa, Willd. Sp. PI. i. 1177; stems branches peduncles and 

 petioles with crisped wings, leaflets shortly stalked 4-12 by ]^-3|in. 

 oblong-lanceolate or ovate-oblong acuminate or acute rounded at the base 

 deeply and acutely serrate prominently penninerved, glabrous above minutely 

 pubescent on the nerves beneath coriaceous, nerves parallel straight one 

 running to each serrature. Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 654; Wall. Cat. 6827; DC. 

 Prodr. i. 635. L. pinnata, Andr. Bot. Rep. v. 355. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and the KHASIA MTS., alt. 1-4000 ft. ; SILHET, Wallicb. ASSAM, 

 CHITTAGONG. The CONCAN, Law. 



Stems herbaceous or somewhat woody, jointed, 4-5 ft. Leaves usually quinate- 

 pinnate. Cymes stoutish, small ; bracts minute. Anthers distinct. Fruit the size 

 of a cherry, black, succulent. The crisped winged stems and petioles give to this 

 plant a most elegant appearance. 



7. L. aspera, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 468; leaflets 

 on long stalks 3-6 by 2-3 in. cordate-ovate suddenly acuminate crenate- 



