234 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Cissus. 



A weak trailing shrub, the sterns glaucous and glabrous, 

 with ovate-cordate thin leaves. 



4. Cissus PALLIDA, Planch. Vitis pallida, W. & A. 125 ; 

 F. B. 1. i. 647. 



N. Circars, Deccan. and W. Ghats in dry forests, especially 

 in the Ceded Districts. 



An erect shrub with large leaves and woody stem, 

 occasionally tendril-bearing and perhaps somewhat scan- 

 dent. 



5. CISSTJS HEYNEANA, Planch. Vitis Heyneana, Wall. ; F. B. 1. 

 i. 647 ; W. & A. 125. 



W. Grhats, from the Nilgiris to the Pulneys and the Hills 

 of Travancore, at low levels, scarce. 



A coarse climber with thick fleshy stems and ovate-cordate 

 pale green poplar-like leaves scarcely serrate. 



6. Cissus REPANDA, Yahl. Vitis repanda ; W. & A. 125 ; 

 F. B. I. i. 648. 



Deccan, in the Hills of Cuddapah, Anantapur and Mysore 

 up to 4,500 ft., Hills of Chingleput ; E. slopes of W. Ghats 

 from Nilgiris to Tinnevelly. 



A climbing shrub with branched and twisted tendrils and 

 pyriform fruit. 



7. Cissus VITIGINEA, L. Vitis Linnaei, Wall. ; F. B. I. i. 649 ; 

 W. & A. 126. 



N. Circars, in Vizagapatam and Godavari; Deccan and 

 Carnatic, in hill scrub forests chiefly, up to 4,500 ft. and 

 west to the lower slopes of the Pulney Hills ; W. Coast, in 

 Travancore, in secondary forests. 



A small, erect trailing or climbing, grey-tomentose shrub, 

 with blue single- seeded berries. 



8. Cissus ADNATA, Roxb. ; Wt. Ic. 1. 144. Vitis adnata, Wall. 

 F. B. I. i. 649 ; W. & A. 126. 



W. Coast and W. slopes of Grhats, at low levels. 



A slender far-climbing shrub with ferruginous tomentum 



on leaves. 



9. Cissus GLAUCA, Eoxb. Vitis glauca, W. & A. 126 ; F. B. I. i. 

 648. 



W. Coast and W. Ghats up to 4,000 ft. 



A stout rambling shrub with glaucous stems and cordate 



cuspidate leaves. 



