236 FLORA OF MADRAS. [Cayratia. 



Section of albumen with nearly circular outline, not grooved within, 

 face-cavity deep ; leaves trifoliolate, leaflets large, glabrous, entire 

 or undulate-dentate ; fruiting peduncles 2 in. long, fruit dry 



1. Roxburghii 



Section of albumen somewhat flattened, 2-grooved within, slightly 

 angled on sides, face cavity round, small ; leaves pedately 7-9-folio- 

 late, usually softly pubescent, leaflets oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate; fruiting peduncles 1-1*5 in. long, fruit rather dry, white 



2. pedata. 



Section of albumen rectangular with incurved ends, 2-grooved 

 within, face cavity the whole length of seed ; leaves 3-foliolate, 

 long and softly villous as are the branchlets and fruit ; fruit 



fleshy, white, nearly 1 in. in diam 3. mollissima. 



Seed pyriform, small, section of seed-albumen T-shaped : 



Seed very acute at base, much rugose above, chalaza on back round ; 

 leaves pedately 5-foliolate, glabrous or pubescent, leaflets sharply 



serrate 4. japonica. 



Seed trigonous, the plane faces pitted, chalaza on back linear with 

 shallow bars on either side ; leaves pedately 3-foliolate, usually 



pubescent, leaflets dentate, rounded or acute 5. carnosa . 



Seed with sharp angles, the base rounded, the face keeled, section of 

 seed-albumen subrectangular ; fruit black ; leaves pedately 5-folio- 

 late, glabrous, leaflets small, sharply serrate ; flower-peduncles and 



pedicels filiform 6. tenuifolia. 



Seed obovate-oblong, furrowed and transversely ridged on the back, 

 2-pitted on the face, the section showing 3 vertical lobes in the 

 albumen ; fruit red ; leaves digitate, the leaflets obovate, acuminate, 

 serrate, the stipules falcate ; flower-peduncles and pedicels fleshy 



7. auriculata. 



1. CAYRATIA ROXBURGHII, Gagnep. VUis Eoxburgliii, W. & A. 

 127; F. B. I. i. 655. 



Tinnevelly Hills, at Conrtallum (Wight). 



A glabrous climbing shrub with smooth black shining 



bark. 



2. CAYRATIA PEDATA, Juss. Vitis pedata, Yahl ; F. B. I. i. 

 661 ; W. & A. 128. 



N. Circars, in the Hills of Vizagapatarn and Godavari ; 



W. Ghats and W. Coast in all Districts. 



A large but weak climbing shrub with soft pubescent 



leaves. 



Yar. gldbra, Gamble, 



