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AMPELIDE.E. IV. VITIS. 



truncate at the base, acuminated at the apex, acutely toothed, 

 glossy on both surfaces ; racemes shorter than the leaves, 

 fj. v _,. S. Native of Nipaul. Leaves shining, 2 or 3-times 

 smaller than those of V. vinifera. Racemes with the peduncle 

 hardly an inch long. Fruit unknown. 

 J1 'allic/i's Vine. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



6 V. GIABRA'TA (Roth. nov. spec. 156. Rcem. et Schult. 

 syst. 5. p. 318.) leaves cordate, somewhat 3-lobed, serrated, 

 smooth ; serratures equal, with blunt lobes ; tendrils bearing 

 panicles, fj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Very like 

 V. vulpina, but the serratures of the leaves are shorter. 



Smooth Vine. Clt. 1819. Shrub cl. 



7 V. HEYNEA'NA (Rcem. et Schult. syst. 5. p. 318.) leaves 

 cordate, acuminated, undivided, toothed, smooth above, but 

 covered with rusty down beneath ; panicles elongated, tj . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. V. cordifolia, Roth, but not of Michx. 



Heyne's Vine. Shrub cl. 



8 V. I'NDICA (Lin. spec. 293.) leaves cordate, often more or 

 less angled, finely serrated, pubescent beneath. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Rheed. mal. 7. p. 11. t. 6. Panicles 

 dense, rising solitary from the middle of the tendrils. Ovary 

 embraced by a 5-lobed cup. Berries round, black, 1-2-seeded. 

 Flowers greenish-purple. According to Lour. fl. cochin. 155. 

 the berries are of a brownish-green ; this is perhaps a distinct 

 species. V. sylvestris, Blum, bijdr. is a variety. 



IndianVine. Fl. April. Clt. 1692. Shrub cl. 



9 V. LANA'TA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 474.) leaves cordate, ser- 

 rated, woolly beneath ; racemes panicled, opposite the leaves ; 

 petals cohering at the apex. J? . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies in the forests in the Circar mountains. Flowers nu- 

 merous, green. Berries round, purple, size of a pea, 1-2-seeded. 



Woolly-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



10 V. TRUNCA'TA (Blum, bijdr. 4th number,) leaves truncate 

 at the base, ovate, acuminated, obtusely and glandularly-serrated ; 

 veins pubescent beneath ; panicles opposite the leaves. ^ . w . S. 

 Native of Java. 



Truncate-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



11 V. CYMOSA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) leaves cordate, acuminated, 

 bristly-serrated, downy beneath ; cymes stalked, trifid, shorter 

 than the leaves. Tj . w . S. Native of Java. 



Cymose Vine. Shrub cl. 



12V. C V SIA (Hort. trans, vol. 5. p. 447.) leaves cordate, 

 angularly-sinuated, with distant, bristle-like serratures, wrinkled 

 on both surfaces, clothed with short, white down beneath ; 

 shoots terete, glaucous, pruinose. fj . ,__,. S. Native of Sierra 

 Leone in the low lands. Cissus cassia, Afz. rem. guin. ex 

 Spreng. neue. entd. 3. p. 234. Berries black, round, with an 

 austere, acid taste, not very agreeable to Europeans, and are 

 chiefly eaten by the negroes, who are rather fond of them. 

 The leaves are delicately toothed, having the appearance of 

 being edged with fine hairs. The plant is called country grapes 

 by the settlers at Sierra Leone. 



Grey Vine. Fl. Feb. Mar. Git. 1822. Shrub cl. 



13 V. GLABE'RRIMA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 476.) fleshy, leaves 

 ovate-oblong, a little cordate, rather obtuse, remotely bristle- 

 crenated ; corymbs equal in length to the leaves, almost simple, 

 consisting of many umbellets ; flowers nectariferous ; petals 

 oblong-linear ; berries 2-celled ; stipulas fleshy, oval glands ; 

 stem 4-cornered. T? . w . S. Native of Penang in the East 

 Indies. Flowers rather large, tetrandrous, greenish. Ripe berries 

 not observed. 



Very-smooth Vine. Fl. Dec. Shrub cl. 



14 V. GRA'CILIS (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 477.) leaves ovate-cor- 

 date, tapering to the apex, acuminated, with pointed teeth, pu- 

 bescent above ; nerves villous beneath ; stipulas half-cordate, 

 villous ; clusters formed of many small, short, villous spikes, 



cirrhiferous ; berries 3-seeded ; stem filiform, villous when quite 

 young. \i . w . S. Native of the East Indies at Singapore. 

 Flowers small, tetrandrous, brown, villous. 

 Slender Vine. Fl. Sept. Shrub cl. 



15 V. BARBA'TA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 478.) leaves round, cor- 

 date, sinuately-toothed, very slightly 3-lobed, smoothish ; clusters 

 disposed in oval bunches, bearing a dichotomous tendril ; stem, 

 branches, petioles, and peduncles covered witli long capitate 

 bristles. Tj . w . S. Native of Silhet in the East Indies. Flowers 

 tetrandrous. 



Bearded Vine. Fl. Aug. Shrub cl. 



16 V. IRIPIDA (Roth. nov. spec. 158.) leaves cordate, roundish, 

 trifid at the apex, grey above and covered with rusty down be- 

 neath, repandly serrate-toothed; corymbs bifid, glomerate. 

 Tj . ^j. S. Native of the East Indies. 



Trifid-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



17 V. TR!LOBA (Roth. nov. spec. 156.) leaves cordate, 3- 

 lobed, pubescent above, but clothed with rusty down beneath, 

 deeply serrate-toothed, acuminated ; lobes unequal ; racemes 

 ovate, downy. Tj . w . S. Native of the East Indies. Perhaps 

 this is the same as V. Labrusca of Lour. coch. 1. p. 193. 



Three-lobed-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



18 V. TOMENTOSA (Roth. nov. spec. 156.) leaves cordate, 3- 

 lobed, downy, serrated, middle-lobe ovate, lateral ones half- 

 moon-shaped; racemes ovate, dense, downy. Tj . w . S. Native 

 of the East Indies. Very like V. triloba, but with the leaves 

 simply serrated, and with the peduncles 2 or 3-times longer. 



Downy Vine. Shrub cl. 



19V. HETEROPHY'LLA (Thunb. fl. jap. 103.) leaves 3 or 5- 

 lobed, or the upper ones undivided, serrated, smooth ; panicles 

 somewhat dichotomous, smooth. Jj . ,_,. G. Native of Japan. 

 Teeth of calyx blunt. Style filiform, permanent. Berries glo- 

 bose, green, size of a pea. 



Variable-leaved Vine. Shrub cl. 



20 V. LATIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 474.) leaves cordate, 

 3-lobed, crenate-serrated, smooth ; tendrils panicle-bearing ; pe- 

 tals oblong ; ovaries embracing a nectarial cup. If. . w . S. 

 Native of the East Indies in the warmer maritime parts. Rheed. 

 mal. 7. p. 13. t. 7. Flowers numerous, of a deep reddish- 

 brown. Berries the size, shape, and appearance of a black 

 currant, containing rarely more than 2 seeds. Root tuberous. 



Broad-leaved Vine. Fl. May. PI. cl. 



21 V. PARVIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 475.) leaves angled, 

 cordate, 3-lobed, crenate-serrated, smooth ; stipulas oval ; thyrse 

 few-flowered. I/ . w . S. Native of the East Indies in the 

 eastern parts of Bengal and Nipaul. Old branches woody, con- 

 siderably flattened. Flowers very small, green. This plant has 

 the appearance of the common vine. 



Small-leaved Vine. Fl. Feb. PI. cl. 



22 V. GLANDULOSA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 479.) stem dotted, 

 roughish ; branches villous ; leaves broad, cordate, ovate, 3- 

 lobed, villous, bearing glands in the axils of the nerves beneath ; 

 tendrils dichotomous ; corymbs short, dichotomous. 7/ . S. 

 Natives of the East Indies. Berries small, round, deep-purple, 

 smooth, 4-seeded. 



Glandular-leaved Vine. Fl. May, June. Shrub cl. 



23 V. RUGOSA (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 480.) all parts of the plant 

 densely clothed with rusty down ; leaves broad, cordate, acu- 

 minated, unequally 3-lobed, toothed, villous, and wrinkled above 

 but woolly beneath ; corymbs ovate, dense, consisting of many 

 umbellets ; petals linear, spreading, 1? w ^. Native of 

 Nipaul every where in the mountains and forests. Branches 

 long, obscurely 4-cornered. Flowers small, with a yellow, cre- 

 nulated disk and purplish stamens. This species resembles V. 

 landta, Roxb. tomentosa and triloba of Roth., but differs in its 

 far greater size, and its not cohering petals. 



