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ripens in September, in the plains of the North- West in June, and in the Dekkan 

 in March. In the Mauritius the vine flowers twice, in Apr. and Sept. (Bojer, 

 Hort. Maur. 60). The wood of the vine is remarkable by its numerous large 

 medullary rays and exceedingly numerous pores, giving it the appearance of a 

 sieve. In spring it yields an abundance of clear watery sap, which rises with 

 great force, and several Indian species do the same. 



2. V. latifolia, Eoxb. FI Ind. i. 661; W. & A. Prodr. 130. Syn. 

 Cissus latifolia, Yahl ; Dalzell & Gibson, Bomb. Fl. 39. 



A large herbaceous climber, from a perennial root-stock. Tendrils long, 

 bifid, often flower-bearing. Leaves tomentose beneath, suborbicular, with 

 cordate base, angled or slightly 5-lobed, lobes dentate ; basal nerves 5 ; the 

 midrib with 3-5 pair of prominent main lateral nerves. Petioles shorter 

 than leaf. Flowers pentamerous, deep reddish brown, on short thick 

 pedicels, in compound pyramidal panicles 1-4 in. long, issuing from the 

 middle of the tendril before it divides ; petals distinct. Ovary 10-fur- 

 rowed at the apex. Berry black. 



Plains of North-West India, Sub-Himalayan tract (Sewaliks and Bhabar), as 

 far as the Sutlej. Satpura range. The Konkan. Also in Bengal and South 

 India. Fl. May-July. Madden, Journ. As. Soc. xvii. pt. i. 379, notices V. lati- 

 folia as " an immense climber, with cable-like stems, sometimes 2 ft. in diam." 

 Vern. Pan lagula, Bhains-amli, Kamaon. Is this another species ? (perhaps 

 adnata.) 



3. V. parvifolia, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 662. Vern. Berahi, Kamaon. 



A slender vine, stem and old branches ligneous, branchlets glabrous. 

 Tendrils bifid. Leaves glabrous, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad, ovate, acu- 

 minate, dentate or serrate, often more or less deeply 3-lobed ; basal nerves 

 5, midrib with 2-3 pair of main lateral nerves. Flowers minute, green, 

 pentamerous, on long slender pedicels, umbellate, the umbels arranged 

 in a panicle, 1-2 in. long, leaf-opposed, or inserted on a tendril. Petals 

 cohering at the apex. 



Sub-Himalayan tract, and outer ranges from Kashmir to Bengal, ascending 

 to 6000 ft. Fl. April, May. 



4. V. lanata, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 660; W. & A. Prodr. 131. Vern. 

 Purain, Kamaon. 



Woody, climbing over high trees; branches, petioles, and peduncles 

 woolly. Leaves ovate, from a flat or cordate base, acuminate, about 4 in. 

 long, 3 in. broad, dentate, angled or indistinctly 3-lobed, densely clothed 

 beneath with rusty or reddish soft tomentum. Flowers small, green- 

 ish, pentamerous, umbellate, on slender pedicels, in large compound leaf- 

 opposed panicles, one of the lower branches often terminating in a tendril. 

 Petals pale yellow, cohering at the apex. Fruit globose, the size of a pea, 

 1 -seeded. 



South India, Bengal, Sub-Himalayan tract, as far north as Hazara, ascending 

 to 5000 ft. Fl. April, May. The stem yields an abundance of sap in Spring. 

 (Madden.) 



V. rugosa, Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 480. Vern. Asoja pahar- 

 phiita (the mountain-splitter), creeps over crags and rocks in Kamaon at" from 



