102 XXVI. AMPELIDEiE. [Leea. 



1. L. aspera, Wall.; Eoxb. FL Ind., ed. Carey, ii. 468; Edgeworth 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xx. 36. Vern. Kumali, kurmah, Kamaon. 



A tall herbaceous perennial, 2-4 ft. high, pubescent. Leaves impari- 

 pinnate, the lower leaves often bipinnate ; common petiole not winged ; 

 leaflets (pinnae) 2-3 pair, ovate or ovate-oblong, acuminate, base cordate 

 or rounded, 4-8 in. long, pale beneath, obtusely dentate, main lateral 

 nerves 12-16 pair, joined by distinct intramarginal and numerous fine 

 closely-parallel veins. Cymes sessile or short-pedunculate, with subulate, 

 deciduous bracts. Anthers not adhering to each other ; filaments inserted 

 near the base of the staminal tube, alternating with its oblong, obtuse 

 emarginate lobes. Berry black. 



Forests of the Outer Himalayan valleys, ascending to 6000 ft. Bias to Nepal, 

 Oudh forests, Satpura range. Fl. June, July. 



2. L. alata, Edgew. 1. c. 36. Syn. L. rubra, Eoyle 111. p. 145. 



A large herbaceous perennial, glabrous, but rough with elevated dots. 

 Leaves imparipinnate ; common petiole furrowed, winged with narrow 

 membranous wings; leaflets 3 pair, 6-10 in. long, oblong, acute, base 

 acute or rounded, the upper 2 pair sessile, the lowest pair short-p etiolate ; 

 petioles winged ; main lateral nerves 8-1 2, joined by parallel, transverse, 

 and intramarginal veins. Cymes compact, compound, on long peduncles 

 more than twice the length of cyme ; peduncles and ramifications of cymes 

 red, furrowed, winged, and rough with elevated glandular dots. Anthers 

 adhering to each other sideways ; filaments inserted below the edge of 

 staminal tube, alternating with its obovate lobes. 



Siwalik and sub-Himalayan tract, from the Jumna to Sikkim, ascending to 

 3000 ft. Fl. B.S. 



3. L. sambucina, Willd. Syn. L. Staphylea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 658 ; 

 W. & A. Prodr. 132 ; Wight 111. i. t. 58. 



A shrub, with stout soft-wooded stems ; glabrous. Leaves twice or 

 thrice pinnate ; pinnae 2-3 pair ; leaflets on short petioles, firm, hard, pale 

 beneath, oblong ovate- or lanceolate-oblong, coarsely serrate, with 8-12 

 main lateral nerves ; transverse veins not prominent. Stipules large, 

 adnate to the base of petiole, coloured. Flowers greenish white, in large, 

 trichotomous, divaricate cymes, on short peduncles. Berry black or dark- 

 blue, size of a small cherry, depressed, 4-6-furrowed, 4-6-seeded. 



Widely spread in the forests of tropical and subtropical India, probably in 

 the forests of Oudh, Kamaon, and the Central Provinces. Tropical Asia, Upper 

 Guinea, Queensland, and North Australia. Fl. R.S. 



4. L. macrophylla, Eoxb. Fl. Ind. i. 653; Wight Ic. t. 1154. 



A large herbaceous perennial. Leaves broad-cordate, 12-20 in. long, 

 deeply and unequally dentate, pale beneath, 8-12 pair main lateral nerves. 

 Flowers small, white, in large terminal, compound cymes. 



Forests of tropical and subtropical India, sub-Himalavan tract to the Ganges. 

 Fl. R.S. 





