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6. CARNOSA, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 409. Stem compressed striated ; 

 stipules oblong ; leaves 3-foliolate on longish petioles ; leaflets 

 stalked, roundish or ovate or obovate, crenate, serrated ; cymes pe- 

 duncles compound ; berries black. Syn. C cinerea, Lam ; Rheed. 

 Mai. vii, 9; Rumph. Amb. v, t. 166. /. 2; C ccenata, Vahl; C 

 obtusifolia, Lam; Hook. Comp. Bot. Mag. i, 161, t. 9. 



7. MURICATA, Dalz. Mss. Unisexual, all glabrous, except the 

 inflorescence ; stem woody, branches with muricated bark ; leaves 

 petioled trifoliolate ; leaflets stalked, subcoriaceous, serrated, oblong 

 acuminated ; umbels axillary, twice compound ; fruit globose, size 

 of a large cherry, white when ripe. Monkeys are very fond of it. 

 Southern Ghauts ; plentiful in Canara. Vitis muricata, Wall. ; W. 

 and A. Prod, p 1*28. 



8. C EDULIS, Dalz. in Hook. Jour. Bot. ix, p 248. Root 

 fibrous ; stem quadrangular broadly 4-winged ; stipules lunate 

 entire ; leaves shortly-petioled cordate ovate entire, serrulated ; 

 umbels short-peduncled ; fruit globose, acrid, 1 -seeded, size of a 

 small pea. Common. Long confounded with the C quadrangularis 

 of Linn ; Syn. Vitis quadrangularis, Wall. ; C quadrangularis, 

 Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 407. Used in curries by the Bengalees. 



9. C. VITIGINEA, Roxb. nov. Linn. Nearly glabrous, scarcely 

 climbing ; leaves very large, shining, broadly cordate, shortly 

 acuminated ; stipules cordate, cymes on long peduncles ; flowers 

 reddish ; berry black when ripe, 1 to 2-seeded. A very common bush 

 in the Deccan, Roxb. Fl Ind. 



10. PEDATA, Lam., Roxb. Fl i, 413. Young parts softly 

 pubescent ; stipules cordate acute ; leaves pedate, leaflets 7 to 1 1 , ob- 

 long lanceolate acuminated, membranaceous, serrulate ; peduncles 

 axillary or opposite the leaves ; fruit flattened on the top, 4-lobed, 

 white, 4-seeded. The Concans and Ghauts. Syn. Vitis pedata, 

 Wall. ; W. and A. Prod, p 128 ; C heptaphylla, Retz. obs. ; Itheede 

 Mai. vii, t. 10. The Deccan, Gornehr. 



11. AURICULATA, Roxb. Fl Ind. i, 41 1 . Root tuberous, young 

 shoots succulent, and petioles and inflorescence softly pubescent ; 

 leaves 5-foliolate ; leaflets oblong, obovate or rhomboid, shortly 

 acuminated, serrulated ; berries smooth, shining, red, size of a 

 cherry. At Vingorla. Syn. Vitis auriculata, Wall. 



1 '2. DISCOLOR, Dalz. in H ook. Jour. Bot. ii, 39. Glabrous ; stem 

 and branches acutely angular, red ; stipules broadly ovate obtuse ; 

 leaves petioled, ovate or oblong lanceolate acuminated, truncate 

 or slightly cordate at the base, serrated, deep-green above, purple, 

 and shining beneath ; umbels opposite the leaves twice the length of 

 the petiole ; petals red, cohering ; berries black, shining, size of a 

 large pea. Shady jungles of the Concan ; flowers in August; fruit 

 in October. 



