56 30. AMPELIDE^. [Vitis. 



V. carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6018 ; Fl. Br. L 1. 654; Brandis For. Fl. 101 ; 

 Cissus carnosa, Roxb. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40. On the Konkan and 

 Nortb Kanara ghats, common in the Dharwar district bordering on North 

 Kanara. Fl, and Fr. May, Oct. 



V. canarensis, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Jour. Bot. III. 123; Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 655. Supa glicits of North Kanara, in evergreen forests, common. The 

 description of this species in tlie Fl. Br. I. is very short. The North 

 Kanara plant has a globose (size of a small cherry), yellow (turning red 

 when ripe), one-seeded, dry fruit. iSeed with a crustaceous episperm 

 and a white borny, ruminate albumen. The leaves ai'e always trifoliate. 

 Flowers dioecious, in short spreading cymes ; it is quite distinct fi'om 

 V. lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. C.S. Fr. April. 



V. araneosus, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl, 41 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 657. Highest 

 gbdts of the Konkan. Fl. Br. I, 



V. elongata, Wall. -Cat. 6016 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 658. In the forests on 

 the coast near Karwar, North Kanara ; common. A large glabrous 

 climber. Iieaves digitately 3-5-foliate ; petiole 3-4 in. sulcate. Flowei^s 

 small, 4-merous, in short divaricating corymbose cymes. Tendrils 

 simple. This is V. elongata, Wall., or a new species. Fl. Aug. Fr. Oct. 



V. auriculata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 411 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 658 ; Cissus auricu' 

 lata, D. C. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40. Commoni^in the dry forests 

 along the North Kanara frontier in the Dharwar and Belgaum districts 

 and probably in other places throughout the presidency. Fl. May, June. 

 Fr. Nov. 



V. tenuifolia, W. & A. Prod. 129. Fl. Br. I. 1. 660. In the moist 

 forests of the North Kanara ghats from Ainshi southwards. A very 

 distinct species. Fl. July, Aug. Fr. Sept, 



V. lanceolaria, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 412 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 660 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl, 101 ; Cissus muricata, Dalz. & Gibs. Eomb. Fl. 40. Kajolitsaijel, M. 

 Common on the North Kanara ghats, in evergreen forests. Fl. Dec. 

 Fr. ]\lch. 



V. pedata. Vahl. in Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Cat. 6027; Fl. Br. I. 1. 

 661 ; Cissus fcdata, Dalz. & Gibs, Bomb. Fl. 40. Throughout the Konkan 

 and North Kanara ; not common. Fl. H. & R.S. Fr. Nov. 



LEEA, Luin. 



Str all trees or erect shrubs. Leaves simple or compound, petiole 

 dilated at base into a sheath. Inflorescence leaf opposed, corymbose. 

 No tendrils. Calyx 5-tootlied, Petals 5, united at base with sta- 

 minal tube. Stamens 5, united at base into a 5-lobcd tube. Ovary 

 on disc, 3-6-celled. Ovules 1 in each cell. Berry 3-6-cellcd. 

 Seeds erect. 



