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939. C.QuADRANGULARIS. Rox, Flora. 1. p. 407. 
Vitis Quatrangularis, w. & a. 40. Rheed. Mal, 7. ¢. 41. Rumph. Amb. 6. 
t. 84, f. 2, Ainslie. Mat. Ind. 2. p. 303. Wight’s Icones. Part 3. ¢. 51. ’ 
Stem 4 angled, winged, jointed.--In gardens Bombay,--the natives eat the 
succulent stems in curries. Itis the Saelanthus quadragonus of Forskal, who 
says, the Arabs when suffering from affections of the spine, make beds of it, 
240. C. Carnosa. Rox. Flora, 1. p. 409. 
Vitis carnosa. w. & A. 420. Rheed. Mal. 7. t. 9. Rumph. Amb, 5. ¢. 166. 
f.2.and 5. ¢. 165.---very common in Bombay during the rains, on old walls; 
the rocky beach &c.--Rumphius says, the tender leaves are eaten as a pot- 
herb in Amboina. 
241.. C. TriopaTa. DC. prod, 1. p. 629, 
Vitis Rheedii, w. & a, 418. Rheed. Mal. 7. t, 45--the Concans. 
242. C. Lanceotaria, Rox- Flora, }. p, 412, 
Vitis muricata. w. &. A. 423. Rheed- Mal, 7.¢. 8.--the Concans. 
243. C. Pepata. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 413. 
Vitis pedata. w. § 4.426. Rheed. Mal. 7.¢, 10.—the Concans; Mahablesh- 
wur &c.---common. 
244, C. ?a stout shrubby species; grows abundantly in the ravine 
at Kondapore, on the Seroor road.—common in the Deccan. 
132, VITIS. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Said to come from a Celtic word. Gaert. ¢. 106, Lam, ¢. 145. 
245. V.Inpica.w. & a. 434, Rheed. Mal. 7. ¢. 6.—a shrubby climbing 
plant.—the Concans. 
246. V. VINIFERA. w. & A. 429.—the common grape vine, successfully 
cultivated in the Deccan, about Poona, Ahmednuggur, Aurungabad &ce.---Dr. 
Gibson mentions, that it is very susceptible of blight from fogs and heavy 
atmosphere; this may account for its failing below the Ghauts, where the at- 
mosphere is comparatively moist. Virgil notices a similar peculiarity in Italy. 
“« Littora myrtetis laetissima, apertos 
Bacchus amat colles.” 
The Water Withe of the West Indies belongs to this genus. 
133. LEEA. L, Pentandria Monogynia. 
Mr. Lee—of Hammersmith. Lam. t..139, Gaert, ¢. 57. and ¢. 108, 
247. LL. STAPHYLEA. Ww. & A. 437. Rheed. Mal. 2. ¢. 26. Rumph. Amb. 
4, t. 45. Wight’s Icones. ¢, 78. Illust. 8. ¢. 58.-Kurkunnie-A shrub with flexuose 
stems, and leaves something like those of the English Elder; flowers small, 
, greenish white; in large terminal cymes; the curious nectary is worthy of 
» observation.—Salsette; on the Ghauts; generally growing in patches in the 
~ densest parts of the Jungle, 
~ ORDER 36. LINE. ve. prod. |. p. 428. 
Tue Frax-Trise. Lind. nat. syst. p. 155. 
134. LINUM.1L. Pentandria Pentagynia. 
From the Celtic, /lin---a thread, whence the Greek, linon—English, linen. 
Gaert. t. 112. Lam, ¢. 219. 
248, L. MysorenseE, w. & A. 439, Wight’s Illust, No. 8, ¢. 60, 
Woondree.—herbaceous, erect, with small yellow flowers; grows in great 
abundance at Kandalla towards the close of the rains.—common also on the 
Deccan plains, 
