Smythea] XXXV. EHAMXACE.E 175 



Smythea calpicarpa, Kurz, Tenasserim and Andamans. A scandent shrub, branchlets, 

 petioles and inflorescence tawny-pubescent. L. lanceolate, remotely crenate-serrate, 

 fine hairs on nerves, blade 2-4 in., petiole i in. Fl. bisexual, pentamerous, in clusters 

 along narrow spiciform terminal racemes, petals cueullate. filaiiunts iin'unvd. authors 

 didymous. Ovary half inferior, 2-celled, styles 2 recurved. Fr. 3-celled, coriaceous, 

 flat, dehiscent vertically into two valves, the lower part enclosed in the persistent calyx 

 tube. 



S. GOUANIA, Linn. : Fl. Brit. Iud. i. 643. 



Unarmed shrubs, mostly climbing by means of terminal tendrils. L. alter- 

 nate. Fl. polygamous in sessile clusters on axillary or terminal spikes. 

 Ovary inferior, sunk in the disk, which tills the cal}*x tube. Fr. a dehiscent 

 coriaceous capsule crowned by the persistent calyx-limb, 3-angled or 3- winged. 

 Species 30-40 in all tropical countries. 



1. G. leptostachya, DC— Syn. G. tiliaefolia, Koxb. Cor. PI. t. 98.; G. 

 nejpalensis, Wall. Vera. Batwasi, Xep. 



A large scandent shrub, wood normal, med. rays long and broad. L. broad- 

 ovate, acuminate, base rounded or slightly cordate, base entire, upper part 

 serrate or crenate, blade 3-4, petiole f-1 in. long. Spikes slender, 6-12 in. 

 Long. Fr. .1 in. diam. 



Subhimalayan tract and outer hills, from the .Jumna eastward, ascending to o.nuii 

 ft. in. Sikkim. Kha-i hills. Lower Burma, Andaman s. Fl. Aug.. Sept. Tonkin, 

 Cochinchina, Malay Peninsula and Archipelago. 2. G. microcarpa, DC. Western 

 Ghats from the Eonkan southwards, often in evergreen forest, Nilgiris, Ceylon, Malay 

 Archipelago, differs bj smaller quite entire leaves, -pike-, calyx and young leaves 

 densely pubescent. Fr. .', in. diam. 3. G. Brandish, Ha— k. Martaban and Tenasserim. 

 Branchlets, inflorescence and young leaves densely tawny- or rusty-tomentose. 1.. 

 te-ovate, quite entire. Wings of fruit rounded. J. G. andamanica, King: Journ. 

 As. Sec. Bengal, vol. do : 1897 . 382. Common on middle Andaman island. Branchlets 

 rusty-pubescent. Fr. ru>t v-tomentose. triquetrous, not winged. 



Helinus lanceolatus, Brandis F. Fl. 574. Subhimalayan tract, ascending to 4,000 ft. 

 Plains of Northern India. Behar, Pachmarhis, Qodavery. A slender climbing 

 shrub. L. entire, lanceolate, 1-3 in. long. Branchlets ending in simple tendrils. Fl. 



mi 1 1 >el late. Fr. coriaceous, ul ovoid-glol ose, not \\ inged, !i-cefled, tardily dehiscent. 



Om.Kii XXXVI. AMPELIDE.E. Gen. PI. i. 386. 



(Vitaccw, Engler u. Prantl iii. .">. 4'27.) 



Herbs i r sin ubs, erect or climbing. L. alternate. Fl. regular, inflorescence 

 e\ in* se, i ci ei ally leaf -i pposed. ( lalyx small, 4-5-den tatc i r entire, petals l-r>, 

 valvate in bud. Stamens as many as aid opposite to | «-t;i Is. inserted outside 

 and often between the lobes ol a bypogynous disk. Ovary 2-6-celled, ovules 

 •J (rarely I in each cell, Btyle simple, stigma often sessile. Fr. a berry, seeds 

 with a stony or crustaceous testa, embryo small, in a copious generally hard 

 albumen. 



Woody or herbac - climbers, rarely erect, filaments free, 



ovary 2-celled . I. Vitis, 



Erect shrubs or large herbs, lila nts united into a tube, 



ovary :'• 6-celled 2. Leea. 



VITIS, Lin.,.: Fl. Brit. [nd. i. 645. 



Climbing, rarely erect shrubs or herbs. Tendrils generally leaf-opposed, 

 often 1 caring the inflorescence. Stipules membranous, deciduous. Petals 



often col. ering tit the apex, when the entire corolla, lifted up by the stai 



