Vitis] XXXVI. AMPELIDE/E 170 



26. V. pedata, Valil : Kurz F. El. i. 273. 



A woody climber, more or less softly pubescent. L. 7-11-foliolate, leaflets 

 membranous, 4-8 in. long. Cymes sometimes axillary, conipouud-dichotomous. 

 El. white or greenish-yellow, bisexual. Fr. J- in. diam., 3— 1-seeded. 



As-nin. Khasi and Naga hills. Burma. West side of the Peninsula from the Koukan 

 southwards. PI. H. s.. R. s. A remarkable species with pinnate leaves is '27. 

 V. rubifolia, Wall. Assam ami Khasi hills. 



•_'. LEEA, Linn. : El. Brit. Ind. i. 664. 



Large herbs or erect shrubs, stems and branches generally furrowed. L. 

 imparipinnate, or tripinnate, rarely simple, leaflets opposite, petioles with 

 broad shear lung base. Fl. pentamerous, in compound corymbose cymes, 

 peduncles leaf-opposed, no tendrils, petals more or less cohering at the base 

 and adhering to the staminal tube. Stamens 5, filaments short, inserted on 

 the entire or 5-rleft staminal tube. Ovary 3-G-celled, one ovule in each cell, 

 style short. Fr. a berry, seeds 3-6. Species 45, tropical Asia, a few in 

 Africa and Australia. 



A. Petals red. 



1. L. alata, Edgew. : Brandis F. Fl. 102. Vern. Lai galeni, Nep. 



A shrnb 2-5 ft. Branches stiff', not succulent. L. pinnate, glabrous, 

 leaflets 2-4 pair, sessile, oblong, sharply serrate, ii-10 in., rachis often 

 narrowly winged. Fl. in dense rusty corymbs. Fr. red, |-J in. diam. 



Subhimalayan I racl . from the Jumna eastward. Ma Lmensingh. Fl. July. Aug. 



2. L. acuminata, Wall. : Clarke in Trimen's Journal of Botany, vol. 10 

 I isM . p. 1H2. Yern. I.nl galeni, Xep. 



A large herbaceous shrub. L. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, oren;iti'-serrate. blade :-5-U, petiole \~\ in. Corymbs coral-red. Fr. 

 orange-yellow. 



Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft., Assam, Monipur, Andamans. PI. May-July. 3. L. 

 Wightii, C.B.Clarke /.. Staphylea, Wight III. t. 58, not of Roxb.) Malabar Courtollum. 

 L. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, sec. u. 8 12 pair, arching, conspicuous beneath. 



B. Petals greenish-white. 



I. L. sambucina, Willi!. : Kurz F. Fl. i. 270. — Syn. /,. Staphylea, Roxb. 

 Wight le. t. 78. Vern. Dino, Mar. 



A large shrub, glabrous. L. 2-3-pinnate, leaflets elliptic-oblong, coarsely 

 Serrate, blade 3-8, petiolule \-$ in. Corymbs spreading. •">-<; ill. diam. Fr. 

 black or dark blue. 



sikkim, ;i-<''ii'ling to l.oiin ti ., Lower liengal. West side of the Peninsula, from the 

 Eonkan southwards, Andamans, Burma, Fl, Maj Aug. Malay Peninsula, Ceylon. 



In moisl districts numerous shorl aerial ts descend from the branches. Closely 



allied and perhaps not bj ifically distinct are! 5. L gigantea, Griff. Tenasserim, 



Malay Peninsula. A small tree with a single stem. 6. L. umbraculifera, C. I: Clarke. 

 Sikkim, chiefly in valleys, ascending to 9,000 ft. A tree, attaining 50 ft., trunk as 

 t hick as e man's body. 



7. L. aequata, Linn.; Kurz F. Fl. i. 281. — Syn. /.. hirta, Roxb. ; PI. Brit. 

 Ind. i. 668. 



A large shrub, branchlets, pet loirs and underside of leaves hirsute. L. 

 2-3-pinnate, leaflets serrate oblong-lanceolate, 5-10 in. loDg, on the underside 

 with numerous Bal glandular disks, petioles short. Fv. black, J in. diam. 



Sikkim. ascending to 2,000 ft., Assam, Khasi hills, Sundribon, Chittogong, Lower 

 Burma, Lndamans. Evergreen forests aeai Karwar, Talbot, List 57. PI, It. S. 8. 

 L. robusta, Roxb. Sikkim, to 1,000 ft., Singhboom, Chandn district C.P., Mira hill, 

 Kolaba district, Andamans. Lower Burma. Differs from 7 bj the abseu f the disks 



