ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN 
BOTANY. 
By Dr. Wight & G. A. W. Arnott, Esq. 
( Continued from p. 119. ) 
Tas. VIII. 
VITIS CARNOSA. Rozb. 
Glabra, ramis foliisque junioribus pube 
sa brevi obsitis, caule compresso 
striato, stipulis oblongis, foliis trifoliatis 
sublonge petiolatis, foliolis petiolulatis 
rotundis ovatis obovatisve acutis v. ob- 
tusis, cymis pedunculatis compositis, 
petalis distinctis, stylo conspicuo, baccis 
nigris spermis. 
Cissus carnosa. Rozb, Fl. Ind. v. 1. p. 
: 409; (ed. Wall.) v. 1. p.497. Wight 
and Arn. Fl. Pen, Ind. Or. v. 1. p. 127. 
a. foliolis ovatis acutis acuminatisve.—C. 
carnosa, Wail. List, n. 6018.—V. cre- 
nata, Wall. List, n. 6021. e. .J.—C. acida, 
Roxb. in E. I. C. Mus. t. 501.—C. cine- 
rea Lam. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p- 
631. Spreng. Syst. v.1. p.448. Rheed. 
Mal. v.7. t. 9 Rumph. Amb. v. 5. t. 
166. f. 2. 
B. foliolis ovatis obtusis. Wight, Cat. n. 
424, 496.— V. crenata, Wall. List, n. 
6021. a. b. g.—V. auriculata, Wall. List, 
n. 6031. 5.—Cissus carnosa, Lam. in 
Vahl, Symb. 3. p.19. De Cand. Prodr. 
v. 1. p. 629. Spr. Syst. v. 1. p. 499. 
y. foliolis rotundatis (Tab. Nostr.8.) Wight, 
Cat. n. 426. b —V. crenata, Wall. List, 
n. 6021. c.—Cissus crenata, Vahl, S ymb. 
3. p. 19. De Cand. Prodr. v. 1. p. 631. 
Spreng. Syst. v. 1. p. 449. 
2. leaflets obovate, obtuse. Wight, Cat. n. 
425.—V. crenata, Wall. List, n. 6021. d. 
|^. —Cissus obtusifolia, Lam. 
Descr. A climbing, ramous shrub. 
Stems slightly compressed, dark brown, 
Cracked: young branches and shoots sub- 
E 
; 
EEE Tete eg 
Stipules small, scariose, deci- 
- Peduncles elongated, bearing, near 
' middle, two opposite, foliaceous brac- 
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teas, resembling the leaves, except in be- 
ing opposite and somewhat smaller. Cymes 
trichotomous, between two and three in- 
ches across the primary divisions, with a 
solitary pedicelled flower in the forks. 
Calyx four-sided, truncated, entire. After 
the fall of the corolla, the edge is hid by a 
cup-shaped, four-furrowed, glandular disk, ` 
which at first enlarges, and afterwards be- 
comes incorporated with the fruit. Corolla: 
Petals four, calyciform, concave, deciduous, 
broad at the base, bent in at the point. 
Stamens four: filaments very short; an-: 
thers large, two-celled. Corolla and sta- 
mens attached to the base of the glandular 
disk. Pistil: Germen superior, hid un- 
der the disk. Style conical, erect, red. 
Stigma simple. Pericarp a two- celled, 
four-seeded berry, which, when ripe, is of 
a clear shining black colour. 
This plant is usually found near water, | 
on banks of tanks and ditches, covering 
whatever trees or bushes it may chance to 
grow near. When it cannot find support 
of that kind, it spreads extensively on the : 
ground. It is to be met with in flower and 
fruit, the greater part of'the year, but is in 
the highest perfection during the rainy 
and cool seasons. From the nature of the 
country, it is common in Tanjore ; and 
less so in other parts of India I have 
visited. The juice is supposed to be an 
antidote to the bites of snakes. 
Tas. VIII. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. The same, 
which the petals and stamens are removed. 3. T 
P Po E dns: :—magnified. 
from 
rans- 
(To be continued.) 
SOME ACCOUNT OF THE USES 
AND PROPERTIES OF COCA. 
Erythroxylon Coca. 
Extracted from the Second Volume of the ** Reise in 
Chile, Peru, und auf dem Amazonenstrome,"' of Dr, 
oeppig. 
[Mention is made, when speaking of the 
Travels of Mr. Mathews in Peru, at page 
176 of our Botanical Journal, of the exten- 
sive use of the Erythroxylon Coca among 
the Miners. The following more extended 
History of a plant and of a people who em- _ 
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