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3. Younger parts, at least, ferruginous-pubescent. 2. C. asswmica 



3. Entirely glabrous. ^ 3. C. repens 



1. Leaves trifoliolate r. 4. C. trifolia 



1. C. QUADRANGULARIS L. 



A glabrous vine, the stems fleshy, green, sharply 4-angled, 1 to 1.5 

 cm thick, much contracted at the nodes, the internodes 6 to 10 cm long. 

 Leaves few, 1 from, each node, alternate, 4 to 6 cm long, simple, somewhat 

 fleshy, broadly ovate or triangular-reniform, "distantly toothed with small 

 appressed sharp teeth, apex obtuse, base broad, cordate or subtruncate. 

 Cymes small, axillary, peduncled, up to B cm long. Flowers pinkish, about 

 2.5 mm long. Berry globose, fleshy, succulent. 



In dry thickets etc., San Juan del Monte, fl. Sept.-Oct., and probably 

 in other months; of local occurrence in the Philippines, certainly introduced. 

 Tropical Kast Africa, tropical Asia and Malaya. 



2. C. arlstata Bl. Saldpong (Tag.). 



A scandent vine reaching a height of at least 10 m, more or less 

 ferruginous-pubescent. Leaves ovate, shortly acuminate, base deeply cordate 

 or the upper ones rounded, margins distinctly cuspidate-serrate, 8 to 18 

 cm_ long, 6 to 12 cm wide. Cymes peduncled, trichotomous, 2.5 to 5 cm 

 long. Flowers g^reenish, purple-tinged, subumbellately arranged on the 

 ultimate branchlets, pedicelled. Petals 4, valvate, oblong-ovate, acute, nearly 



3 mm long. Fruit globose, fleshy, purple wh?n mature, about 1 cm in 

 diameter when fresh, containing a single large seed. (Fl. Filip. pi. S18, 

 C. nodosa:) 



In thickets, Pasay, San Pedro Macati, etc., scattered, fl. Aug.-Dec; 

 widely distributed in the Philippines. India, through Malaya to New 

 Guinea. 



8. C. repens Lam. Ayong-galjt (Tag.). 



A vine reaching a length of 10 m or less, quite glabrous. Stems terete, 

 green, somewhat fleshy, readily breaking up at the nodes when dry. Leaves 

 simple, 7 to 12 cm long, broadly ovate, acuminate, base broadly cordate, 

 margins with distant, small, sharp, appressed teeth, the nerves usually 



4 or 5 pairs. Cymes leaf -opposed and forming terminal leafy inflorescences, 

 the individual cymes shorter than the petioles. Flowers 4-merous, greenish, 

 small, umbellately arranged. Fruits fleshy, purple, obovoid, usually apicu- 

 late, about 6 mm long, very acrid, with a single seed. 



In dry thickets, D'iliman, fl. Aug.-Nov.; widely distributed in the Philip- 

 pines. India to southern China and Malaya. 



4. C. tplfolla (L.) K. Sch. (C. camoaa Lam.). Calit-calit (Tag.). 



Scandent, puberulent or becoming glabrous or nearly so. Leaves tri- 

 foliolate, the petioles 2 to 3 cm long; tendrils opposite the leaves. Leaflets 

 ovate to oblong-ovate, 2 to 8 cm long, 1.5 to 5 cm wide, slightly acuminate, 

 father coarsely toothed. Cymes long-peduncled, axillary, solitary, usually 

 8-branched. Flowers small, greenish-white. Fruit fleshy, subglobose, dark- 

 purple or black, about 1 cm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. U, C. acida.) 



In thickets and waste places, fl. all the year; throughout the Philippines. 

 India and Ceylon through Malaya to New Caledonia. 



In addition to the species above considered, the grape vino (Sp. uva= 

 Vitis vinifera L.) is occasionally found in cultivation, but it rarely produces 

 flowers or, fruit here. 



