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like shim {Dolic/ios), barbati ( Vtgna Catjung), golancha 

 (Tinospora cordifolid) (see fig. 149), climb by twining 

 or twisting their stems round the support like the 

 threads of a corkscrew; plants like shasha or khira 

 {Cucumis saiwus), matar or Pea, lau or kadoo or 

 Bottle Gourd {Lagenaria vulgaris), climb by the help 

 of thread-like structures known as tendrils; plants 

 like gaja-pipul (see fig. 267), pan or Betel Vine (^Pipet 



Fig. 25. — Creeping Stem or Runner 



Betel), climb by the help of adventitious roots coming 

 out of the stem and clinging to the support; plants 

 like bet or Cane {Calatnus), munjishtha {Rubia cordi- 

 folia), kahtali-champa {Artabotrys), bengchi or bench 

 {Flacoiirtia Ramontchi, L'Herit., van sapidd), shia-kul 

 {Zizyphus), climb by means of spines or hooks; plants 

 like Clematis (see fig. 144), Garden Nasturtium (Tro- 

 pceolum majus), and isher-mul {Aristolochia indica) 

 climb by twisting their leaf-stalks; and plants like 

 ulat-chandal {Gloriosa superba) climb by their spirally- 

 wound leaf-apices (see fig. 249). Among twining 

 plants some are dextrorse, or coil towards the right 

 or clock-wise, as chuprhi-aloo {Dioscorea); and some 



