508 
(7) Vo arrenvatom. (Dee) 
Ident. W.& A. prod. I. p, 380.—Dee. prod, IV. p. 284.. - 
Syn. V. opuntigides, Roxb. ft. Ind. III. p. 764. 
_, Spz¢. Cuar. Leafless: branches dichotomous or opposite or ver 
‘figillate, compiessed, jointed; articulations elongated, gradually at- 
“tenuated from their apex to the base, much longer than broad, stri- 
ated longitudinally: flowers 8-5 together, on each side af the apex 
of the joint: berries glohose, 
Coromandel. 
(8) V. Monizirorme.. (Blume.) 
Ident. W. & A, prod. I, p. 380.—Dec. prod. IV. p. 284, 
Engray. Wight’s Icon. t. 1018.—Spicil, I. t. 87. 
Spec. Cuar. Leafless: stems terete at the base: branches ope 
“posite or fascicled, compressed ; articulations obovate-oblong, taper 
‘Ing at the base, longer than broad, costate along the middle, but 
not striated: flowers sessile at the apex of the joints, opposite or in 
opposite fascicles of 8 together, sometimes nearly verticillate, 
Neilgherries. 
(9) V. ornsicuratum. (R. WL) 
Ident. Wight’s Icon. vol. [II. 
Engrav, Wight’s Icon. t. 1016,—Spicil. I. t. 86. 
Srrc. Cuan. Monoicous: branches 4-sided, angled; leaves op= 
Fae orbicular, much waved on the margin, slightly 3—5-nerved : 
* flowers sessile, axillary, aggregated, male and female mixed : anthers 
sessile, ‘on the lohes of the calyx, flat: berries oval, oblong, obtuse 
at both ends. : . 
Neilgherries, very rare 
(10) V, Monotcum. (Rozb.) 
dent. Roxb, fl. Ind. TI. p. 763, 
Spec. Cuar. Moneicous: branches opposite and dichotomous, 
jointed, round and smooth: leaves opposite, subsessile, lanceolar, 
3-5-nerved : flowers axillary and at the divisions of the branchlets, 
sessile, usually 3 together, the centre one of which is generally tale 
and the lateral ones female: berry long. 
Banks of the Ganges, flowering about the beginning of the hot 
peason. 
(11) V. conrertum. (Roxb) 
. Ident. Roxb. fl. Ind. ITE. p. 764. 
Spec. Cyan. Monoicous: much branched, smooth: leaves op= 
osite, subsessile, lanceolar, 3-5-nerved : flowers sessile, crowded im 
the axils: berries oblong. 
Silhet, growing on Mango trees, 
