ViMs.] LXiii. AMPELiDE^, (M. A. Lawson.) 647 



Ind. 1. 407 ; Grah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 32. C. repens, Lanik. : DC. Prodr. i. 

 W,%.~Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 48. 



.Eastekm Tkopical Himalaya, the Khasia Mts., Assam, and Silhet, asoeoding to 

 5000 ft. Chiitaqonq.. Tehassekim. Westekn PENiisauLA.— Distkib. Java, Amboyna. 

 [Roxh.) __ 



A weak trailing plant, always very glaucous, at least when young. Tendrils weak, 

 fleshy. Umbels on slender peduncles, 1-4 in., the rays again umbelliferous. Style 

 very conspicuous. Fruit dry, pedicels J-l in., neither fleshy nor increasing in size. 

 Seed i in., globosely-pyriform, smooth, pale. 



10. V. discolor, Dah. in Hook Eew Journ. Bot. ii. 39 ; glabrous, 

 ' not glaucous, stems subangular weak, leaves 3-12 by 1-4 in. narrowly cor- 

 date-ovate acute the upper lanceolate subcordate or entire at the base 

 bristly-serrate blotched with white on the upper surface membranous, 

 tendrils forked, flowers and fruit as in V. repens. Dah. & Oibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 40. V. insequalis, Wall. Cat. 6010 ; W. & A. Prodr. 125. ? V. diver- 

 sifolia. Wall. Cat. 5996. ?Y. costata, WaM. Cat. 6011. C. discolor, BIutm 

 "■■ ' 181 j Bot. Mag. 80, t. 4763. 



Teopioal Sikkim Himalaya, the Khasia Mts., and Silhet, ascending to 3000 ft. ; 

 CmTTAGONa, Pesu, and Tknassbrim:. Western Peninsula, in the Conoan, DaheU. — 

 DisTRiB. Java. 



Branches and pedicels bright red. Leaves oblique, spotted with transverse blotches 

 of white between the nerves on the upper surface, purple beneath. Fruit reddish purple. 

 Seed as in V. repens. — The presence and position of the blotches seem to be very 

 uncertain. Instead of the disoolorations lying between, they sometimes follow the 

 course of the nerves, while sometimes the leaves are entirely destitute of any markings, 

 in which case the plant becomes Cissus velutinus, Linden Cat. (in Bot. Mag. 86, t. 5207). 

 Vitis incemtalis, Wall., appears to belong to the uncoloured forms of this species, in 

 which the leaves are narrowly ovate-lanceolate, almost entire and very unequal at the 

 base. To specimens taken from the tops of branches of either this species or V. repens 

 must probkbly be referred V. costata, Wall, and V. diversifolia, Wall. 



11. V. Keyneana, Wall. Cat. 5988 A ; W. <b A. Prodr. 125, not DC. ; 

 quite glabrous, branches thick hollow succulent, leaves 3-7 by l|-4 in. 

 cordate-ovate or ovate distantly and faintly serrate thick and leathery, 

 tendrils simple, peduncle 1 in. usually 2-rayed, rays bearing numerous 

 umbellate- flowers, pedicels thick, petals ^ in., fruit 4 in. , Cissus rotun- 

 diatia, Biijne in Wall. Cat. 5988 ; 1 DC. Prodr. i. 628. 



Western Peninsula in the Southern provinces, Courtallam and Travancor, Wight. 

 Ceylon, Thwaites. 



A coarse plant with thick fleshy leathery, stems. Leaves pale green. Tendrils 

 stout. PeteM distinct. A^tt/Ze conspicuous. JfWiit pyriform, dry,, l-2-S5eded, the pedi- 

 cels thickened upwards.— Oissus glauca, Thwaites (Bnum. 62), has ' thick fleshy stems 

 and leaves as in this species, leaves 6-8 by 4 in. ovate obtuse ; the fruit resembles that 

 of V. pallida, to which perhaps it is most closely allied. 



12. v. pallida, W. S A. Prodr. 125; quite glabrous or young parts 

 ^lightly puberulous, branches thick fleshy hollow, leaves 4-10 in. broadly 

 cordate dentate-serrate or inciso-serrate often repand, tendrils simple, 

 peduncle 1-2 in. very thick fleshy, cyme compact fleshy subcorymbose, 

 bracts and bracteoles large glabrous and pellucid, petals -^ in., fruit the 

 size of a pea. OKv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 393, ! V. Wallichii, Eunm Journ. 

 As. Soc. Beng. 1872, ii. 302. 



