654 XLiii. AMPELiDE*. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



36. V. setosa, Wall. Cat. 6009 ; wtole plant covered -witli long glan- 

 dular bristly hairs without other pubescence, leaves sessile, fruit red. 

 W. & A. Prodr. i. 127 ; Wight Ic. t. 170 ; Balz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41, 

 Cissus acida, Wall. Cat. 6009,' 6. {not L) C. setosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 410 ; 

 DC. Frodr. i. 630. 



Western Peninsula ; from the Circars and Maisor southwards. Ceylon, south part 

 of the Island, Gardner. 



Stem and leaves very fleshy, herbaceous, weak. Leaflets 1-2 in., sessile or shortly 

 stalked, ovate or subovate, rounded at the tip, sharply and irregularly serrate-dentate. 

 TendrUs usually forked, succulent. Flowers -^5 in. long, umbellately disposed in 

 divaricating cymes. Cymes on peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves. Petals 

 revolute. Fruit the size of a pea, when young often hairy, l-seeded. Seed subglobose, 

 nearly smooth. — Every part of the plant is exceedingly acrid. 



37. V. carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6018 ; whole plant when young covered 

 with a short dense pubescence, leaves petioled, fhiit black. W. & A. 

 Prodr. 127 ; Wight Ic. 171 ; Brand. For. Fl. 101. V. crenata, WaU. 

 Cat. 6021. V. trifolia, Linn. Sp. PI. 203. Cissus acidaj Roxh. Ic. imed. 541. 

 C. auriculata, Eooii). Wall. Gat. 6031 h. C carnosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. L 

 409 ; DC. Prodr. i. 630 ; Grah. CaX. Bomb. PI. 33 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 

 40. C. crenata, Vahl DC- Prodr. i. 631. C. cinerea, Lamh. ; DC. Prodr. i 

 631. C. ohtxusiioXia^ Lamk. Diet. \. Zl'l — Rheede Sort. Mal.yu..%.9. 



Tropical Himalaya and throughout the hotter parts of India from the Panjab and 

 BiRMA to Ceylon and Malacca. 



>Si!ems more slender and less succulent than in V. setosa. Leaves 2-6 in. on long 

 petioles ; leaflets usually shortly stalked, 1-3 in., ovate or obovate, rounded or acute, 

 serrate or dentate. Te/nd/rils opposite the leaves, slender, wiry, usually branched. 

 Flowers white, larger than in V. setosa, umbellately cymose, the peduncle equalling 

 the petiole. Style conspicuous. Fruit turbinate, fleshy, 2-4-6eeded. iSfeeef | by J in. 

 triangular, round on the back and with a linear tubercle, wedge-shaped on the iiace. 



tt Stems woody. 



a. Fruit under \ in. diam. round or ovoid {doubtful in V. subicaulis and 

 V. anamallayana). 



38. V. bracteolata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 483 ; Gai. 

 6023; stems smooth, flowers minute numerous, peduncles and pedicels 

 filiform. 



SiLHET, De Silva ; Bhotan and Assam, Griffith. 



Stems and leaves glabrous. Branches very slender. Leaves 3-5 in. ; petiole nearly 

 as long as the leaflets ; leaflets nearly sessile or shortly stalked, lanceolate or ovate- 

 lanceolate or ovate-acute, seiTate, membranous or subcoriaceous. Flowers far the 

 smallest of the genus, disposed in pubescent divaricating filifoym cymes. Cymes on a 

 long slender peduncle. Style 0. Fruit the size of a pea, round, black, 2-3-Beedei 

 Seed i by J in., obovoid or globose, finely muricate. 



39. V. ang'ustifolla, Wall. Cat. 6033 ; stems smooth, cymes usually 

 under 1 in. long shorter than the petiole, flowers dioecious, larger than in 

 V. bracteolata, fruit the size and colour of a black currant 1-2-seeded, 

 seed hemispherical hollow, pale. Wight Ic. 176. Cissus angustifolia: 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 408 ; DC. Prodr. i. 631. C. trifoliata .ffS. Ham. in Wall. 

 Cat. 6013 ? K. 



Assam, Silhet, and the Khasia Mts.— Distrib. Sumatra {Bqxbwrgh), Hongkong. 

 Stems flexuous, dark-coloured, glabrous. Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiolfe H-2i in. ; 

 leaflets shortly stalked, lanceolate, serrate, glabrous, membranous. Tendrils simple. 



