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4. CHLOROXYLON, DC. 



4. SwiETENiA, DC. — A tree ; leaves abruptly pinnate ; leaflets 

 1 to 20 pair, semi-cordate, oblong, pale-coloured, small, unequal 

 sides, pellucid dotted ; panicle large, terminal, capsules 3-celled, 

 3-valved ; wood close-grained, yellow, excellent for the turner ; some 

 specimens are of great beauty, equal to the wood of the sugar maple 

 of N.America. N ative names " Billoo" and " Hulda." Yields wood- 

 oil. Grows in the vicinity of Belgaum, also at the Falls of Gokak ; 

 Alleh Bela hills, Dr. Gibson. Syn. Swietenia chloroxylon, Roxb. 

 Cor. t, 64; Fl Ind. ii, 400 j Juss. Mem. Mus. xix, t. 23, f. 2; Wight 

 lUust. Bot. i, t. 67. 



XXXIX. AMPELIDE^. 



1. CISSUS, Linn. 



1 . C. QuADKANGULARis, Linn. — Smooth, climbing, root tube- 

 rous ; stem herbaceous dichotomous, obtusely quadrangular articu- 

 lated ; stipules biauricled, adnate ; leaves thick, fleshy, cordate 

 rounded, entire or trilobate ; umbels contracted, few-flowered ; fruit 

 ovoid, smooth, red, 1-seeded, Willd. sp. Fl i. p 657 ; Saclanthus 

 quadrangularis, Forsk. Descr. 33, Ic. t. 2. Guzerat, in hedges. 

 Used by the Arabs to sleep upon in complaints of the spine. Native 

 name " Hursanker." 



2. Repanda, Vahl. Symb. iii, 18. — Young parts tomentose, 

 stems terete ; stipules oblong ; leaves cordate roundish, shortly 

 acuminated, entire, repand -toothed ; tendrils none; umbels com- 

 pound ; flowers in June. Common. Syn. Vitis repanda, W. and A. 

 Prod. ; C indica, Rottl. DC. Prod. 1, 628. 



3. Latifoha, Vahl. Symb. iii, 18.— Young parts densely 

 pubescent, young shoots 4-angled ; stipules oval, adnate ; leaves 

 broad cordate acuminate with bristly serratures, underside cover- 

 ed with dense rusty-coloured tomentum ; fruit size of a pea, black 

 and smooth when ripe. The Concan ; common. Syn. Vitis adnata. 

 Wall. ; V repens, Wall. 



4. Repens, Lam. DC. Prod. 1,628. — Glabrous, pale-green, 

 young shoots glaucous ; stipules cordate rounded ; leaves cordate 

 ovate acuminate, with sharp spiniform teeth with compound umbels 

 of flowers ; fruit globose. The Concan. Syn. Vitis repens, W. 

 and A. ; Rheed. Mai. vii, t. 48. 



5. Trilobata, Lam. — Glabrous ; stipules oval ; leaves 3 folio- 

 late, upper ones often only deeply 3-cleft ; leaflets bristle-toothed, 

 oblong lanceolate, lateral ones unequal-sided ; fruit globose, 1-seed- 

 ed, DC. Prod. 1 , 629. The Concan. Syn, Vitis Rheedei, W. aud 

 A. Prod.; Rheede Mai. vii, t. 45. 



