176 AMPELIDE^. [Leea. 



2. L. macrophylla, Eoxh. ex Hornem. Hort. Hafn. i, 231 (not of DC.) ; 

 Boxh. Hort. Beng. 18 ; Fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) ii, 466 ; D. ^ G. Bomb. Fl. 41 ,- 

 Brand. For. Fl. 102 ; F. B. I. i, 654 {in part) ; Clarke in Trimen's Journ. 

 Bot. {,1881), 137. 



Herbaceous, 1-3 ft. high. Leaves simple, large, the lower ones some - 

 times up to 2 ft. in diam. ; upper 6-9 in., ovate, cordate, acute, mealy- 

 white heneath : margin toothed, often irregularly ; primary nerves of up- 

 per leaves 8-10 on each side of midrib ; 'petioles often 2-5 in ; stipules very 

 large, subpersistent. Oorj/mbs sessile, mealy-pubescent. Lobes of the 

 staminal tube entire or slightly emarginate. Berry |-^ in. in diam., 4-6- 

 celled, black. 



Dehra Dun, Terai tracts of Eohilkhand and Oudh. Distbib. : Scattered' 

 throughout the hotter parts of India ; frequent in Lower Burma. Flowers 

 during the rainy season. The root yields a dye, and is also used medicin- 

 ally. 



3. L. aspera, Edqew. in Trans. Linn. 8oc. XX {1846\ 36 ; Brand. For. 

 Fl. 102 ; F. B. I. i, '665 'not of Wall, or Kurz) ; Clarice in Trimen's Journ. 

 Bot. {1881), 136 I Watt E. D. Vern. Tcumdla. 



A stout spreading shrub, 6-12 ft. high. Uppermost Zea-ues usually simply 

 pinnate, or with the lower pincse 3-f oliolate ; lower leaves bipinnate ; 

 petioles and rhachises round or scarcely winged. Leaflets 3-6 in. long, 

 cordate, elliptic, not parallel-sided, acuminate, more or less rough on the 

 upper surface ; margins crenate ; primary nerves many, close together and 

 parallel, bifurcating near the edge. Berries becoming black when ripe. 



Dehra' Dun, in ravines, and in N. Oudh. Distbib.: W. Himalaya from 

 Kumaon to Kashmir, up to 7,000 ft. ; also in Chota Nagpur, Bombay, and 

 in C. and S. India. Flowers June and July. The! black succulent fruit 

 is eaten. 



L. sambucina, Willd. 8p. PI. i, 1177; Boxh. Fl. Ind. (ed. Wall.) ii, 

 4:70; Brand. F^r. M.102; F.B.I, i, 666 (in part) ; Clarhe in Trimen's 

 Journ. Bot. 1881,' 139 ; Watt E. D. L. Staphylea, Boxb. ; Fl. Ind. {ed. Wall.) 

 n, 471; W. Sf A. Prod. 132; D. Sf Q. Bomb. Fl. 41. 



A stiff branching shrub, 4-10 ft. high Leaves 2- or 3- pinnate. Leaflets 

 about 4 in. long, elliptic, acuminate, rhomboid or rounded at the base, 

 glabrous ; primary nerves about 12 on each side of the midrib, curving 

 towards the margin of the leaf ; secondary nerves indistinct ; stipules 

 caducous. Flowers greenish, in dense rigid subsessile glabrous or 

 minutely pubescent corymbs ; bracts and bracteoles inconspicuous. 

 Caducous. Staminal-tnhe yellowish-white, its lobes notched. Berry 4 - §• in . 

 in diam. ;'pyrenes 4-6. 



Forests of N. Oudh. Distbib.: Outer Himalaya^ from Garhwal to 

 Assam, up to 4,000 ft. ;'abundant in Bengal ; scarce in Malaya ; also re- 

 ported from the Malay Islands, China,'the Philippines and in N". Australia. 

 Flowers during the rainy season. The root and leaves are used medicin- 

 ally, 

 5. L. bracteata, Clarhe in Trimen's Journ. Bot. (1881), 164. L. robusta. 



Laws, in F.B.I, i, 667 (excl. all syn.) ; not of Boscb. n»r of Blume. 



