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U. V. repens, W, et A.: Kurz F. M. i. 275. 



A large climber. Brandies often white, mealy. L. i^labrous, orate from a 

 cordate base, acuminate, not lobed, with dibtant hairy teeth, blade 2-4, petiole 

 1-2} in. Cymes large, half the length of leaf, peduncle 1-2| in., seed usually 

 one. 



Silvkim, Khn^i hiliir>, Ast,ain, Phittaixouic, Biiniia. AVest si<le of thf* Peninsula. Fi. 

 Junp-Sept. (Kliasi) March (Kanara). Mala}- Peninsula and Archipelago. 



lU. V. quadrangularis, Wall.: Wight Ic. t. 51; Brandis F. Fl. 100. 

 Yern. Ilarmnkar^ Bomb. ; Xalleru, Tel. 



NorthAVest India, Western Peninsula. Fi. R S. Eastern tropical Africa, Arabia, 

 Malay Arcliipelag'o. 



B. L. simple. Fl. pentanierous. Cymes arranged in panicles (spikes in 

 T". indica)^ inflorescence usually on the tendril. 



11. V. vinifera, Linn.: Brandis F. Fl. iKS. The Ovapv Vim, Dakhj 

 Hind. 



A large woody climber, tendrils louii^, bifid. L. glabrous a])0Te, clothed be- 

 neath with grey floccose deciduous tomentum, from a cordate base nearly 

 orbicular, more or less <leeply 5-lobed, edge cut into large unequal acute teeth ; 

 basal nerves 5, the midrib with 4-5 pair of prominent sec. n., petiole generally 

 shorter than leaf, but longer than half its length. Fl. green, fragrant, petals 

 cohering at the top. Fr. 3-5-seeded- 



ludigenous in Armenia, the Caucasus and other parts, of We<=5tem Asia, probably 

 also in Greece. Apparently wild in the ISTortlpWest Himalaya, Gtdtivated in 

 Kashmir, Kunawar (the vineyards mobtly debtroyed hj vine-disease between 1855 an<l 

 18(-)0), the plains of North- West India and the Deccan. 



12. V. lanata, Eoxb. (King Journ. As. Soc. Beng. vol. Oo (1897 ^^ 

 p. Ill) ; Jacquem. Voy. Bot. t. 30. Chakcha, Bussahir; Jarila /r^ra, Nep. ; 

 Goele-lotaj Sundrib, 



A powerful woody climber. Branches, petioles and inflorescence more or 

 less woolly. L. from a flat or cordate base, ovate, acuminate, dentate, angled 

 or indistinctly lobed, more or leas clothed beneath with soft rusty tonientum. 

 Cymes arranged in large compound paniclen, one of the lower branches often 

 terminating in a tendril or developed into a second panicle, giving the appear- 

 ance of a bifurcate inflorescence, petals cohering at the apex. Seed 1. 



Subhimalayan tract, ascending to 5,000 ft., from Hazara eastward. Assam, Ivhasl 

 hills, Manipnr, East Bengal, Ohittagong, Burma. FL April, May. Thl^ specie^ 

 varies considerably iii regard to the tomentnni, A form, which in almost glabrous, is 

 known from Knmaon, the Khasi hills, and Burma. These glahi-ons bpecimens are vei-y 

 similar to 13. V. parvifolia, Boxb., a species of Kashmir, Kumaon and Nepal, with 

 aeuminate 1, 2-3 in. long, 1-2 in. broad. Fl, in hhort racemiform pani(deb 1-2 in. 

 long. 14. V. rug-osa, "Wall. Kumaon, Burmo, with edihle grapes, has larger leaves 6-12 

 in. long, with dense reddish-brown tomentnni beneath. FL dee}) red, the jjetalfc. not 

 cohering. In these (11-14) and other species with panicuLate inflorescence, it 

 often happens that the lowest branch of the panicle bears a second panicle, giving 

 the appearance of a bifurcate inflorescence. 



15. V. latifolia, Roxb. ', Brandis F. Fl. 99. Panihel, Hind. ; MumJ Murie, Ajnt. 

 Plains of North India. Eajpiitana, Behar, Bengal, Assam. Peninsula. L, densely 

 pubescent beneath, nearly orbicular from a cordate base, angled or 5-iobed, lobes 

 dentate, tendrils long, bifid. Cymes on the tendrils in pyramidal often bifurcate 

 panicles. 16. V. barfeata, Wall. Assam, Khasi hills, plains of Bengal, Burma. 

 Branches, petioles and inflorescence clothed with soft woolly hair and long thin 

 brown bristles, L. clothed beneath with floccose pubescence, cordate, with large 

 rounded basal lobes, 4-10 in. long. Cymes in large pyramidal panicles, hairs | in. 

 long. 17. V. indica, Lawson. Fl. Brit, Ind. i. 058 {Nardel, Mar.) West side of the 

 Peninsula, from the Konkan southwards. Branches, inflorescence, petioles and 



