178 XXXVI. AMPELIDE^ [Vifis 



underside of leaves densely clothed with sott ru^ty tomentum. L. hard, firm, cordate, 

 3-6 in. long, not lohed, the nerves terminating in hard glandular teeth. Cymeb 

 hessile along the rachis of a bhort compact cylindrical raceme. As pointed out by 

 King (Journ. As. Soc. Ben<^. vol 65 (1897), p. 112), V. indiea^ Linn., is a Ceylon species 

 ( V. eriodada, W. et A.). The connect name of the Indian speciet, with cylindric 

 racemes has still to be detei mined. 



C. L. trifoliolate. Cymes umbellate, or arranged in corymbs. 



18. V. semicordata, Wall. ; King in Jonrn. As. Soc. Beng. vol. G5 

 (1897), pp. 113, 397.~-Syn. F. himalayana, Brandis E. M. 100. Collett, PL 

 Simla fig. 31 ; V. ncilgherrensls^ Wight Ic. t. 965. Vern. Munderi^ Tbeog, 

 near Simla; Sever daklian^ Biissabir; isTanf^cT?-, Janns. ; ChacJieri, '^eip, 



A large, soft-wooded climber, stem 6-6 in. diam., glabi'ous, or youngest 

 slioots slightly pubebcent, tendrils distichous, at times wanting. L. trifolio- 

 late, the terminal leaflet ovate or obovate, the two latei'al iin equal-sided, 

 falcate or semicordate, all sharp-serrate with cuspidate teeth, stipules oblong, 

 early deciduous. PL yellowibh-green, pentamerous, rarely tetramerous, in 

 compound trichotomous cymes, peduncle as long as or shoi'ter than petiole of 

 the opposite leaf, petals ending in a conical hood, which encloses the anther 

 before opening, reflexed after the flower has opened. Ovary slightly 5-lobed, 

 narrowed into a short obtuse style. 



Himalaya from Kashmir eastwards 8-9,000 ft., in Sikldm to 11,000 ft., Khasi hills, 

 Palni hills. Biu^ma. 'Bl. April- June. In aiitnmn the leaves turn red. Varies with 

 leaves from glabrous to hispid on the nerves beneath. 19. V. carnosa, Wall. : Brandis 

 P. Vl, 101. Kartk^ gidctr daJch^ Pb. ; Katamha^ Ajm. Common in most parts of India 

 and Burma. A large climber with herbaceous flattened stems, young parts softly 

 pubescent. L. rough, trifoliolate, leaflets ovate or elliptic, the two lateral nearly 

 sessile. FL tetramerous, greenish- white, in trichotomous compound cymeb, peduncle 

 longer than petiole of opposite leaf, petals separate, berries black, 2-4-seecled. This 

 species King identifies with V. frlfolia^ Linn. Linnaeus' genus Vitis however was 

 pentamerous. 



D. L, digitately 5-foliolate, stems more or less flat. 



20. V. planicaulis, Hook. f. Sikkim outer hills, to 4,000 ft., Assam, Khasi and Cachar 

 Mils. A vast climber, ascending to the top of the tallest trees, sending down from its 

 branches long thin leafles's bands, stems flat, to 18 in. wide and 1 in. thick, leaflets 

 thinly coriaceous, with a rounded base, petiolule |-1J in. long. Fl. 4-merous. I'r. 

 round, ^~| in. diam., 1-2-seeded. 21. V. elongata, Wall. Sikkim Terai and valleys, to 

 4,000 ft., Silhet, Dacca, Konkan, North Kanara (on the coast). A large, glabrous 

 climber, stems rather flattened. FI. 4-merous. Fr. ellipsoid, 1-seeded, \~% m. long. 



E. L. pedately 5-11-foliolate. Cymes mostly axillary. PL unisexual (bi- 

 sexual in F. pedata). 



22. V. lanceolaria, WalL ; Brandis F. M. 101 : Wight Ic. t. 177 ^ and 



t, 28 ? . — Syn. F. miirieafa^'W. et A.: Wight Ic. t. 740. "Vern. Kajolit saycl^ 

 Mar. ; Kyi'm-niue^ Burm. 



A large woody evergreen glabrou?i climber, stems, branches and petioles 

 often corky-tubercled, tendrik simple, glabrou.s. L. pedately 5-foliolate, those 

 of coppice shoots often 3-foliolate, leaflets lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 

 distantly serrate, 3-5 in. long. FL unisexual, pale yellow, tetramerous, 

 stigma i-lobed. Cymes axillary, dichotomously compon.nd, peduncles short, the 

 female cymes smaller, petals distinct. Fr. | in. diam. 



Ku.maon, Nepal. Oudh forests. Sikkim (to 4,000 ft.), Silhet, Manipur. Western Ghat b, 

 from North Kanara bouth wards. Andamans, Lower Burma. Fl. Febr .-April. Ceylon. 

 Closely allied is 23. V. Hoofceri, Lawson. Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan, Khasia, Chitta- 

 gong. Leaflets larger and fr. 1 in. diam. 24, V. capreolata, D. Bon : pam lalira^ Nep. 

 Himalaya from Simla eastward, 3-7,000 ft., Khasi hills. Stems slender, leaflets 

 1^-3 in. 25. V. rumiclsperma, Lawson ; cJiacheri, ISTep. Sikkim, 5-^7,000 ft., Khasi hills, 

 Manipur. A large glabrons climber. Branches covered with corky tubercles, cymes 

 compound-trichotomoub, ample, longer than conmion petiole. Fr. edible, seed broadly 

 triangulai'-obeordate, keeled. 



