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21). V. pedata, Talil : Kiirz F. FL i. 273. 



A woody climber, more or less softly pubescent. L. 7--ll-foliolatej leaflets 

 membranoiiSj 4-8 in. lone;. Cymes sometimes axillary, compoimd-dicliotomoiis. 

 Fl. white or greenish -yellow, bisexnal. Fr. J in. diam., 3-4-seeded. 



x\sbam, Ivhasi and Xaga liill^. Burma. "West side of the Peninsula from the Ivonkau 

 soutliwards. Fl. H. S., R. 8. A remarkable species with pinnate leaves is 27. 

 V. rubifolia, Wall. Assam and Ivliasi lulls. 



2. LEE A, Linn. ; Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 604. 



Large herbs or erect shrubs, stems and branches generally furrowed. L. 

 imparipinnate, or tripinnate, rarely simple, leaflets opposite, petioles with 

 broad sheathing base. Fl. pentamerous, in compound corymbose cymes, 

 peduncles leaf-opposed, no tendrils, petals more or less cohering at the base 

 and adhering to the staminal tube. Stamens 5, filaments short, inserted on 

 the entire or 5-cleffc staminal tube. Ovary B-f)-celled, one ovule in each cell, 

 style short. Fr. a berry, seeds 3-^>. Species 45, tropical Asia, a few in 

 Africa and Australia. 



A. Petals red. 



1. L. alata, Edgew. ; Brandis F. Fl. 102. Tern. Lai galeni^ Nep. 



A shrub 2-5 ft. Branches stiff, not succulent. L. pinnate, glabrous, 

 leaflets 2-4 pair, sessile, oblong, sharply serrate, (i-10 in., rachis often 

 narrowly winged. Fl. in dense ru.sty corymbs. Fr. red, \-\ in. diam. 



Sublilnialayan tract, from tlie Jumna eastward. Maimensingli. Fl. July, Aug. 



2. Lr. acuminata, Wall. ; Clarke in Trimen's Journal of Botany, vol. 10 

 (1881), p. 102. Yern. Lai galeni\ ISTep. 



A large herbaceous shrub. L, bipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, crenate-serrate, blade 3-6, petiole |--| in. Corymbs coral-red, Fr. 

 orange-yellow. 



Sikkim, ascending to 5,000 ft., Assam, ]Manipur, Andamans. Fl. Maj'-July. 3. L. 

 Wi^Mii, C.B.Clarke (X. SfapJu/!ea, Wight 111. t. 58, not of Roxh.) Malabar Courtalhim, 

 L. bipinnate, leaflets ovate-lanceolate, sec. n. 8-12 pair^ arching, conspicuous heiieath. 



B. Petals greenish-white. 



4. L. sambucina, Willd. : Kurz F. FL i. 279.— Syn. L, Staphylea^ Roxb. 

 Wight Ic. t. 78. Yern. Dino^ Mar. 



A large shrub, glabrous. L. 2-3-pinnate, leaflets elliptic-oblong, coai'sely 

 serrate, blade 3-8, petiolule i-| in. Corymbs spreading, 3-B in. diam. Fr. 

 black or dark blue. 



Sikkim, ascending to 4.000 ft., Lower Bengal. West bicle of the Peninsula, from the 

 Konkan southwards, Andamans, Burma. Fl. May-Aug. Malay Penin&ula, Ceylon, 

 In moist districts numerous short aerial roots descend from the branches. Closely 

 allied and perhaps not specifically distinct are : 5. L. gigantea, Griff, Tenasserim, 

 Malay Peninsula. A small tree with a single stem. 6. L. iimbraculifera, C. B. Clarke. 

 Bikkim, ehiefiy in valleys, ascending to 8,000 ft. A tree, attaining 50 ft., trunk as 

 thick as a man's body. 



7. L. aequata, Linn. ; Kurz F. Fl. i. 281.— Syn. L. huia^'Roxh. ; Fl. Brit 



Ind. i. 0G8. 



A large shrub, branchlets, petioles and underside of leaves hirsute. L. 

 2-3-pinnate, leaflets serrate oblong-lanceolate, 5-10 in. long, on the underside 

 with numerous flat glandular disks, petioles short. Fr. black, \ in. diam. 



Sikkim, ascending to 2,000 ft,, Assam, Klmsi hills, Sundriban, Chittagong, Lower 

 Burma, Andamans. Evergreen forests neai Karwar, Talbot, List 57. Fl. R. S. 8. 

 L. robusta, Eoxb. Hikkim, to 4,000 ft., Smghboom, Chanda district C.P., Mira hill, 

 Kolaba dibtrict. AudamaiiH, Lower Burma. Differs from 7 by tbe absence of the dibk<; 



