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31. AMPJELlDEiE. 



7. V. repanda, W. & A. Prod. 125 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 648. Cissus re- 

 panda, Valil. ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 39 ; Planch. Suites aa Prodr. v. 

 474. Sir G. King sajs that this common Bombay forest species is 

 V. Wightiana, Wall., closely allied to V. repanda, W. & A. Wight and 

 Arnottin their Prodr. Fl. Penin. I. reduce V. Wightiana, Wall., to their 

 V. repanda. Lawson in the Fl. Br. I. does not refer to V. Wightiana, at 

 ;all. At any rate V. repanda, is a well defined species and V. Wightiana, 

 a rather doubtful one. I therefore keep the name V. repanda, intact. 

 Common throughout the presidency along the border of the heavy rainfall 

 zone, also in some of the heavy, high timber forests of N. Kanara. A 

 large, thick- stemmed climber with corky fissured bark, doing considerable 

 damage to the teak and other trees. Fl. Mch.-Apl. Fr. Apl.-May. 



8. V. adnata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1.405; Dalz. & Gibs. Bom. Fl. 32; 

 Brandis For. Fl. 100, Gisms adnata, Roxh* Fl. Ind. 405 ; Planch in DC. 

 Mon. Phan. 6. 494. Kole-zan, Vern. 



Tropical Asia, Peninsular India, Malay Peninsula, Ceylon, Phillipine 

 Islands. Throughout the Western Peninsula of India, N. Kanara in the 

 moist forests from Kadra to Goond, but nowhere common. Flowers and 

 fruits during the cold season in N. Kanara. 



V.Linnsei, Wall. Cat. 5987, Fl. Br. I. 1. 649 ; W. & A. Prodr. 126. 

 Oissus vitiginea, L. Planch, in DC. Prodr. (Suites au) v. 472. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. I have specimens of 

 a small tree with a thick trunk and deeply fissured, corky bark, collected 

 near B^id^mi in the Bijapur Collectorate of the Bombay Presidency, which 

 I think is this species. Fl. Sept.-Oct. Fr. 0. S. 



9. V. tomentosa, Heyne in Both. Nov. Sp. 157 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 650. 

 W. &A. Prodr. 130. V. triloba, Kejne 1. c. 157, DO. Prodr. 1. 634. 

 Ampelocissus tomentosa, Planch. Mon. Phan. DO. Prodr. (Suites au) v. 

 376. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan to the NilgherrieS, Burma. 

 Throughout the dry forests on the North Kdnara border ; common in the 

 forests of the Dharwar districts along the banks of streams and rivers. 

 Fl. Mch. Fr. May, A densely white- woolly climber. 



10. V. latifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. 661 ; Fl. Br, I. 1. 652 ; Brandis For. 

 Fl. 99. W. & A. Prodr. 130. Ampelocissus latijolia, Planch; DC. Prodr. 

 (Suites au) v. 370. Nddena, M. 



N. W.India, Assam, Silhet, W. Peninsula from the Konkan south" 

 wards; common in the N. Kafaara forests near Karwafr, also on the 

 ghats. Flowers from June to Aug. Fr. Oct. The fruits of this species 

 are edible but rather tasteless. 



11. V. vinifera. Linn. Sp. Fl. 202 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 652 ; Brandis For. FL 

 98 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. Suppl. 15. The Grape Vine. Braksha, 

 Vern. Cultivated in the drier districts of the presidency. 



12. V. indica, Linn. Sp. PI. 203 ; Fl. Br. I. 1. 653 ; Dalz. & Gibs 

 Bomb. Fl. 41. : Brandis For. Fl. 100. W. & A. Prodr. 131, Ampelo- 



