104 



31. AMPELIDEiE. 



A spreading climbing shrub with stout glabrous branches, digitate, 

 5-foliate leaves and black, Bucculent, globose fruit, common in the moist 

 forests of North Kanara near the sea coast and along the Konkan gh^ts. 

 Flowers duriug the rainy seasou. Fruit Nov. -Jan. Sir G. Kiug did not 

 venture to name it when doing the Malay Peninsular S23ecies of the genus 

 Vitis. It is closely allied to V. ehngata^ Wall. 



39. V. auriculata, Roxb. Fl. I. 1. 412 ; Fl. Br. I. 1 . 658. Oissiis auri- 

 culata, DC. Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40; Planch, Suites an Prodr. v. 

 664. Fundi halli, K. 



Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 3 — S500 ft., Chittagong, Bengal and Burma ; 

 Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. Common in the dry 

 forests along the Dharwar frontier of the North Kanara and Belgaum 

 Districts, and in other parts of the Presidency. Fl. May-June. Fr. Nov. 

 Stems 6 in. in diameter at the base scarcely corky, branches with the 

 corky bark much more developed, very soft and red within. Wood very 

 soft. Leaves fall off in the cold season. The leaves are sometimes 

 pedately 5-foliate and the cherry-like fruit turns purple-black when quite 

 ripe : it is then edible and agreeably acid. The young leaves and tendrils 

 are eaten in carries. The seeds are large, ovoid, '35 in. long by '20 in. 

 broad with a flat, rough dorsal side. 



20. V. tenuifolia, W. & A. Prodr. 129 ; Fl. Br. T. 1. 660. Gissus 

 tenuifoUa^ Planch. Suites au Prodr. v. 563. 



Western Peninsula from the Konkan southwards. In the moist forests 

 of the North Kanara District from A'inshi southwards. A distinct 

 specieSc Sir G, King remarks that in his opinion this is only a glabrous 

 form of V. japonica, Thunb. (V. mollis ^ Wall.) 



21. V. lanceolaria, Boxb. Fl. Ind. 412; Fl. Br^I. 1. 660; Bfandis 

 For. Fl. 101. Cissus muricata, Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40. Tetras- 

 tigma lanceolarium, Planch. Suites an Prodr. v. 423. KajoUtsayel, M. 



Assam, Pegu and the Eastern Peninsula, Western Peninsula from the 

 Konkan southwards, on the N. Kanara ghats in evergreen forests. Fl. 

 Nov.-Dec. Fr. May. Branches fluted^ covered with hard, small, raificd dots. 

 Tendrils forked. Fruit globose (size of a cherry), white, pulpy. Seeds 

 1-2, rough, pear-shaped. 



22. V. pedata, Vahl. in Herb. Madr. ex-Wall. Cat. 6027. Fl. Br. 

 I. 1. 661. Gissus pedata, Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40; Grab. Cat. Bomb. 

 PI. 33, Cayratia pedata^ (Lamk.) Planch. Suites an Prodr. v. 558. 

 GoQ'pad'ively M. ; Mediya-wel^ Sind. 



Bengal, Burma, Assam, Khasia, Western Peninsula from the Konkan 

 and Kanara southwards to Ceylon. A large weak climber. Sir G. King- 

 says that the Kdnara plant is the true Y. japonica, Thanb. 



LEEAj Liun. 



Small trees or erect shrubs. Leaves simple or compound, petiole 

 dilated at base into a sheath. Inflorescence leaf opposed, corymbose 

 Ho tendrils. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, united at base with sta- 



