XXIV. RHAMNACE2E 
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Helinus lanceolatus, Brandis ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 644. An unarmed, 
glabrous, climbing shrub ; branches slender, grooved, bearing 
terminal, woody, simple coiling tendrils. Leaves alternate, 
shortly stalked, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, l-2-| in., entire, feather- 
veined, reins nearly parallel. Flowers in small, umbellate clusters 
at the end of long, axillary stalks. Calyx-tube cup-shaped,, 
adherent to the ovary, 5-lobed. Petals 5, inserted with the 5 
stamens on the margin of the disk. Disk ring-shaped, on the top 
of the inferior, 3-celled ovary. Style short, 3-branched. Fruit 
globose, J in. diam., consisting of the ovary enclosed in the calyx- 
tube and containing 3 flattened, leathery seeds. 
Valley below Sipi ; May-September. — N. India, ascending to 5000 ft. 
XXV. VITACE^E 
Erect or climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate, stalked, simple or 
compound ; stipules membranous, often conspicuous. Flowers 
small, 2-sexual, regular, in panicles, racemes or cymes. Calyx 
small, cup-shaped. Petals 4 or 5, free or united at the base, 
valvate, recurved, soon falling off. Stamens 4 or 5, opposite the 
petals, free or partially united, anthers 2-celled. Ovary free, 
ovoid, 2-6-celled; style short, simple, stigma terminal; ovules 2 
or 1 in each cell. Fruit a globose, succulent berry containing 1-6 
seeds. — A large Order inhabiting the tropical and temperate regions 
of nearly the whole world. 
Climbing shrubs. Stamens free. Two ovules in each cell . .1. Vitis. 
Erect shrubs. Stamens inserted in a 5-cleft tube. One ovule in 
each cell ............ 2. Leea . 
1. VITIS. The Latin name of the Vine. —Tropical and sub- 
tropical regions of Asia and Africa, Pacific Islands, America. 
Shrubs, climbing by means of tendrils. Leaves simple or 
digitately or pedately compound. Tendrils leaf-opposed, simple or 
branched. Flowers in leaf-opposed, rarely axillary, often tendril- 
bearing panicles, racemes or cymes. Calyx obscurely 4- or 5- 
lobed. Petals 4 or 5, free or cohering at the tips and falling off as 
a cap. Disk of 4 or 5 small glands alternate with the petals. 
Stamens 4 or 5, free. Ovary 2-celled, narrowed upwards in a 
short, thick style ; stigma circular, flat ; ovules 2 in each cell. 
Berry globose, succulent, 1- or 2-celled, containing 1-4 seeds. 
The Grape vine, V. vinifera, was formerly cultivated in Kunawar, but the 
vine disease appeared in 1855-60 and since then the cultivation has almost 
disappeared. Excellent grapes are grown in Kashmir and many parts of India, 
notably Peshawar. 
