XXV. VITACE.E 
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Leaves simple. 
Leaves tomentose on lower surface. Flowers in panicles 1. V. lanata. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers in racemes . . 2. V. parvifolia. 
Leaves compound. 
Leaflets 3. 
Leaves glabrous. Flowers yellow-green . . . 3. V. himalayana. 
Leaves pubescent. Flowers red-brown . . . 4. V. divaricata. 
Leaflets 5 5. V. capreolata. 
1. Vitis lanata, Boxb . ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 651. All parts more or 
less covered with red-brown wool or tomentnm. Stem and 
branches woody, climbing over high trees. Leaves simple, cor- 
date-ovate, about 4J x 4 in., sometimes obscurely lobed, sharply 
toothed, pointed ; upper surface woolly, becoming nearly glabrous 
with age, lower densely tomentose. Flowers yellow-green, in 
large panicles. Petals 5, cohering at the tips. Stamens 5. Berry 
J in. diam., purple. 
Valleys below Simla ; April, May. — Throughout India in hilly districts, 
ascending to 6000 ft.— China, Formosa, Luchu archipelago. 
2. Vitis parvifolia, Boxb. ; FI. Br. Ind. i. 652. Glabrous. 
Stem and branches slender, trailing. Leaves simple, ovate, 
1-3 x |-2 in., cordate or truncate, sharply toothed, acute, some- 
times deeply 3-5-lobed. Flowers green, in short, erect, simple or 
branched racemes. Petals 5, cohering at the tips. Stamens 5. 
Berry \ in. diam., black. 
Simla, Mahasu ; April, May. — W. Himalaya, 3000-6000 ft. 
