Flora Medica

Nat. syst.ed. 2. p. 30.VITIS.Calyx somewhat 5-toothed. Petals 5, cohering at the point,separating at the base, and dropping off like a calyptra. Stamens5. Style none. Berry 2-celled, 4-seeded; the cells orseeds often abortive.1 37. V. vinifera Linn. sp. pi. 293. D C. prodr.i. 633. Woodv.t. 195. S. and C. iii. t. 140. Wild in the South of Asia DC.certainly so in Greece Sibth.(Common Grape-vine.)Leaves lobed, sinuated, toothed, smooth " or downy. A variableplant ;the leaves more or less lobed, smooth pubescent or downy, flator crisp, pale or deep green the branches ; prostrate climbing or erect,tender or hard ;the bunches loose or compact ovate or cylindrical ;the berries red, yellow or purple, watery or fleshy, globose ovate oroblong. Sweet musky or austere ;seeded or seedless. DC" Ripefruit cooling and antiseptic ; in large quantities diuretic and laxative ;very useful in bilious and putrid fevers, dysentry, and all inflammatoryaffections. Raisins more laxative than the fresh fruit.CISSUS.Calyx nearly entire. Petals 4, giving way from the base tothe apex. Stamens 4. Ovary 4-celled. Berry 1-4-seeded.138. C. setosa Roxb.fi. ind. i. 410. DC. prodr.i. 630Forests and hedges in Bengal.Root fusiform, perennial. Stems herbaceous, succulent, round,striated, and covered with distinct, grandular, round-headed, whitebristles, as is every part of the plant, even to the fruit. Tendrils oppositethe leaves, generally 2-cleft. Leaves alternate, sessile, ternate,rarely quinate the lateral leaflets ; sessile, the middle short-stalked, alloval, waved, fleshy, irregularly and coarsely edged by bristly serratures,both sides setose, as above described. Stipules cordate. Cymesaxillary, solitary. Petals revolute. Every part of the plant ex-to indolentceedingly acrid. The leaves toasted and oiled are appliedtumours to bring them to suppuration.139. C. acida Linn, sp.pl. 170, a South American plant, hasthe same properties.140. C. salutaris HBKv. 225, from New Andalusia and Cumana,has a root useful in dropsical cases.65