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cellati, circiter 2 lineas longi, eymis 8 poll. diametro; petala 
hirsuta, per anthesin persistentia, crassa, lata, insigniter galeata, 
erecta; stamina quam petala breviora. 
Shan hills terai at 3000 feet. 
The leaflets resemble those of the quinquefoliate V. plani- 
caulis, Hook. f., and V. lanceolaria, Roxb.; but the large loose 
inflorescence is very different. 
Vitis ($ Tetrastigma) burmanica, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex scandens, hirsutus, ramulis floriferis graciliusculis. 
Cirrhi non visi. Folia distincte petiolata (petiolus 6-12 lineas 
longus), trifoliolata; foliola subsessilia, crassiuscula, lanceolata, 
ovato-lanceolata vel interdum elliptica (lateralia leviter obliqua), 
1-14 poll. longa, acuta vel rotundata, apiculata, pauci calloso den- 
ticulata ; stipule late, persistentes. Flores minimi, in cymas 
parvas densas (vix 1 poll. diametro) pseudoterminales dispositi, 
pedicellis brevissimis; petala glabra, apice leviter incurva; stigma 
breviter 4-lobatum, lobis depressis. Bacca immatura glabra, 
circiter 2 lineas diametro. 
Shan hills plateau at 4000 feet. 
In general appearance this resembles V. mollis, Wall., which 
has 5-foliolate leaves. 
Vitis (§ Tetrastigma) Apliniana, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Frutex scandens, preter flores fere omnino glaber, ramulis 
floriferis crassiusculis. | C?rrhi non visi. Folia longe petiolata 
(petiolis foliola equantibus), pedatim 5-foliolata; foliola inæqualia, 
distincte petiolulata, coriacea vel subcarnosa, lanceolata vel oblan- 
ceolata, 23-4 poll. longa, obtusa, basi cuneata, supra medium 
remote crenato-dentata, venis immersis inconspicuis. Flores 
circiter 3 lineas diametro, umbellatim cymosi, eymis paniculatis 
longe graciliterque pedunculatis, panieulis quam folia brevioribus, 
pedicellis fere filiformibus flores »quantibus vel longioribus 
petala crassiuscula, oblonga, cucullata, puberula; stigma 4-loba- 
tum, lobis crassis. Fructus ignotus. 
Shan hills terai at 2000 feet. 
This most nearly resembles V. dubia, Laws., in foliage, but the 
inflorescence is characteristic. 
Named after Mr. T. H. Aplin, of the Government Forest 
Department in Burma. 
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