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XLI1I. AMPELIDEJE (BAKEB). [FillS. 



Buds round 35. F. Grantii. 



B. Leaves compound ; leaflets not more than 3. 

 Stems and leaves very fleshy. 



Leaflets sessile, elongate-lanceolate 36. V. jatrophoides. 



Leaflets cordate-oblong, distinctly stalked 57. V. Carron. 



Stems erect, herbaceous. Root tuberous 38. V.juncea. 



Steins woody, suberect 39. F. erythrodes. 



Stems firm, slender, wide-climbing. 



Leaflets matted beneath with white cottony tomentum . . .40. V. pannosa. 



Leaflets with tine grey pubescence beneath 41. V. ibuensis. 



Leaflets quite glabrous on both sides 42. F. amplexa. 



C. Leaves compound ; leaflets 5 or rarely 7. 



* Leaves pedale, i. e. the secondary petioles forked. 



Petioles and veins beneath downy 43. V. adenantha. 



Leaves beueath and petioles naked. 



Leaflets very nearly entire 44. V. debilu- 



Leaflets distinctly toothed. 



Unexpauded corolla globose and style very short. 



Leaves very thin ; flowers in a small cyme .... 45. V. gracilis. 

 Leaves firmly membranous ; cyme 4-6 in. broad . . 46. V. intricata. 

 Unexpanded corolla cylindrical and style subulate. 



Stem glabrous, herbaceous . 47. F tenuicaulis. 



Stem woody, deciduously setose 48. V. adenocaulu. 



** Secondary petioles not branched. 



Stem and leaves very fleshy. 



Root tuberous ; stem suberect, without tendrils 49. V. rnacropus. 



Leaves fleshy. Stem sarmentose, with tendrils. 



Leaves densely and permanently matted all over beneath. 

 Leaflets distinctly stalked; the terminal one 1-1J in. 



long 50. V. crassiuscula. 



Leaflets sessile ; the terminal one 6 to 8 in. long. 

 Stem clothed with fine down. 



Clusters bracteated 51. V. chloroleuca. 



Berries very tomentose. Clusters not bracteated . . 52. V. andongensis- 



Stems densely bristly ; berries naked , . , 53. V.pendula- 



Leaves slightly grey-downy beueath. 



Leaflets distinctly stalked, narrowed at the base ; young pe- 

 tioles finely downy. 



Corolla a line long 54. V. Thonningu- 



Corolla 2 lines long '. 55. V. cyphopetala. 



Leaflets on long stalks, cordate at the base, the whole plant 



clothed with stalked glands 56. F pruriens. 



Leaflets sessile. 



Stem sarmentose •, leaves on long stalks 57- V. stipulacea- 



Stem suberect ; leaves sessile or nearly so 58. V. stenoloba. 



Leaves glabrous beneath. 



Stem naked ; leaflets entire 59. V. conslricta. 



Stem ciliated ; leaflets toothed . . . . .... 60. V. subciliata- 



Leaves not fleshy ; stems herbaceous or woody. 

 Petioles and leaves beneath glabrous when mature. 

 Stems herbaceous, sarmentose. 

 Stems deciduously setose. 



Fruit globose, naked 61. V. VogelH- 



Fruit oblong, setose 62. V. cirrhosa. 



Stems glabrous 63. F. paucidentata- 



Stems woody, but slender. , 



