650 xLiii. AkPELiDEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) [Fi<«. 



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•" 20. V. macrostachys, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lngd, Bat. i. 94. Ossus 

 Spiciffera, G^n/l NotuL iv. 693. 



* Malacca; Griffith, Maingay. — Distrib. Sumatra. ^ . : 



. Whole plant quite glabrous. ^Leaves 3-8 in., oblong or ovate, cuspidate, serrate, cona- 

 ceouB, with prominent nerves. Spikes 2 ft. long.; Flowers sessile or very shortly peai- 

 celled, solitary or fascicled in twos or threes on the long slender pendulous racnis. 

 Petals Separating; style short. Fruit 1 in., elliptic, fleshy. Seed | by J m., oWong, 

 pointed at the apex, the back rounded and narrowly grooved, the face flat, rugose/ ^,^^, 



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umhellately-cymose. Style 0. Fruit Z-seeded. 



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21. V. Blkkimensls, Laws. ; whole plant glabrous, stems weaK 



' trailing, leaves x^ xi». v^^^^uc 



sniali, amount of deciduous 

 peauiicles. 



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SiKKiM HiiLVLAYA and Khasia Mts,, alt. 0-4000 ft.. J. D. H. & ^\T: p^indei 



Young parts often glaucous, Xeav6« membranoixs, denticulate, reddish. -'^^^^.^^ 



in. or more bearine: a forked tendril a little below the cyme. Peia&se"""^ 



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22. V. tomentosa, ffej/ne in Both Nov. Sp. 157; whole pla 

 with a thick woolly persistent tomentum, leaves palmate 3-5 



)V6red 



lobed, flowers sessile in shortly r 



;ymes^ 



V. lanata, Wall Cat 5996 ajf,?g; W. S A. Prodr. 130 ; Wighi /«. i. 

 t. 57 ; DC. Prodr. 6M. V. cinnamomea. Wall. Cat. 5989 c. V. triMa, 

 Path Nov. Sp. 157] DC. Prodr. I 634. V. temata,' i/eyn^ ^^ ^ • «?i 

 Sp. 157,^ V. triloba, HeyneU. 157 ; If a//. (7a<. 6004 1 G i />C- ^^o^'': U • 

 Ampelopsis 7lernata, DC. Prodr. i 633. ; ^ • ; ' ... / .:^,,a^ ^^ 



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"Western Peninsula; from Canara southwards. ' • "' ' Win the 



Leaves 3-9 in. Flowers scarlet, when dry dark brown, showing conspKUOUSiy i ^^ 

 midst of the white woolly tomentum. Peduncles 3-6 in., stout, woody, j>^^^7*? t j^ 

 woody forked tendril 1 in. helow the cyme. Fruit J in., hlack, round, ^eed i ^J^' 

 broadly oblong, flat, the margin incurved, the face with a tbick touiided r^^i^e tuxxu^j?. 

 down the middle, pale. . . , 





nervosa, Laws.; branches petioles and cymes glabrous, lej 

 ubpalmate, nerves beneath prominent and hairy, flowers > 



cordate subpalmate 



rugosa, iferi. Inl Or. B.f. ik T. {not of Wallich) 



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H. .. , .. ..«nded 



4Si€fW« deeply grooved, hollow. Leaves often nearly 2 ft., broadly <^^^^^^|» ^ ^ith 

 at the tip with 5-7 shallow lobes, coarsely and irregulariy dentate, ^^\^^^^'\ Pruii 

 minute soft hairs. Cymes stoutish, bearing midway a 1-2-times forked tenon • ^^^ 

 the size of a currant, black, fleshy, pedicel i in. Seed as in T. tomentosa vui ,.,. 



the size of a currant, black, fleshy, pedicel 4 in. 

 emaller, more pointed at the apex, and darker coloured. 





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idlcellata. Laws. ; branches petioles and cvmes covci^ 

 spreading pubescence, flowers on exceedingly slenaer ^ 



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Stems 







|)rous abpye, nerves 



fttsty ' ■ 



Leaves 1 ft. or more^ cordate-ovate, ^®J^**^? .;» spreWs 

 vhat prominent below anS covered ^m^^ short su ^^m^cla 



small 



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