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Ms k ifl-, otovoid ?— Probably a tall climber like the last species. These five' !ast 

 ^cies, though easily distinguishable by the characters given above, are very closely 



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58. y. ciniiamomea, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 483 ; Cat. 



part; stems covered with a thin yellowish or pale rust-coloured 



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Apparently a large climber. ' Stems sknder, cjlindric/%oody.^^^ 

 woliolate; petiole 3-6 in., sometimes simple, 3-lobed, cordate'; leaflets narrowed into i 

 Jerj short stalk, 3^-8 by 2-3 in., terminal elliptic, lateral half-conlate, sharplj and 

 h^ ^^^^^^6- Bacemes cirrhiferous, very slender. Seed cnrv^€i Vith a'siijall rbun3 

 jubercle on the back, margins muricate. — The more slender habit, the thinness of the 

 omentum, the 1-seeded iruit and the shape of the seed, all point to this being distinct 

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59. V. coxnpositifoliay Law%, ; stems covered with a very thick rusl- 

 ^loured tomentum, leaves 5-foliolate glabrous above or tomeutose on the 

 P^cipal nerves only densely felted beneath, spikes spreading very densely 

 Woolly^ fruit i by "I in. 4-angled 4-seeded, seed elliptic acute at the apex 

 emarginate at the base slightly curved flattish and smooth on the back 

 RnD^P^y ridged on the face. V. cinnamomea var. compositifolia, Wail. Cat. 



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5989 B. 



"^^^Mj Phillips ; MxhAccAj Maingaij, 

 .f^ ^ast climber, with thick branches. Petioles 6-10 in. ; petiolules 1 in. ; leaflets 

 ^10 by 24-3i in., narrowly obovftte, sharply and bristly serrate, cuspidate, coriaceous. 

 ^^cemes 2 ft., much more robust than in F, cinnamomea^ cirrhiferous. Fruit black, 



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.60 V, eleffans, Z"«r3Y» A^at Tydsch.v. Ned. Ind. (se^Jotim.Beng. 



p Soc. 1870, pt. i. 74) ; steins covered with a very dense dark red woolly 

 J'^^entum, leaves 3-5-foliulate velvety aBove 'densely felted beneath, Sfiikes 

 ^etlexed. V. cinnamomea: Wall. Cat. 59^, m i?ar<. V, coralloides, Z/oo^-. 







■^etwie^ 2-24 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by l|-3 in., sessile, obovate, bnstly serrate. TendriU 

 ^site the leaves or springing from the peduncle. PruU ?— Much like F. compostU- 

 *«> but more robust, the tomentum also is darker denser and persistent on the 

 '^Pi>er surface of the leaves. 



Sect. IV. Leaves mostly pedately 5-foliolate. Flowers 4-merou3. 



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^61- V. capriolata. i>o» "^^o^'*- 188; vhole plant quite glabrous, 

 ypules and bracts scarioiis, style 0, stigma large flat. V. serrulata, Wall. 

 ^«^- 6034 a. V. hederacea, Wall. Cai. 6019, in part. 



5 t- 26..', C. serrulata, ':ffbi5.i^ /n(^ L 414; DCProdr. i. 632. G 

 "^Paulensis, i)a iVot^r. I 632^ ..r, , ,r, ,,;-,. 



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ImT-"' ^^J-J sl^-'D^er, wiry'. Leaves 5-foliolate; petiole U-SJ in.; leaflets 14-3 by 

 * M la., lanceolate or uarroVly ovate or wbobovate, acute or subacumiiiate, bnstly- 



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