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 Grah. Cat Bomb. PL 33 ; Dah. & Gibs. Bomb. FL 40 ; 

 C. serratifolia, Hb. RottL Melothrix zeylanica, Koen, in 



Hort, MaL vii. 1. 10. 



5ek^al, Silhet, Assam, the Khasia Mts., alt. 0-3000 ft. Eirma and from Tesas- 

 sEBiM to Singapore and Penang. Western Peninsula, from the Concan southwards, 

 and in Ceylon. — Disteib. Malajan Archipelago. •• ' -"r-J^j/^ 



A large weat climber, with cylindric often hirsute 'branclies. Leaves usually 7- 

 foliolate; petiole 4-6 in.; leaflets on long stalks, 4-8 by 14-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, sen*ate, often at length niearly glabrous. Cymes subcorymbose with widely 

 divancatiDg branches. Flowers bisexual, green, covered with a greyish P^, ^P^^^i 

 Fruit subglobose, somewhat flattened at the ai)ex:— The seed resembles exactly that oi 

 V. jRoxhurghii\ but is rather smaller. ' 





70. V. novemfolia, WalL Cat 6030 ; whole plant glabrous, brandies 

 cylindric smooth, leaves membranous, tendrils forked, cymes on very long 

 peduncles nearly as long as the leaves, fruit Ijin. diam. P^W /"^^^^^^^ 

 seed I by^\in. boat-shaped with the ends slightly curved inwards houow 

 the elliptic opening closed by a thin membrane. 



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Utems dark-brown, shining. Zcotcj pedately 7-9-foIiolate ; petiole 4-6 m.; leaD 



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leaflets 



5-8 in., on long stalks, oblong-lanceolate, entire. Pecfuncfes longer 

 Flowers small, green. Fruit globose, black. 



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-. *^.^> *m^^A%,^A^ juuiV9,j stems cylindric somewlbat slender the yo^"f 

 parts covered with"apaTe aeciduuus'fbm-ehtiim, leaves 5--7-foliolate gjabr^^^ 



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3-4 in., leaflets 3-6 by li 

 broadly oblanceotate serrate submembranous 



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Tenasserim or Andaman IsLs., fleJ/er. / ' ; ' 



Peduncles opposite the leaves, cirrhiferous.' Bacemes 1 ft. or more .^-oi - ^ ^ 

 Flowers glabrous, black when dry, subquadrangular. Style 0, stigma minute.^ -P"*^ 



V. polystaobya, WalL Cat, 



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plant (luite glabrous with the" exception ^^^ 



in., leaflets mostly 6-12 by 3-4 in. elliptiC-oblong 



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petiole 

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Tenasbebih or Andamah Isls., Heifer ; Malacca, Griffith 



Siam. 



Peduncles opposite the leaves, robust, cirrhiferous. Tendrils stout. I^*<^^™^v«vvou«. 

 Bpikelets 2 in., covered with a short slight appressed pubescence. Fbwers p^^ 

 black when dry. Petals united. %^ verv short. FruU (immftture) | "»• ""^ 

 globose, succulent. Seed? ,. ., i -' , 



73. V. nitlda, Za«?s.; stems cylindric smooth/ bark shredding, ^o^ 

 plant quite glabrous, petiole 4-6 in. leaflets 7 on long s^^^^^T"— ^Vme©- 



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PerfMnciea opi^osite the leaves; robust, 1^ ft., cIrrhiferous,*qmte glabrous. J; .^;_ 

 Bmall, black when dijjSubQuadrangular. Petais miited? Style ^erj t>hoTt. ^ 



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