xni.c.3 Merrill: Flora of Loh Fau Mountain 145 



VITACEAE 



CISSUS Linnaeus 



C.SSUS ASSAMICA (Laws.) Craib in Kew Bull. (1911) 30; Gagnep. Not. 

 Syst. 1 (1911) 353. 

 Vitis assamica Laws, in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. 1 (1875) 648. 

 Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain (Lofaushan) ^Merrill 10682 

 Levine 1*65, August 17, 1917, in thickets, damp ravines, altitude about 900 



me Th7s species extends from India (Assam and Sikkim) to Siam but has 

 not previously been reported from China. It is very similar to Cissus 

 adnata Roxb., but is easily distinguished, among other chara cters by its 

 more or less Oppressed hairs being attached by the middle, not by the base. 

 The Chinese specimens cited above have distinctly pubescent inflorescences, 

 but the leaves are practically glabrous, except for a few scattered hairs 

 on the lower surface; the disk and ovary are entirely glabrous By the 

 kev sriven by Dunn & Tutcher this falls under Vitus repens Wight & Arn. 

 and has perhaps been included by these authors under Lamarck s species; 

 it is, however, abundantly distinct from Cissus repens Lam. 



COLUMELLA Loureiro 



COLUMELLA TENUIFOLIA (Heyne) Merr. in Philip. Journ. Sci. 11 

 (1916) Bot. 134. 

 Cissus tenuifolia Heyne in Wall. Cat. (1831) no. 6022; Planch, in DC. 



Monog. Phan. 5 (1887) 563. 

 Cayratia tenuifolia Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 1 (1911) 348. 

 Macao, Callery 93! Kwangtung Province, Levine 1000, originally identi- 

 fied by me as Columella japonica. Formosa, Arisan, Faurie 512, June, 1914. 

 This has been included in Cissus japonica Willd., but is certainly specific 

 ally distinct. India to southern China and the Philippines. 



g$> COLUMELLA JAPONICA (Thunb.) comb. nov. 

 Vitis japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. (1784) 104. 

 Cissus japonica Willd. Sp. PI. 1 (1797) 659. 

 Cayratia japonica Gagnep. in Not. Syst. 1 (1911) 349. 

 Kwangtung Province, Loh Fau Mountain, Merrill 11119, Levine 1S55, 

 August, 1917, in thickets, altitude about 1,000 meters. 



Japan to Indo-China; the Philippine specimen referred by Gagnepain to 

 this species I consider to represent Columella comiculata (Benth.) Merr. 



PARTHENOCISSUS Planchon 



It has been conclusively shown that Psedera Neck. Elem. 1 (1790) 158, 

 and Quinaria Rafin. Medic. Fl. 2 (1830) 122, are synonyms of Part henocissus 

 Planch, in DC. Monog. Phan. 5 (1889) 447, and that following strictly the 

 rules of priority Psedera Neck, is the oldest generic name for this group. 

 Quinaria of Rafinesque is preoccupied by the different Quinaria Lour. Fl. 

 Cochinch (1790) 272; Loureiro 's name, however, is a synonym of Clausena. 

 However as Parthenocissus Planch, is the retained name adopted by the 



