146 AMrELTPEJE. 



Leaflets ovate or lanceolate, acuminate at the apex. (9) 



(9) Leaflets acuminate 2-3-dentate (or leaves simple) V. inconstant. 7 



Leaflets dentate, teeth many on both sides. (10) 



(10) Leaflets dentate, teeth acute V. dentata. 1 



Leaflets very obscurely dentate, or remotely serrate, teeth 



or serras very minute F. triphylla. 2 



1. Vitis dentata HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 62. 

 Branches fulvo-tomentose, (hairs patent, short,) or subglabrous, remotely 

 leaved. Leaves trifoliolate, petiolate, stipulate, broadly triangular in outline, 

 meml)ranaceous, 10 cm. long, 13 cm. broad, terminal leaflet oblong, 9 cm. 

 long, 4 cm. broad, obtusely acuminate at the apex, but roundly acute 

 at the base, remotely dentate, (teeth ascendent shortly aristate), glabrous on 

 both sides, petioles 5 mm. long, lateral leaflets oblique, oblong-ovate, obtusely 

 acute at the apex, obliquely rounded at the base, acute on the upper side, 

 rounded on the lower side, 7i cm. long, 4 cm. broad, shortly petiolulate. 

 petiolules 5 mm. long ; petioles 3 J cm. long ; stipules oblong-rounded, obtuse, 

 6 mm. long, affixed at the center, thick on the middle, maculate, mem- 

 branaceous on the margin, nearly embracing the stein. Cymes opposite 

 the leaves, 4 cm. long as broad, branchlets divaricate, peduncles and pedicels 

 pubescent, hairs patent, bracts and bracteoles deciduous. Flower ^ : calyx 

 complaiiate, lobes short triangular pilose, or nearly obsolete ; corolla patent, 

 2 mm. long, lobes 5, valvate, ovately triangular, acute at the apex, abruptly 

 acutely reflexed on the back, shortly connate. Ovary conical with styles 

 2 mm. long, contracted at the base, 5-4-cornute a little above the base, 

 styles short, stigma 4-5-lobate. 



HAB. Exact locality is not yet known. 



Near Vitis corniculata BENTH., but differs from it in having acutely 

 dentate leaves. 



2. Vitis triphylla HAYATA Materials for a Flora of Formosa p. 63. 

 Branches fuscent, hirsute, remotely foliate. Leaves trifoliolate, triangular in 

 outline, hirsute, terminal leaflets oblong-lanceolate, lateral leaflets longer 7 

 cm. long, 27 mm. broad, acuminate at the apex, obtusely rounded at the 



