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§ Flowers in knf-opjwsed or axiHart/ true cymes. Flowers iisiwlly -i-merous [Cissiis). 



° Leaves eomponnd,from simple and prdafehj 3-9 or more foliolate, to diijitate, or if 

 simple-leaved, jointed with the petiole [l-2-foliolate). 



+ Leaves pedatehj or pinnatehj foliolate, very rarely spuriously digitate. 

 f Style short, spreadingly 4-lohed, or the 4-lobed or 4-cleft stigma sessile. 

 * Style short, spreadingly 4-lohed at the apex. Flowers often unisexual. 



V. TUBEECTLATA, Liiws. Togu {fide Lawson). 



Leaves 3-foliolate. Berries lA inch in diameter. Seed oboToid, grooved on tlio 

 back, the groove with a linear tubercle. Stem very warty. 



Kurz suspects this may be a large-fruited 3-foliolate form of V. lanceolaria. 



Y. AssiMiLis, Laws. Hills East of Toung-ngoo 3000 to 4000 feet. 



Flowers hermaphrodite. Leaves coriaceous, 3-foliolate, the leaflets veiy shortly 

 petioluled. 



Y. oxYi'HTLLA, "Wall. Tropical forests of Eastern Slopes of Pegu Eange 



and Hills East of Toung-ngoo. 



Flowers unisexual. Leaves sappy membranous, 3-foliolate to pedately 5-foliolatc. 

 Cymes short. Seeds oblong, smooth. 



** Stigma sessile, 4-lulcd or clift. Flowers often unisexual. 



Y. LANCEOLAKiA, "Wall. Botli Varieties, but more so var. /3, common in 



V. muricafa, W.A. the Tropical forests of Tenasserim and the 



Cissus lanceolaria, Eoxb. Andamans, and the Eastern slopes of the Pegu 



Kyi-ni-nweh or Kyi-chi-nweh. ^oma. Chittagong. Kamorta and KatchaU. 



Glabrous or the petioles and cymes often puberulous. Leaves pcdate, or the 



upper ones often 3-foliohite, sappy coriaceous. Berries white, the size of a cherry or 



Kiuallcr. Seeds obovoid-oblong, rugulose, broadly and shallowly furrowed on the back. 



var. a lanceolaria, Eoxb. Cymes loose and ample, densely puberulous, the 



pedicels longer and slender. Petioles and petiolules puberulous. 



var. ji tulerndafa, Bl. Cymes short and often somewhat compact, less 

 piiberulous or glabrous, the pedicels usually shorter and thicker. Petioles, etc., all 

 glabrous. Berries and seeds usually smaller. 



var. a is in my opinion the true Eoxburghian plant, while var. ji is Blume's 

 Cissus tuherculata (Kurz). 



Y. SERKULATA, Wall. Ercqucnt along mountain-streams in Tropical forests 



Cissus cnpreolata, Eoyle. of Martaban, up to 3000 feet. Khakyen Hills. 



Chittagong. var. /3 Khakyen Hills. 



Glabrous. Leaves pedate, herbaceous-fleshy. Pedicels 2-3 lines long, umbellu- 

 late. Berries black, the size of a pea. 



var. a capreolata. All parts quite glabrous. 



var. ft suhohtecta. Branches and petioles rusty-pubescent, like those of Y. 

 ohtecta, and forming a transition to it, tlie leaves partially becoming digitate. 

 Y. OBIECTA, "Wall. Khakyen Hills. 



A''cry much as tlio preceding, but young shoots and petioles rusty hirsute. Leaves 

 spuriously digitate. 



f t Style simple, entire. 

 * Leaves all 3-foliolate. 



Y. sEMicoEDATA, "Wall. var. (3 in the drier hill-forests of the irartaban 



V. Jlimaliiyiina, Brand. hills, east of Toung-ngoo, at about 3000 feet. 



Glabrous. Cymes leaf-opposed, glabrous. Leaves glaucous beneath. 



