J MPELIDE.E. oG3 



var. a semlcordata, 'Wall. Young parts, inflorescence, leaflets Lcncatli, sliortly 

 and sparingly hairy. 



Tar. ji llimahnjana. Brand ; V. Neilgherrensls, Wight ; Ampelopsis Uimalayana, 

 Royle. All parts ([uite glabrous, leaflets glaucous beneath. 



V. TEiFOLi.\, L. In rubbishy spots, hedgerows, all over liurma, and 



Cissus carnosa, Lamk. forests, where it becomes a powerful climber. 



All parts puberulous, rarely glabrous. Cymes axillary, pubcrulous. 



var. o iienuina. All parts shortly greyish pubescent. 



var. ji ff/abrata. All parts glabrous or nearly so. Katehall. 



I follow Miquel in adopting Linue's oldest name, which is evidently given in 

 allusion to the trefoil [Trifolium) (Kurz). 



■x-x- Zeiive.i peddfi'. 

 X Ci/mes leaf-opposed and ifrminating an axiUary leafy or Jeajless ahoot. 



V. Teysm.vxxi, Miij. Chittagong. 



V. mollis, Wall. 



All parts densely puberulous or pubescent. 



■V. Japoxicv, Thbg. Pegu Eango and Tenasserim, also 



Cissus leucoraipa, Bl. Taung-doung, Ava. 



V. ci/mosa, lloxb. 



All parts glabrous. Leaves sparingly pubescent along the nerves beneath. 



X X Cymes truly axillary, lony-peduncled. 



V. TENfiFOi-iA, W. A. Pegu Eangc and Arakan, also in 



bamboo forests in the Andamans. 



Leaflets cuneate-obovate, rather Idunt or acute, slightly pubescent along the 

 nerves beneath. (Seeds triangular with sharp margins, muricatc on the back. 



Possibly only a more luxuriant form of the preceding species, with more obtuse 

 leaflets and truly axillaiy cymes (Kurz). 



V. I'KDATA, Wall. var. a frequent in leaf-shedding forests and in hedges 



of the cultivated plains ; var. ji in tropical forests 

 of the Andamans, Kamorta, and Nankowiy. 



All parts pubescent to almost glabrous. Leaflets finely acuminate. Seeds 

 hemispherical, smootli. 



var. a genuina. Leaves pedately foliolato, pubescent, 

 var. fi gluhrata. As preceding, but pretty glabrous. 



-1 — |- Leaves trvly digitate. 

 V. AUIUCULATA, Wall. Cluttagong and Pegu Ivange. 



Tin-noung-pcing-nweh (Ivurz). 



All parts puberulous. Cymes axillary and terminal on axillary shoots. Leaflets 

 lJ-2 inches long. Stylo simple. 



V. ERYTniioci.AiiA, Kz. Tropical forests of Kambalu Toung. 



Wun-u-nweh or Myao-zu-nweh (Xurz). I'^^S" ^^^^%^. "t lUOO-2000. Also 



Taong-doung. Ava. 



Leaves glabrous. Lcatlcts 1-6 inches long, fleshy herbaceous. Cymes puberulous. 

 BeiTies globose, style simple, bark rcid. 



Amongst the digitate species, tliis comes nearest to V. saponaria, Seem. 



V. (Panax) MicnAXxnrM, Wall. 

 V. campylocarpa , Kurz. 



Dioecious, remarkable for its minute flowers, and in this respect resembling 

 V. pubijiora, Miq. (syn. V. peduncularis, Lawson). Lawson says that it has no 

 tendi-ils, but in this he is mistaken. I believe it to bo Roxburgh's C. feminea, but 



