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Materials for a Flora 0/ the Malayan Peninsula. 



5. F. polystachya. 



6. V. polythyrsa. 



7. V. thyrsiflora. 



8. V. compositifoKa. 



9. V. elegans. 



Leaves digitate. 



Both surfaces of leaflets glabrous 



Upper surfaces of leaflets glabrous except 



the midiib and main nerves. 



Lower surface vvitli pale cobwebby- 

 pubescence 

 Lower surface rusty-pubescenfc. 



Main nerves of leaflets 5 to 8 pairs, 

 flowers oblong ; fruit obovoid-oblong, 

 slightly angled 



Main nerves of leaflets 8 to 10 pairs, 



flowers sub-globular ; fruit oblong, 



boldly 3- to 4-angled 



Upper surfaces of leaflets minutely rugu- 



lose-papillose, each papilla ending in a 



sliort hair 



Sect. II. Tetrastioma. Flowers 4-merous, expanding ; disc ad- 

 herent to base of ovary ; style very shoit ; stigma large, dilated, ■i-lobed ; 

 cymes axillary, corymbiform and not tendril-bearing. 



Leaves simple ... ... ... 10. V. Scortechinii. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. 



Leaflets glabrous on the upper surface, 



glaucous on the lower ... ... IL V. peduncular is. 



Leaflets glabrous on both surfaces, not 

 glaucous. 



Flowers only '05 in. long ; seeds convex 



on one surface, 3-ridged on the other ... 12. V. andamanica. 



Flowers "1 in. long. 



Fruit dry ; seeds 3-sided, excavated 



on one side ... ... ... 33. F. Wrayi. 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, grooved 



in front ... ... ... 14. V. Lawsoni. 



Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, leaflets glabrous. 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, concave on 



one surface, convex and rugulose on tlie other 15. F. lanceolaria. 

 Fruit dry ; seeds obovoid, slightly com- 

 pressed, shortly beaked, not rugulose, verti- 

 cally grooved on both surfaces ... ... IQ. V. Kunstleri. 



Sect. TIL Ampelofsis. Floioers 5-merous ; disc cupular ; style 

 subulate, stigma entire ; cymes leaf-opposed, usually dichotomous, not 

 tendril-bearing. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate ... ... 17. F. semicordata. 



Leaves pinnate or bipinnate ... ... 18. F. cantoniensis. 



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