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sessile or sub- sessile, solitary or in fascicles of 2 or 3, 4-merons ; buds 

 sub-globose, under '1 in. long. Calyx cup-shaped. I'Vfft^ oblong, succulent: 

 seeds two, large, plano-convex, rugose. Laws, in Hoolc. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 

 1, 650. Cii'siis spicifera, Griff. Notulae IV, 963. Wall. Cat. 74d8 indeterm. 

 Nothocissus spicigera, Planch, in DO. Mon. Phan. V, 406. 



Malacca, Griffith (l^o. 1300 K. D.) ; Derry No. 387; Maingay, No. 426 

 (K. D.), Harvey. Singapore : Wallich ; Ridley No. 5585. Penang, 

 Porter. Perak : King's Collector, Nos. 2078, 320], 6238, 12309 : Wray, 

 No. 2164; Scortecbiiii, No. 482. Distrib. Sumatra. 



Strictly speaking tlie name of this should perhaps be Vitis speci- 

 fera. It is quite unlike any other Malayan Vitis and can be recognised 

 at once. 



3 YiTis GRACTLTS, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Cai^ey, II, 477. 

 Stems slendei', terete, not jointed, covered with sparse long rusty 

 flexnose deciduous hair. Leaves broadly ovate-rotund, .shortly acumi- 

 nate ; the base usually cordate, rarely sub-truncate, the edges with 

 exserted bristle-teefcii : upper surface very sparsely strigose. the nerves 

 pubescent : under surfsices very sparsely strigose, the nerves bristly- 

 pubescent : main nerves 4 or 5 pair's, curving upwai'ds, the lower pair 

 branching outward ; length 2*5 to 35 in., breadth 1*5 to 275 in.; 

 petiole 1 to 1'5 in., rusty- sericeous. Inflorescence a slender pendulous 

 raf^eme of short sub-horizontal spikes borne on a long slender tendril, 

 the rachises rusty-sericeous. Floivers small, 4-jnevou3, quite ghibrous. 

 Fruit elliptic, smooth, glabrous, red, somewhat 3-angled, about "5 in. 

 long, with scanty pulp, and 4 large compressed seeds boldly ridged on 

 the inner surface. Wall. Cat. No, 6007 ; Lawson in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. 

 Ind. I, 653. Ampelocissus gracilis, Planch, in DO. Mon. Phan. V, 407. 



Singapore : Wallich ; Ridley, No. 1922. Selangor, Ridley, No. 328, 

 Malacca ; Derry. Perak : King's Collector, No. 10274 ; Wray, No. 1343. 



4. ViTis ciNNAMONEA, Wall, in Roxb. PI. Ind., ed. Cai'ey, II, 4S3. 

 Stems woody, channelled on one side, not jointed, yellowish or rusty- 

 toraentose. ieawes coriaceous, ovate-reniforra, sometimes 3-lobed, occa- 

 sionally 3-partite, the apex or the lobes if present sliortly acuminate, 

 the edges sinuate-dentate with bi-istle points, or entire with exserted 

 bristle-teeth ; upper surface glabrous, dark olivaceous when dry, the 

 lower uniformly covered with a thin closely adherent layer of ^ense 

 cinnamoneous tomentum ; main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, curving, spreading, 

 prominent, the lower pair much branched outwards ; length 5 to 7 in., 

 breadth 4 to 5 in.; petioles 25 to 3 in., tomentose. Inflorescence a slender 

 pendulous raceme of shoi-fc sub-horizontal spikes brone on a long 

 peduncle from the slender tendril, much longer than the leaves, rafous- 

 tomentose. Floivers sessile, glabrous, 4-morous, the buds sub-globular, 



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