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white, about "1 in. lon^r ; the calyx truncate, short ; the petals pubescent 

 outside. Berry turbinate, fleshy, 2 to 4-seeded, seeds triangular. 

 Vitis carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6018 ; W. and A. Prodr. 127; Wight Ic. J7J ; 

 Brand. For Fl. 101 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 654; Trimeu 

 Fl. Ceyl. I, 294 ; Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 570. V. crenata. Wall, 

 Cat. 6021. Cissus trifoHata, Linn, Sp. PI. 203. C. anriculata, Roxb. 

 Wall. Cat. 6031 b. G. carnosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I, 409 ; DO. Prodr. I, 680 ; 

 Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 33 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 40. Crenaia, 

 Valil, DC. Prodr. I, 631. C. cinerea, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. I, 631. 0, 

 obtusifolia, Lamk. Diet. I, 31 ? — Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 9. 



Malacca ; Harvey. Singapore ; Hullett, No. 95. Perak : Scorte- 

 chini. Andamaus ; King's Collector. Nicobars ; Kurz. — Disteib. British 

 India, Java. 



28. Vitis japonica, Thunbg. Fl. Japan, 104. Glabrous or pubescent. 

 Stems slender. Leaves 3-foliolate or pedately 5-foliolate ; common 

 petiole 1"5 to 25 in. long ; leaflets membranous, ovate to oblanceo 

 late, the outer oblique, all shortly acuminate and coarsely and un 

 equally serrate-dentate in the upper part, entire towai'ds the narrrowed 

 base : main nerves slightly prominent on the under surface, 7 to 9 

 pairs, straight, ascending ; length 1"5 to 4 in., breadth "85 to 1*75 in. ; 

 petiolules "2 to "5 in., that of the middle leaflet sometimes even I in. ; 

 tendrils slender, forked. Cymes spreading, branched, open, 2 to 3 in. 

 across, always more or less puberulous. Flowers ovoid-globose, "15 in. 

 long, 4-merous. Calyx cupular, petals broad. Fruit sub-globular, some- 

 what depressed, glabrous, '25 to "3 in. iu diam. Seeds 3 or 4, triangu- 

 lar, one side convex and very rugose, the other two flat and pitted, one 

 of the pits closed by a membrane. Cissus japonica, Willd. Sp. PI. I, 659 ; 

 DC. Prod. I, 632 ; Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 561 {in part). Vitis 

 mollis, Wall. Cat., No. 6025; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. 1,660. 



Singapore, Malacca, Perak, Penang, Nicol)ar and Andaman Islands : 

 common. — Distrib. Java, New Caledonia, Australia, Japan, China. 



The larger forms of this resembles F. novemfolia, Wall., but have 

 not so many leaflets. The two species are however closely allied, as 

 also are the less pubescent forms of V. pedata, Vahl. The seeds of this 

 are remarkable in shape, approaching those of V. novemfolia but with 

 two plane sides instead of one. This is also even more closely allied to 

 V. temdfolia W. and A., from which it is indeed very often difficult to 

 distinguish it, in the Herbarium at least. 



29. Vitis novemfolia, Wall. Cat. 6030. Whole plant except the 

 infloi'escence glabrous. Stems slender, striate. Leaves membranous, 

 usually pedately 7- to 9-foliolate ; common petiole 25 to 3 in. long ; 

 leaflets oblong-lauceolate, shortly acuminate, cntii-e or with a few exserted 



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