Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsuld. 



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6. V. polytliyrsa. 



7. V. thyrsiflora. 



8. F. compositifolia. 



9. V. elegans. 



18. V. cantoniensis. 



Upper surfaces of leaflets glabrous except 

 tlie midrib and main nerves. 



Lower surface -with pole cobwebby pubes- 

 cence ... 

 Lower STlrface rusty-pubescent. 



Main nerves of leaflets 5 to 8 pairs ; 

 flowers oblong, fi-uit obovoid-oblong, 

 slightly angled 



Main nei'ves 8 to 10 pairs ; flowers 



sub-globular, fruit oblong boldly 3- to 



4-angled 



Upper surfaces of leaflets minutely rugulose- 



pnpillose, each papilla ending in short hair ... 



Leaves piunate or bi-pinnate ; flowers 5-merous... 



2. Pterisanthes, Blume. 



Scandent tendril-bearing slender shrubs. Leaves simple or tri- 

 foliolate, digitate orpedate. Floioers small, 4-5-merous, inserted on a flat- 

 tened membranous rachis, a few pedicellate on the margin, the others 

 sessile and sunk in the tissue of the rachis. Calyx cupular or obscurely 

 toothed. Petals deciduous. Disc cushion-like, 4- or 5-angled. Style 

 short ; sti'jma capitate. Berry obovoid or globose, 1 to 4-seeded. — Dis- 

 TRIB. 4 species, all Malayan. 



Leaves simple ... ... ... I. P. coriacea. 



Leaves 3-foliolate. 



Adult leaves glabrous ... ... 2. 



Adult leaves rusty-toraentose beneath ... 3. 



Leaves 5-foliolate ... ... ... 4. 



I. Pterisanthes coriacea, Knrth. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat, 

 I, 95, Stems slender, glabrous. Leaves broadly ovate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, the edges distantly and sometimes obscurely glandular-dentate, 

 slightly revolute when dry, the base minutely cordate ; main nerves 

 about 4 or 5 pairs, rather faint, spreading, the reticulations distinct, 

 both surfaces glabrous and shining ; length 3 to 5 in., breadth 1-7.5 to 

 335 in., petiole "75 to 1 '25 in. hijlorescence on a slender (often tendril- 

 bearing) peduncle, membranous, narrowly oblong, 4 or 6 in. long and 

 about 1 in. broad; the edges wavy, reddish when fresh. Male floioers 

 4-merous, few, distant, -15 in. in diam., their pedicels '5 in. long. 

 Female flowers numei'ous. Fruit sessile, globular, glabrous, 3 in. in 

 diam. P. poJita, Lawson in Hook. fil. Fl. Br, Ind. I, 663. Vitis pvlita, 

 Miq. Ann. ]\Ius. Lugd. Bat. T, 85. 



In all the provinces except the Audamans and Nicobars : common. 



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P, cissoides. 

 P. heterantha. 

 P. pedata. 



