472 XLI, AMPELIDE^. [VUis. 



on the nerves, 6'5 in. long, 8 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long woolly; 

 tendrils long woolly branched. Panicle dense. Calyx pubescent. 

 Petals oblong glabrous, -05 in. long. Hub. Lankawi, Terutau 

 (Curtis). Distrib. Cochin-China. 



(3) V. macrostachya Miq. Ann. Bot. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 94; 

 King, I.e. 388. Cissus spicifera Griff. Nolulce, iv.Q6^. Ampelocissus^ 

 spicigera Planch. DC. Mon. Phan. v. 406.-7 p*"C*-C? (^^l<U |Jqjlo( ^^ 



Long pendent glabrous climber. Leaves coriaceous shining <^^ 

 dark green ovate or oblong cuspidate, edges serrate spiny, base ^<<^. 

 round ; nerves 5 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3 in. across ; petioles 

 I in. long. Spikes panicled slender very long pendent, some 

 branches 9 to 14 in. long. Flowers green 'i in. long; pedicels as 

 long, solitary or in fascicles. Fruit 3 in. long. Hab. Common 

 on edges of forests and woods. Singapore, Tanglin ; Bukit Timah. 

 Pahang, Benta-Kwantan Road (Evans). Malacca (Griffith) ; Sungei 

 Hudang; Ayer Panas (Derry). Selangor, Ulu Gombak; Rawang, 

 Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Temengoh. Province Wellesley, Krian. 

 Distrib. Sumatra. 



(4) V. gracilis Wall. Cat. 6007; Roxb. Fl. Ind. [ed. Carey) ii. 

 477 ; King, I.e. 389. Ampelocissus gracilis Planeh. I.e. 407. 



Stems very slender red woolly-hairy. Leaves ovate cuspidate, 

 base broad or cordate, edge spine-toothed, 3*5 in. long, 2*25 in. 

 wide, glabrous on both sides except the woolly hairy nerves; 

 petioles i in. long woolly. Panicles 6 in. long of slender distant 

 spreading branches "5 in. long, red-v/oolly. Flowers scattered 

 sessile '05 in. long glabrous; peduncles very slender 4 to 6 in. long. 

 Fruit oblong. Seeds 2 plano-convex rugose. Hab. Common in 

 lowland woods. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Krangi. Johor, 

 Sedenah. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Kudah. 

 Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. Native 

 names : Akar Riang Riang Rimbah ; A. Keladek Tanah. Use : 

 Roots applied for Orchitis. 



(5) V. floccosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soe. S. Br. 54, p. 37. 

 Stem slender densely covered with red tomentum. Leaves 



entire ovate-cordate acute; nerves 4 pairs, reticulations con- 

 spicuous glabrous above, densely red-tomentose beneath, 2 to 4 in. 

 long and wide; petioles i in. long. Peduncles slender 2*5 in. long; 

 branches distant '5 to i in. long. Flowers 10 to 12 on each "05 in. 

 long, sessile on the tomentose, rachis 4-merous. Berry round 

 oblong glabrous '5 in. long. Seeds 3 boat-shaped pustular. Hab. 

 Roadsides, local. Johor, Gunong Pulai on the hedges and in 

 thickets at the base (Ridley). 



(6) V. cinnamomea Wall. Roxb. Fl. Ind. {ed. Carey), ii. 483; 

 King, I.e. 389. Ampelocissus cinnamomea Planeh. I.e. 408. 



Stems rather slender whitish-woolly or red-woolly. Leaves cori- 

 aceous ovate-cordate acuminate, or 3-lobed, outer lobes oblique, 

 edge dentate bristle-pointed, above glabrous, beneath cinnamon- 



