Vitis.] XLI. AMPELIDE^. 473 



tomentose; entire ovate leaves 5 in. long, 5-5 in. wide, trilobed 

 as long, side lobes 175 in. across; petioles 2 in. long. Panicles 

 slender 4 to 6 in. long; peduncles 4*5 to 6 in. slender, woolly; 

 branches '5 in. long, spreading woolly. Flowers small globose 

 glabrous, 4-merous. Fruit elliptic red '5 in. long. Seeds com- 

 pressed ridged on inner face. Hab. Common in woods lowlands. 

 Singapore, Bukit Timah. Malacca, Jus (Derry). Selangor, Rantau 

 Panjang (Kloss). Perak, Asam Kumbang (Wray). Bindings, 

 Lumut. Penang Hill (Curtis). Native names : Akar Keladek 

 Ingan ; Akar Pudin Rimbah. Use : Leaves for poulticing sore legs. 



(7) V. elegans Kurz. Nat. Tijds. Ned. Ind. xxviii. 166 ; King, 

 I.e. 392. 



Stems, petioles, tendrils, inflorescence densely red-tomentose. 

 Leaves trifoliate or 5-foliate, central lobe oblanceolate 5 to 6 in. 

 long, 275 in. wide, laterals oblique ovate narrowed at base ; petiolules 

 winged, 4-5 in. long, 275 in. wide, outer edges spine-toothed cori- 

 aceous glabrous above except nerves, densely red-woolly beneath; 

 petioles i to i"4 in. long. Panicles 8 to 12 in. long; branches 

 •5 to 1*5 long; peduncle stout 5 to 6 in. long. Flowers glabrous 

 pink tipped green, Disc green ; filaments pink. Fruit ellipsoid 

 fleshy purple. Hab. Common on edges of woods in the south. 

 Singapore, Tanglin ; Selitar. Johor, Pinerong (Cantley) ; Serom ; 

 Tanjong Merawan. Malacca (Griffith). Bindings, Telok Sera. 



(8) V. conipositifolia Lawson, in Hook. fil. F.B.I, i. 659; 

 King, I.e. 391. 



Stem and petioles covered with dense red tomentum. Leaves 

 coriaceous quinate ; leaflets oblanceolate, outer ones obhque, bases 

 narrowed, edge sparsely spine-toothed above (except nerves) 

 glabrous, beneath red-tomentose, 8 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles 

 5 to 8 in. long, stout ; petiolules i*2 in. long. Inflorescence 12 in. 

 long on a peduncle 6 in. long, woolly except the very small distant 

 flowers; spikes i to 2*5 in. long red woolly. Fruit oblong '5 in. 

 long. Seeds flat elliptic keeled on the inner side, acute at both 

 ends, '3 in. long, '2 in. wide. Hab. Woods. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Perak, Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). Penang (Phillips). 



(9) V. polystachya Wall. Cat. 6028 ; King, I.e. 390. V. nitida 

 Lawson, I.e. i. 662. V. polythyrsa King, I.e. 390, V. thyrsi- 

 flora Ki7ig, I.e. 391, not of Miquel. 



Old stem corky. Leaves 5- to 9-foliate; leaflets coriaceous 

 glabrous except a little hair on the petioles, elliptic-oblong cuspi- 

 date, base cuneate, dentate; nerves 7 to 10 pairs, 4 to 8 in. long, 

 1-5 to 4 in. wide; petiolules '5 to 75 in. long; petioles 3 to 4 in. 

 long. Panicle i ft. or more long, sparsely hairy. Fruit globose- 

 oblong often in large bunches, purple or green, quite eatable. Hab. 

 Not rare in dense jungle. Johor, Gunong Pulai; Kota Tinggi. 

 Malacca (Griffith) ; Selandor (Cantley) . Selangor, Kwala Lumpur ; 

 Petaling. Perak, Maxwell's Hill; Goping (Kunstler). Gunong 



