474 XLI. AMPELIDE^. [Vitis. 



Batu Putih ( Wray) . Penang (Wallich) . Native names : Akar 

 KayahAsam; Akar Chabang Tujoh. 



(10) V. Scortechinii King, I.e. 392. 



Slender climber 20 to 40 ft. long. Leaves coriaceous simple 

 oblong-ovate deep green acuminate, base round minutely cordate, 

 edge undulate, above glabrous, beneath pubescent or tomentose; 

 nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 475 to 8 in. long, 2*5 to 4-5 in. wide ; petioles 

 1-25 in. long. Cymes i in. long, 1-5 in. across, lax few-flowered; 

 peduncles i in. long, pubescent. Flowers green 4-merous minutely 

 tomentose. Fruit globose waxy white '25 in. across. Seed i. Hab. 

 Woods. Selangor, Batu Caves (Curtis). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 



(11) V. pediincularis Wall. Cat. 6024; King, I.e. 393. 



Stem woody warty flattened, young part rusty pubescent. Leaves 

 trifoliate ; leaflets coriaceous ovate or elliptic, lateral ones oblong 

 acuminate, base cuneate spinous-serrate glabrous; nerves 6 to 8 

 pairs elevate beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide ; petiolules '$ 

 to 75 in. long; petioles 3 to 6 in. long. Cymes from old wood 

 2 to 3 in. long ; peduncles 2*5 in. long rather slender, much branched 

 pubescent. Flowers very small 4-merous fragrant. Petals pubes- 

 cent. Fruiting cymes up to 8 in. long and wide ; fruit pea-shaped 

 red. Hab. Hill-forests. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca (Main- 

 gay). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Angsi; Tampin Hill. Selangor, 

 Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Gunong Inas, base 

 (Yapp). Penang (Walhch) ; Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. 

 Sumatra, Borneo. 



(12) V. Curtisii Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 24. 

 Stem smooth black. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets coriaceous 



glabrous entire obovate cuspidate narrowed to base ; nerves 8 pairs ; 

 nervules and reticulations as prominent, 2'5 to 3*6 in. long, i"3 to 

 I "9 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long, mid-one '4 in. long; petioles 

 •5 in. long. Cymes -3 in. long, graceful spreading compound pube- 

 rulous. Flowers "i in. long, on pedicels as long. Calyx very short 

 cup-shaped. Petals 4 oblong, tips recurved. Ovary globose free. 

 Stigma large conic lobed. Hab. Penang Hill (Curtis). 



(13) V. Lawsoni King, I.e. 394. Vitis tuberculata Lawson, I.e. 

 i. 656, not of Wallieh. 



A stout tall liane glabrous, upper parts tuberculate. Leaves 

 trifoliate; leaflets sub-coriaceous oblanceolate cuspidate, base 

 cuneate, sparingly spine-toothed ; nerves 5 pairs inarching slender, 

 3*5 to 5 in. long, 1-5 to 2 in. wide ; petiolules, central one "2 to i in., 

 lateral ones -2 to -4 in. long; petioles i to 1-5 long. Cymes i in. 

 across dense sub-sessile or on peduncles '25 to i in. long. Flowers 

 •I in. long. Petals 4 white. Fruit globose i in. through, yellow 

 eatable. Seeds 3 to 4. Hab. Lowland woods, climbing high on 

 trees. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Perak, Simpang 

 (Wray) ; Thaiping Hills 2500 to 3000 altitude (Kunstler) ; Goping 

 (Kunstler) ; Penang Hill 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis). Distrib. Burma. 



