476 XLI. AMPELIDE^. [VMs. 



5 in. long. Cymes umbellate panicled 2 to 2'5 in. across ; peduncle 

 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers 'i^ in. across, 5-merous. Fruit ovoid 

 black "25 in. long. Seeds 2 to 3. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 

 Distrih. India, Burma, Java. 



This is very different from the Burmese form, but it is rare here, and 

 possibly further collections of it may show it to be distinct. 



(18) V. cantoniensis Seem. BoL Herald. 370; Lawson, I.e. 

 i. 663 ; King, I.e. 397. 



A slender glabrous vine. Leaves unequally pinnate, lower pair 

 of leaflets often compound, all glaucous beneath, lanceolate or ovate 

 acuminate, serrate in upper part, base entire cuneate; nerves 

 3 to 4 pairs faint, 75 to 2*4 in. long, -5 to i in. wide; petiolules 

 •I to '2 in. long. Cymes umbellate cymose 75 in. across ; peduncles 

 1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers 'i in. across, yellow. Berry obovoid 

 •25 in. long, white. Seeds 3 or 4. Hah. Roadsides and waste 

 ground. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca (Hervey). Selangor, Petal- 

 ing. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Hermitage Hill 

 at 3000 ft. altitude (Curtis); (Scortechini). Distrih. China and 

 Cochin-China. 



This does not seem to be very common. The Perak plants have quite 

 entire leaflets ; they are rounded elliptic in the Hermitage Hill plant. 



(19) V. pyrrhodasys Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Supp. 517. 



Slender vine. The shoots, back of leaves and inflorescence 

 densely red-tomentose. Leaves simple ovate-cordate acute, bristle- 

 serrate, glabrous above except the 5 pairs of nerves, 2'25 to 5 in. 

 long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petioles 75 to 2*25 in. long. Cymes 

 corymbose; peduncles '5 in. long. Flowers small white. Calyx 

 hairy. Berry pea-shaped black small. Hah. Roadsides and 

 thickets. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca (Griffith) ; Machap 

 (Derry). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Phillips). Kelantan, 

 Kwala Lebir. Distrih. Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Native name : 

 Akar Pakan Paya. 



(20) V. furcata Lawson, I.e. i. 646 ; King, I.e. 399. 

 Glabrous vine. Leaves simple fleshy coriaceous ovate acuminate 



to lanceolate, base blunt narrowed or broad, serrate ; nerves 4 to 5 

 pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, I'l to 2*5 in. wide; petioles '4 to I'l in. 

 long. Cymes i to 175 in. long lax, i in. across; peduncle short. 

 Flowers cream-colour 4-merous. Panicles "5 to 75 in. long of 

 5 branches, cymes '25 in. long; pedicels "15 in. long, red. Berry 

 black. Seeds i. Hah. Common in woods. Singapore, Chua Chu 

 Kang; Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca (Maingay). 

 Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler) ; Gunong Batu 

 Putih (Wray). 



var. puhescens King, I.e. 



Branches, underside of leaves and cymes more hairy. Hah. 

 Perak, Larut, Goping (Kunstler). 



