Vitis.] XLI, AMPELIDE^. 477 



(21) V. discolor Dalz. Hook. Kew. Journ. ii. 39; King, I.e. 399. 

 Cissus discolor Bot. Mag. t. 4763. 



Slender climber, Stems red. Leaves simple ovate-lanceolate to 

 lanceolate acuminate, deeply cordate or rounded or cuneate at 

 base membranous glabrous dark green variegated with red and 

 white, purple beneath ; nerves 5 to 7 pairs, 2'5 to 4 in. long, 'Ss to 

 2 in. across; petioles '2 to 1-25 in. long. Cymes umbellate lax 

 pubescent or compact "5 to -6 in. wide. Flowers 'i in. long, pale 

 yellow. Fruit pyriform '2 in. through, red. Hab. Limestone 

 rocks in the north. Perak (Scortechini) . Pulau Adang. Perhs 

 and Setul. Distrih. Indo-Malaya, Cochin-China. 



This pretty vine is often cultivated for its foliage. 



(22) V. repens Wight andArnott, Prod. Fl. Pen. Ind. 124 ; Lawson, 

 in Hook.fil. F.B.I, i. 646; King, I.e. 400. 



Glabrous climbing herb. Leaves simple ovate-cordate acuminate 

 serrate 2*5 to 3*5 in. long, 2'4 to 27 in. wide; petioles slender 

 I "5 to 2 in. long. Cymes lax i in. long, i'5 in. wide; peduncles 

 I to 1*5 in. long, wide pubescent, 2 in. long in fruit. Flowers 'i in. 

 across. Calyx pubescent. Corolla yellowish. Fruit globose or 

 obovoid '25 in. through, black. Hab. Common in hedges. Singa- 

 pore, Fort Canning (Hullett). Pulau Tiuman. Negri Sembilan, 

 Seremban (Cantley). Selangor, Kwala Selangor. Perak, Tapah 

 (Wray). Penang, Penara Bukit (Curtis). Kelantan, Kwala Aring 

 (Yapp) ; Yan. Distrib. Java, India. Native name : Akar Lakom 

 Bulan. 



(23) V. diffusa Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 83. 



Glabrous. Stem slender woody. Leaves ovate, acuminate sub- 

 acute and blunt, base broad sparsely serrate spinulose, edge wavy ; 

 nerves 3 pairs fleshy membranous, 2*5 to 275 in. long, 175 to 2'6 in. 

 wide; petioles i in. long. Cymes "5 in. long, glabrous. Flowers 

 few, green, umbellate 'i in. across; peduncle 'i in. long. Fruit 

 globose, black, i- to 2-seeded -4 in. through. Seed '2 in. long. 

 Hab. Common in waste ground, whole plant foetid. Singapore 

 (Cantley); Paya Goyang. Malacca (Griffith). Penang (Curtis). 

 Distrib. Borneo, Celebes, Christmas Isle. 



(24) V. glaberrima Wall. Cat. 5991 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. {ed. Car.) 

 ii. 476 ; not of King. V. cerasiformis var. Wallichii King, I.e. 400. 



Tall glabrous vine. Branches above terete or bluntly angled. 

 Leaves herbaceous elliptic cuspidate, base broad rounded or shortly 

 cuneate, sparsely serrulate ; nerves 4 pairs 3 to 3*25 in. long, 2 in. 

 wide; petioles 75 in. long. Cymes many-flowered 2 in. through; 

 peduncle '2 to i in. long; branches rather stout. Flowers nearly 

 •2 in. long, umbellate ; pedicels stout as long. Calyx entire saucer- 

 shaped. Petals long oblong sub-acute 'i in. long. Fruit pisiform 

 •2 in. through on a pedicel '4 in. long, claret pink. Hab. Forests, 

 not common. Singapore (Kunstler) ; Bukit Mandai ; Bukit Timah. 



