47^ XLI. AMPELIDE^. [VittS. 



Johor, Castlewood. Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak (Scortechini). 

 Penang (Wallich). Distrib. Andamans. 



The lower part of the stem of this vine is flat and green, with a thick 

 corky edge on both sides. 



(25) V. hastata Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd. Bat. i. 85; Ridl. 

 Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 75, p. 24. V. sagittifolia Lawson, 

 I.e. i. 646. V. glaberrima King, I.e. 401, not of Wallieh. 



Herbaceous climber. Stems winged 4-angled glaucous white; 

 tendrils red. Leaves simple herbaceous sagittate denticulate 

 acuminate 3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide at ba.se; petioles 1-5 to 2 in. long. 

 Cymes rather large, i to 1-5 in. wide; peduncles red, 2 in. long. 

 Flowers cowslip-scented. Calyx cup-shaped. Petals oblong red- 

 dish shoe-shaped excavate eventually reflexed. Anthers oblong 

 yellow edged red. Disc flat undulate. Pistil immersed. Fruit 

 ellipsoid -25 in. long, black. Hab. Common in open country, 

 climbing over bushes. Singapore, Gardens. Pahang, Pekan. 

 Malacca, Bukit Bruang (Derry). Selangor, Kwala Kubu; top of 

 Batu Caves. Province Wellesley, Permatang Bertam. Perak, 

 Temengoh. Penang (Phillips). Lankawi (Curtis). Distrib. Borneo, 

 Java. 



(26) V. moUissima Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. 482 ; King, I.e. 402. 

 Stem long stiffly hairy. Leaves trifoliate, central leaflet elliptic, 



lateral lobes oblique ovate serrate acute softly hairy, 3 to 4 in. 

 long, 2 in. wide; petiolules lateral *2, median '6 in. long; petioles 

 2 in. long hairy. Corymbs wide-spreading 3 in. across ; peduncles 

 2 in. long pubescent. Flowers '2 in. across, dull bluish green. 

 Fruit globose as large as a pigeon's-egg, semi-transparent pink. 

 Hab. Common on forest edges. Singapore, Garden Jungle, Johor, 

 Serom. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Maingay) ; Bukit 

 Bruang (Derry). Selangor, Kwala Lumpur ; Sungei Buluh. Dind- 

 ings, Lumut. Perak, Larut and Goping (Kunstler) ; Ipoh (Curtis). 

 Penang, Muka Head (Curtis). Perils, Besih Hangat. Lankawi 

 (Curtis). 



(27) V. trifolia Linn. Sp. PI. 203 ; King, I.e. 403. Cissus 

 carnosa Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 409. 



Glabrous herbaceous. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets ovate, elliptic 

 ovate, sometimes cuspidate, base broad or shortly narrowed, 

 coarsely rounded, serrate, glabrous or pubescent; nerves 5 to 6 

 pairs, 1*5 to 2*5 in. long, -8 to i"25 in. wide; petiolules '2 in. long 

 (lateral), terminal one "4 in. long; petioles i'5 to 2 in. long. Cymes 

 I "5 in. across ; peduncle 2 in. long. Flowers rather numerous crowded 

 glabrous or puberulous white "i in. long. Fruit pisiform, '25 in. 

 through. Hab. Lowland country, Singapore (Hullett) ; Reservoir. 

 Malacca (Grifflth) ; Perak (Scortechini). Distrib. India, Java. 



(28) V. japonica Thunb. Fl. Jap. 104; King, I.e. 403. 

 Slender climber. Leaves membranous 3- to 5-foliate; leaflets 



