Vttis.] XLI. AMPELIDE^. 479 



ovate to oblanceolate acuminate or acute, narrowed to base, edge 

 serrate, softly pubescent on the back or quite glabrous; nerves 

 7 to 9 pairs, 1-5 to 2 in. long, -85 to i in. wide; petiolules '2 in. 

 long (lateral) to -4 in. long terminal; petioles i*2 in. long. Cymes 

 I to 2 in. across ; peduncles 1*25 to i'5 in. long puberulous. Flowers 

 few puberulous. Calyx cup-shaped. Fruit pisiform. Hab. Open 

 country, villages, etc. Malacca, foot of Ophir (Hullett) ; Ayer 

 Panas (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson. Selangor, Rantau 

 Panjang; Rawang (Kloss). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Java, 

 Australia, Japan, China. 



(30) V. novemfolia Wall. Cat. 6030; King, I.e. 403. 



Long rather slender vine glabrous except the inflorescence. 

 Leaves membranous of 7 to 9 lanceolate acuminate leaflets, the 

 outer pair shorter oblique coarsely serrate, narrowed to the base, 

 4 to 4-5 in. long, 1-2 in. wide; nerves fine 5 pairs, reticulations 

 conspicuous; petiolules 2 in. long or less; petioles 2*2 in. long. 

 Cymes large and lax about 2 in. long ; branches stout on a peduncle 

 4 in. long. Flowers rather few green •!$ in. wide; pedicels '2 in. 

 long. Calyx cup-shaped. Drupe 75 in. through, globose dull 

 green. Seeds 2 to 4. Hab. Thick lowland forests. Singapore, 

 Tanglin; Selitar. Pahang, Kwala TembeHng and Pulau Tawar. 

 Malacca, Rim (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang (Cant- 

 ley). Dindings, Bruas. Perak, Maxwell's Hill. Distrib. Anda- 

 mans. Native name : Lakom Tubaro. 



2. PTERISANTHES, Bl. 



Slender wiry chmbers rather short. Leaves simple or trifoliate. 

 Flowers sunk in a flat broad undulating and often lobed rachis, 

 at first green, later becoming red, pendent on a slender peduncle 

 with a number of usually female or neuter flowers on slender stalks 

 from the edge. Calyx cupular obscurely toothed. Petals 4 ovate. 

 Stamens 4. Stigma capitate on a short conical style. Berry 

 globose I- to 4-seeded sessile on the red rachis. Species about 12, 

 Malay Peninsula and islands. 



Leaves simple glabrous. 

 Leaves membranous; rachis 3 to 5 in. long by "6 to 



1-5 in. wide (i) Pt- coriacea 



Leaves coriaceous ; rachis 6 by "4 in. . . • (-2) Pt. Beccanana 



Leaves simple woolly beneath . . . • (3) ft- criopoda 



Leaves trifoliate glabrous ; pedicels of flowers very 



long (4) Pt- glabra 



Leaves trifoliate tomentose beneath. 



Leaflets linear-lanceolate (5) P*- Dalhousise 



Leaflets lanceolate bullate above under i in. wide (6) Pt. pulchra 

 Leaflets oblong-obovate smooth over i in. wide . (7) Pt. cissoides 

 Leaves 3- to 5-foliate arachnoid beneath; leaflets 



3 in. long, 1-5 in. wide . . . • (8) Pt. pedata 



Leaflets 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; red tomentose 



beneath (9) Pt. rufula 



