640 LXIII. AMPELIDE^:. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



A weak trailing plant. Leaves 3-5 by 1^-2^ in., entire or distantly and often 

 bristly-serrate ; petiole 1^-2 in. Petals about yj in. Style conspicuous, slender. Berry 

 small, obovoid, 2-seeded. 



4. V. lonchiphylla, Tkwaites Enum. 62 (Cissus) ; stems thick weak 

 acutely-angled glabrous, leaves 4-7 by U-2.\ in. oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate roundly truncate at the base, petiole \-\ in. 



CEYLON ; Ambagamowa district, at no groat elevation, Thtcaites. 

 Leaves remotely denticulate, 3-nerved at the base, snbpeltate. Cymes longer than 

 the short petiole, flowers small. Fruit depressed, globose. 



5. V. pentag-ona, 7.V6. Fl . 7, id. i. 408 (Cissus); stem 5-angled woody 

 not contracted at the nodes. DC. Prodr. i. 628 (Cissus) ; A -/own. 

 As. Soc. Benfj. 1870, ii. 74. 



Forests of Cm IT \<;ON,;, ll< ,.,!> ,-ffli ; AIJKACAX and SOUTH AXMAMAX Tsu>s. A 

 Stems more robust and wiry than in; cies. Leaves 3-4 by 1 1 -\ in., 



ovate or cordate-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, glabrous. Cymes on lung peduncles. 

 yellowish. /W7v about j\ in. >Style shorter and stouter than iu the last 



species, stigma capitate. / 



Steins cylindric terete or obscurely angled. (Except 7, diffusa.) 



(}. V. g-laberrima, TP///. in J!n.rl>. Ft. Tnd. rd. Oorey, ii. 47fi ; 



-' : glabrous, not glaucous, stem fleshy obtusely angled jointed not 

 contracted at the nodi 8, leaves coriaceous obtuse or subcordate at the 



. tendrils (i, flower.- !_ in. conical. 

 K \STKKN I'MNIXSI i.\ : PenaM and Sineapnre, li'dlllcri. 



I in-: v L' \-~> by 1 2.1 in., obwog, rounded at the apex or very shortly cuspidate, 

 entire or ivmotely and very faintly hrisllv-eivnate, drying green. Cymes about 1 in. 

 mpact. fruit (unripe) 2-eell(;d. The absence of tendrils and large flowers serve 

 to distinguish thi.- m its allies. 



7. V. diffusa, Mi t . Ann. .!///.<. Ht. Lu<j<1. fltif.i. 83; glabrous, stem 



4-5-angled or sul.terete sutlVute.-cent, leaves subflcshy concave-tnmcate at 

 the base, tendrils simple, flowers ! in. oblong. 



i UN I'KM.N (,'. T/.nm.^iu : Malaeea, M<ilnfjaij. Di 



Leaves 3-5 by 2 .'} in., ovate, drying an ashy-brown, entire or distantly and faintly 

 serrate. Ti.inlrilx long, wuody. opposite tin- ! 'apaet than in V. 



glaberrima, /'///// ll-Vhy. 1-ivlled, 1-seednl, black. Toe description of the flow. -rs is 

 taken from Minud's I', umlmu var. suluvaia, for any diflereuce between it and this 

 species I am not able to distinguish. 



8. V. furcata, Lmiv. ; glabrous, branches cylindric woody not jointed, 

 leaves 3-4 by 2-2 i in. broadly ovate cuspidate distantly and faintly serrate 

 coriaceous, tendrils forked towards the tips, petals \ in., fruit nearly i in. 



IVVSTKKN PENINSULA ; 8incapore, G. Thomson; Malacca, Maingay. 

 A woody climber. Tendrils long, woody. Flowers much smaller than in V. diffusa. 

 conspicuous. Fruit obovate, black, dry, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed ^ by ^ in., 

 obovate, angled, brown. 



9. V. repens, W. & A. Prodr. 125; quite glabrous and glaucous, 

 branches cylindric weak fleshy, leaves 3-8 by 1-3 1 in. cordate-ovate acute 

 with distant sharp spinous teeth pale green membranous, tendrils forked, 

 petals 7 y- in., fruit the size of a pea,, pedicels slender. Datz. <( (,'H,s. 

 Bomb. Fl. 39. V. glauca, Wall. Cat. 5990 except G. , C. cordata, Roxb. Fl 



