650 XLIII. AMPELIDE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



ft Flowers in long whip-like dichotomom spikes. Fruit 2-seeded. 



* 20. V. macrcstachys, J/i>/. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. i. 94. Cissus 

 spicifera, Griff. Notul. iv. 693. 



MALACCA; Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIH. Sumatra. 



Whole plant quite glabrous. ^Leaves 3-8 in., oblong or ovate, cuspidate, serrate, coria- 

 ceous, with prominent nerves. Spikes 2 ft. long. Flowers sessile; or very .shortly pedi- 

 celled, solitary or fascicle*! in twos or threes on the long slender pendulous rachis. 

 I\-tnl* separating; style short. Fruit 1 in., elliptic, fleshy. Seed f by \ in., oblong, 

 pointed at the apex, the back rounded ^nd narrowly grooved, the face flat, rugose. 



** Petals and Stamens 5. 



t Flowers umbellatdy-cymose. Style 0. Fruit ^-seeded. 



21. V. sikkimensis, Laws.; whole plant glabrous, stems weak 

 trailing, leaves H ft. cordate, cymes small subfleshv glabrous or with a 

 small amount of deciduous tomentum divaricately branched on long 

 peduncles. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA and KMASIA Mrs., alt. 0-4000 ft., J. D. IT. & T. T. 



Young parts often glaucous. Leaves membranous, denticulate, reddish. Peduncles 

 4 in. or more bearing a forked tendril a little below the cyme. Petals separating. 

 Fruit f 



22. V. tomentosa, //>>///> /// Until Wot*. Sp. 157; whole plant covered 

 witli a thick woolly persistent toinentum, leaves palmate :J-.Vun,ulr:l or 

 lobed, flowers simile in shortly peduncle! compact densely woolly 



V. lanata, II V/. Cut. .vj'js .1, / /; / g ; \\'. <c A. Prodr. I3o ; Wight HI. i. 

 t. 57 j DC. Prodr. 684, V. <-inii;un..mea, )('<///. Gat. V. trilida, 



fiotti A'nt'. ,S>. 157 j IX'. J'rmlr. i. i;:il. V. ti-rnata, Il.i/w in Hoth Nov. 

 tip. 157. V. triloba, Hri/nel.c. 157 ; Wall. (t.tt. (juu4 ? Q ; DC. Prodr. i 634. 

 Ampelopsis ? ternata, /><". I'l-ialr. i. 



WESTI;I;N PKMXSTLA ; from < 'anara southwards. 



L'iii-es 3-9 in. Flowers scarlet, when dry dark brown, showing conspicuously in tho 

 midst of tin- white woolly tomentum. /'. ', in., stout, woody, h"arin;j; 



v..ndy forked tendril 1 in. below the cyme, l-'n/it \ in., black, round. >s' 1 \ hy J in., 

 broadly oblong, Hat, the margin incurved, the face with a thick rounded ridge running 

 down the middle, pale. 



23. V. nervosa, Laws. ; branches petioles and cymes glabrous, leaves 

 cordate subpalmate, nerves beneath prominent and hairy, flowers sessile. 

 V. rugosa, lltrb. Ind. Or. II. f. & T. (iwt j WalUc/i). 



SIKXIM HIMALAYA, alt. 4-5000 ft., /. D. H. 



Mini* deeply grooved, hollow. Leaves often nearly 2 ft., broadly cordate, rounded 

 at tho tip with 5-7 shallow lobes, coarsely and irregularly dentate, covered above with 

 minute soft hairs. Cynics stoutish, bearing midway a 1-2-tinu-s forked tendril. /'///// 

 the size of a currant, black, fleshy, pedicel \ in. Seed as in V. tomentosa but rather 

 smaller, more pointed at the apex, and darker coloured. 



24. V. pedicellata, Laws. ; branches petioles and cvmes covered with 

 a short soft spreading pubescence, flowers on exceedingly slender pedicels 

 I in. 



WKSTERN HIMALAYA ; Kumaon, alt. 7000 ft., Stretch. & Wint. 



Stems striated, solid. Leaves 1 ft. or more, cordate-ovate, serrate or dentate, gla- 

 brous above, nerves somewhat prominent below and covered with short stiff spreading 

 rusty hairs, very thin and membranous. Cymes very small, on. a short slender peduucle 

 bearing midway a weak simple tendril. Fruit ? 



