Vitis.] XLIII. AMPELIDEJE. (M. A. Lawson.) CGI 



4-6 in., leaflets 4 by 2^ in. sessile elliptic with a reflexed tip between fleshy and coria- 

 ceous nerves prominent beneath. Probably a distinct species. Tenasserim, Kurz. 



VAR. 3 ; stems weak coarse tubercled, leaves very large subcoriaceous sharply ser- 

 rate, cymes exceedingly short. This also will probably prove to be distinct. Penang, 

 Maingay. 



65. V. sulcata, Laws. ; whole plant quite glabrous, branches smooth 

 sulcate, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter 

 than the leaves, fruit 1 in. diam. pulpy? 4-seeded, seed | by in. oblong 

 somewhat flattened on the face. V. lariceolaria, Wight Ic. t. 28. 



WESTERN PENINSULA ; Herb. Wight. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 5-foliolate, pedate, or rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole 2i in. ; 

 leaflets 3-5 by 14~2f in., stalked, ovate, acuminate, serrate. Flowers''! Fruit glo- 

 bose, smooth, black. Seed with a narrowly clavate tubercle on the back. The smooth 

 sulcate stems, large fruit, and shape of the seed, forbid this being regarded as a 

 variety of V. lanceolaria, although it is very closely allied to that species. 



66. V. dubia, Laws. ; whole plant glabrous, branches cylindric smooth, 

 leaves membranous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter than the petioles, fruit 

 the size of a pea dry 2-seeded, seed j by ^ in. oblong, 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, aft. 1-4000 ft., H.f. & T. CHITTAGONG? H. f. & T. 



A. scandent shrub ; branches slender, striate. Leaves mostly 3-foliolate, rarely 5- 

 foliolate, pedate ; petiole 2-4 in. ; leaflets stalked, 3-8 by l$-2^ in., ovate-lanceolate 

 or elliptic, acuminate, deeply almost incisely serrate. Cymes 1-14 i n -> compact. 



67. V. Kookeri, Laws.; whole plant glabrous or the cymes only 

 slightly pubescent, branches cylindric smooth or only slightly warty 

 glaucous, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter 

 than the petiolesj fruit 1 in. diam. pulpy 2-seeded, seed ^ by i in. oblong 

 or subobovoid. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, the KHASIA MTS., and CHITTAGONG, alt. 1-4000 ft., H. f. & T. 

 BHOTAN and ASSAM, Griffith. DISTKIB. Java. 



A large climber. Leaves pedately 5-foliolate ; petiole 4-6 in. ; leaflets stalked, 4-8 

 by 2-3^ in., elliptic, acute at both ends or shortly acuminate at the apex, serrate. 

 Tendrils very long. Cymes 1^-2^ in. 



68. V. rumicisperma, Laws.; whole plant glabrous, branches cylindric 

 covered with corky warts or tubercles, leaves between fleshy- and coriaceous, 

 tendrils forked, cymes as long as or longer than the leaves, fruit the size of 

 a large currant 4-seeded pulpy, seed i by i in. broadly triangular-obcordate. 

 V. lanceolaria, Wall. Cat. 6013 h. V. tuberculata, Wall. Cat. 6014. 



NIPAL and SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 3-7000 ft., Wallich, &c. KHASIA MTS., 

 //. /. & T. 



An immense climber. Leaves usually pedately 5-foliolate, rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole 

 3-6 in.; leaflets 3-6 by 1-24 i n -> elliptic-lanceolate, serrate. Fruit black. Seed with u 

 broad .shallow groove on the back and a sharp ridge formed by the raphe on the face. 

 The fruit is sweet and pleasant to the taste. J. D. H. Closely allied to V. lancp.o- 

 laria, but readily distinguished by its somewhat smaller fruit, and particularly by the 

 shape of its seed. 



SECT. V. Leaves mostly pedately 7-9-foliolate. Flowers mostly 5-merous. 

 t Floivers corymbosely cymose. 



69. V. pedata, Vahl m Herb. Madr. ex Wall. Cat. 6027 ; whole plant 

 softly pubescent or glabrate, leaves membranous, tendrils forked, cymes as 

 long as or longer than the petiole, fruit the size of a currant dry 4-seeded, 



