003 XLIII. AMPELIDEJE. (M. A. Lawson.) 



.seed | in. diam. hemispherical hollowed out on the flat side and the opening 

 closed by a thin membrane. W. & A. Pm<lr. 128. Cissus heptaphylla, 

 ttdz Obs. 22. C. pedata, Lamk. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 413 ; DC. Prodr. i. 632 ; 

 fr'ni/i. Cat. Bomb. PI. 33 ; hah. <( Hi!,*. Bomb. Fl. 40 ; 7'/,^///,x Enum, C3. 

 C. serratifolia, HI. ttottl. Melothrix zeylanica, Koen. in Hb. Banks. Itheede 

 Hort. Mai. vii. t. 10. 



BENGAL, SILHF.T, ASSAM, the KHASIA Mrs., alt. 0-3000 ft. BIRMA and from TEXAS- 

 SERIM to SINCAPOKE and 1'EXANG. Wi.sTKiiN I'hMN.-i i, A, from the Concau southwards, 

 and in CEYLON. DISTKIH. Malayan Archipelago. 



A large weak climber, with cylindric ofien hirsute branches. Leaves usually 7- 

 foliolate ; petiole 4-6 in.; leaflets on long stalks, 4-8 by 14-3 in., oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate, serrate, often at length nearly glabrous. <"/////<* snbeorymbose with widely 

 divaricating branches. Flm; rx bisexual, green, covered with a greyish pul" 

 J-'rm't subglobose, somewhat flattened at the apex. The seed resembles exactly that of 

 V. lioxlurghii, but is rather smaller. 



7(>. V. novemfolia, Wall. Cat. 6030; whole plant glabrous, branches 

 cylindric smooth, leaves membranous, tendrils forked, cymes on very long 

 peduncles nearly as long as the leaves, fruit 1] in. diam. pulpy 4-seeded, 

 seed \ by ^ in. boat-shaped with the ends slightly curved inwards hollow 

 the elliptic opening closed by a thin membrane. 



SJNCAPOKK, HV////W/, (,'rtfrith. 



dark In-own, shining. L< 'y 7-9-foliolate ; petiolo 4-6 in. ; leaflets 



5-8 in., on long .stalks, oblong-lanceolate, entire. Pidundcs longer than the petioles. 

 flowers small, green. Fruit globose, Mark. 



tt Flowers in long dender pen<lnl<t* racemose spikes. 



71. V. Helferi, Law.; sti-ms cylindric somewhat slender the y<-ung 

 parts covered \\ith apnle deciduous toiut-ntum, leaves 5-7-folioJftte glabrona 



except on the nervi-s beneath, petiole 3-4 in., leailct- 3 c, \,\ \ 

 sliortly stalked broadly oblanC6oIat6 serrate subnienibranous. 

 TENASSEKIM or ANDAMAN Isw., Heifer. 



J'libi te tin- leaves. ( irrlnieiMiis. Racemes 1 ft. or more long, very slender. 



J-'luir, /# glabrous, black when dry, subiHiadrangular. tityle 0, stigma minute. Fruit t 



1-1. V. polystachya, Wall. Cat. 6028, in part; stems cylindric very 

 coarse and thick speedily becoming covered with a thick corky bark, xvlmk: 

 plant quite glabroofl with the exception of the spikelets which are slightly 

 puberulous, petiole (i in., leaflets mostly 6-12 by 3-4 in. elliptic-oblong 

 cuspidate distantly serrate on long stalks coriaceous. 



TI:.\\>SEUIM or ANDAMAN Isi.s., IMfer; MALACCA, Griffith, Maingay. DISTRIB. 

 Siam. 



Peduncles opposite the leaves, robust, cirrhiferous. Tendrils stout. Racemes, 2 ft. ; 



^pikelets li in., covered with a short slight appressed pubescence. Flowers glabrous, 

 black when dry. 7V/<i/* united. Stjfte very short. Fruit (immature) | in. diam., 

 globose, succulent, tieed 



73. V. nitida, Laws.; stems cylindric smooth, bark shredding, whole 

 plant quite glabrous, petiole 4-6 in. leaflets 7 on long stalks 6-10 by 3-4 in. 

 elliptic-oblong acute distantly and faintly serrate shining beneath mem- 

 branous, stipules large broadly ovate. V. polystachya, Wall. Cat. 6(J^b in 

 pari9.ua 9031. 



PENANO, Wallich. DISTRIB. Siam. 



Peduncles opposite the leaves, robust, \\ ft., cirrhiferous, quite glabrous. Flowers 

 small, black when dry, subquadrangular. Petals united ? Style, very short. Fruit * 



