664: XLIII. AMPELIDE^E. (M. A. Lawson.) \Pterisanthe*. 



2. P. heterantha, Griff. Notid. iv. 604, wfcr Embamma; branches 

 leaves and peduncles densely and persistently tomentose, leaves 3- 

 foliolate. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Main gay. 



A very slender far-climbing plant. Leaves membranous; petiole 4-7 in.; leaflets 

 5-8 in., on stalks if-1 J in., terminal leaflet lanceolate, the two lateral obliquely 4-cordate, 

 serrate, covered above with still' spreading hairs, beneath with a rust-coloured felted 

 tomentum. Tendrils very short, bearing the expanded rachis. 1'lutrcra 4-6-merous. 

 Fruit t Very nearly allied to Miquel's V. riij'ula, if not identical with it. 



3. P. cissoides, Blums Bijd. 103; leaves 3-foliolate, branches leaves 

 and peduncles covered with a sparse white deciduous Succulent down. 



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in Li/t/i'i'i xviii. 385, t. viii. Cissus involuerata, X/><-c/i<f. tit/at. iv. 



'l. 



pt. li. 44. Embamma cordigvra, (,'rif. Xutu/. iv. 694 ; Ic. I'l. Atud. t. 646. 

 Vitis pterisantha, Mi*/. Ann. M u.<. Lny<l. Jlat. i. 94. 



MALACCA, Griffith, Muinyay. DISTKIB. Java. 



A slender elimi membranous ; petiole lj-3rn. ; leaflets shortly stalked, 



3-4 by 2-2^ in. ; terminal obovate, lateral oblique, half cordate-ovate, distantly and spi- 

 nosely serrate, speedily becoming glabrous above, permanently pubescent n the nerves 

 beneath. '/'< B^nfc abort, beariiiir th \[ianded inlloresccuee. FUnrcrx l-meroiis. 



. '( in. diam , subtlfj-hy, 2-c lied, 4-see.ded. tidd by $ lll -> triangular, 

 rounded on the back, and with a sharp ridge beneath. 



4. P. pedata, Laws.; leaves o-foliolate covered with a sparse white 

 flocculent down. 



MALACCA, Grijtith, Jfainaay. 



A slender climber, with glalimus branches. Leave* membranous ; petiole 1 J-2 in. ; 

 li'iilli-ts very shortly stalkc,!, _.[,-.'} by 1-1 in., ob'ong-obovate, tij)jicd with a hard 

 bristle, distantly andspi; .1 length nearly glabrous above, nerves ; 



covered with a dense rusty tomentum. Tt///-<7.s ahort, bearing the glabrous inflo- 

 rescence. Flowers 4-merous. fruit t 



3. LEEA, Linn. 



Small trees shrubs or herbs. Branch^ striate or sulcate, often herbaceous. 

 I alternate, usually very large, simple, or 1-2-3-pinmite ; i>etiole dilated 

 at the base into sheathing stipules. rWty^es opposite ^ u e leaves. T> u- 

 <////.). InjLu-'W in-e. coryiiibosely-cyin red, yellow or green. 



Calyx f>-toothed. /Y/W* :>, connate at the base and adhering-to the sta- 

 minal tube, revolute. Stamen* united at the base into a 5-lobed tube, 

 iilaments inserted between the lobes of the tube, inflexed ; anthers tree 

 and exserted, or connate and included in the tube. Ownj inserted on the 

 disk, 3-6-celled ; style short, stigma swollen; ovules solitary in each cell, 

 erect. Berry 3-6-celled, 3-6-seeded, usually succulent, subglobose, flat- 

 tened at the top. >SVW wedge-shaped. DISTKHS. Species about 25 ; most 

 abundant in the tropics of Asia and Africa, rare in Australia. 



SECT. I. Leaves simple. 



1. !. macrophylla, Roxb. Fl. Ind.i. 653; Wall. Cat. 6818; W'xfht 

 Jc. 1154; Dd.z. tC- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 41 ; Brand. For. FL 102. L. latifolia, 

 IIV/. Cat. 6821. L. simplicifolia, Gri/. Natal, iv. 697; Ic. PI. Asiat. 645, 

 f. 1. 



Throughout the hotter parts of INDIA, from the TROPICAL HIMALAYA, as far west 

 as Kuinaon, to Bengal, Assam, Tenasserim ? and the WESTEKN 



