480 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Vifls. 



ing of n any-flowered umbellets and the tendrils are simply bifid • 

 while in my plant the inflorescence is more open, dichotomous, few- 

 flowered, and the tendrils several times dichotomous.— N. VV. 



9. V. rvgosa, Wall. 



All the upper parts densely tomentose, ferruginous. Leaves broad- 

 cordate, acuminate, unequally thiee-lobed, dentate, villous and 

 rugose above, woolly underneath. Corymbs ovate, dense, consist- 

 ing of innumerable umbellate, pentandrous Jioners. Petals linear, 

 spreading. 



A native of all the mountain and other forests in Nipal, 



Branches very long, obscurely foui -cornered, with asmoothish, brown, 

 shining epidermis. Ail the upper parts, as well as the young shoots 

 and under surface of the leaves densely clothed in a web of sepa- 

 rable ferruginous tomentum which becomes pale and nearly white 

 by age. Tendrils opposite to the leaves and branches, twice dicho- 

 tomous, becoming smooth by age. Leaves broad-cordate, acumi- 

 nate, trilobed, acutely dentate 5 sometimes as large as those of the com- 

 mon Burdock ; upper surface villous, elegantly rugose, almost like 

 those of Rubus rugosus of Dr. Hamilton (Rees's Cyclop, in loco) ; 

 under surface strongly ribbed, lateral lobes rather short, unequal in size-; 

 those of the base large, rounded. — Petiol thick, tomentose, half the 

 length of the leaf. — Corymb ovate, dense, hoary, ferruginous. — Flow- 

 ers umbellate, small, five-cleft. Petals lanceolate, recurved, quickly 

 deciduous as are also the spreading purplish stamens. A narrow, yel- 

 lowish, crenulate disc surround the ovary. 



Obs. Resembles V- lanata, Roxb. consequently also V. tomentosa 

 and triloba, Roth, but seems to differ in its far greater size, and its 

 spreading, not cohering petals. — N. W. 



10 . V. rub i folia, Walt. 



Branches angular, villous. Leaves pinnate, with five pairs of ob- 

 long, acuminate, grossly and sharply serrate, sub-cordate leaflets] 

 the cud one sub-ovate ; their under surface glaucous, a little hairy. 



