386 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [Ko. 3, 



5. F. polystachya. 



6. V. poly thy rsa. 



7. V. thyrsiflora. 



8. F. compositifolia. 



9. F. elegans. 

 expanding- ; disc 



ad- 



Leaves digitate. 

 Both surfaces of leaflets glabrous 

 tipper surfaces of leaflets glabrous except 

 the midrib and main nerves. 



Lower surface with pale cobwebby 



pubescence 



Lower surface rusty-pubescent. 



Main nerves of leaflets 5 to 8 pairs, 

 flowers oblong; fruit obovoid-oblong, 

 slightly angled 



Main nerves of leaflets 8 to 10 pairs, 

 flowers sub-globular; fruit oblong, 

 boldly 3- to 4-angled 

 Upper surfaces of leaflets minutely rugu- 

 lose-papillose, each papilla ending in a 

 short hair 

 Sect. II. Tetrastigma. Flowers 4-merous, 

 herent to base of ovary ; style very short ; stigma large, dilated, 4-lobed ; 

 cymes axillary, corymbiform and not tendril-bearing. 



Leaves simple ... ... ... 10. F. Scortechinii. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. 



Leaflets glabrous on the upper surface, 



glaucous on the lower ... ... 11. V. peduncular is. 



Leaflets glabrous on both surfaces, not 

 glaucous. 



Flowers only '05 in. long ; seeds convex 



on one surface, 3-ridged on the other ... 12. F andamanica. 



Flowers "1 in. long. 



Fruit dry ; seeds 3-sided, excavated 

 on one side 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, grooved 

 in front 

 Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, leaflets glabrous. 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, concave on 

 one surface, convex and rugulose on the other 15. V. lanceolaria. 

 Fruit dry ; seeds obovoid, slightly com- 

 pressed, shortly beaked, not rugulose, verti- 

 'cally grooved on both surfaces ... ... 16. F. Kunstleri, 



Sect. III. Amphlofsjs. Flowers 5-merous ; disc cupular ; style 

 subulate, stigma entire; cymes leaf -opposed, usually dichotQmous, not 

 tendril-bearing. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate ... ... 17. F. semicordata. 



Leaves pinnate or bipinnate ... ... 18. F. cantoniensis. 



,. 13. F. Wrayi. 



14. F. Lawsoni. 



