390 G . K.ing--^Mdhridts for a Mora of the Malayan Penhisuta. [N'o. ^, 



Calyx ciipular. Berry sub-globnlar, 3- angled, '4 in. in diam., with renfy 

 scanty pulp and a single obeordate seed witli niuricate margins. Wall. 

 Cat. Wm A ; Lawsoii m Hock. ^I f 1. Br. Ind. I, 65^. Avipelocissua 

 tinnamonea, Plancb. iti DC. Mon.Phan. V, 403. 



Penang : Wallich. Singapore : Ridley. Jobore ; King. Perak : 

 Scoitechini, Wray, King's Collector, — a common pla»t. 



t). YiTis POLYSTACHTA, Wall. Cat. Ko. 6028 in pcCrt. Stems glabroiiSy 

 tbe older with thick corky lentlcellate bark. Leaves 5-- to 9-foliolate, of ten 

 |)e<^ate ; common petiole 3 in. or more in length : leaflets coriaceOfltis', 

 elliptic-oblong with cnneate bases, the apices cuspidate, the edges dis- 

 tantly serrate ; both surfaces pale when dry, the upper shining, the 

 lower dull and with a few scattered dark pustules ; main lateral nerves 

 7 to 10 pairs, ascending; length 4 to 12 in., breadth 1'5 to 4 in., petio- 

 Mes 'B to '75 in. Inflorescence as in V. thyrsiflora, but much longer, 

 (1 to 2 feet) with only a few ffexuose pale hairs. Fruit globose, succulent, 

 •75 in. in diam. Lawson in Hook. fil. F]. Br. Ind. I, 662. Ampelocissus 

 polystachya, Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 411. 



Malacca : Griffith, ISTo. 1321 ; Maingay, No. 420. 



A species of which I have seen no good specimen. It is closely 

 allied to V. thyrsijiora from which the longer inflorescence and general 

 absence of pubescence distinguish it. It is also allied to V. poly- 

 thjrsa, Miq. 



6. Vms POLTTHTRSA, Miq. in Ann. Mns, Lugd. Bat. I, 89. Yotmg 

 stems much warted and (like the petioles, petiolules, tendrils, inflores- 

 cence and under surfaces of the leaves) with pale, rarely rusty, rather 

 scanty, cobwebby pubescence. Leaves 5- or often pedately 7-foliolate, 

 the common petiole 3 to 5 in. long : leaflets coriaceous, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, usually with rounded (sometimes slightly oblique) 

 bases, the middle one or two often with cuneate bases, the apices of all 

 suddenly and shortly acuminate ; the margins, except at the base, 

 remotely and unequally crenate and with exserted teeth ; upper surfaces 

 glabrous except the pubescent midrib and nerves ; length 3 to 7 in., 

 breadth I'S to 3 in. ; petiolules '5 to 1 in., the outer the shorter. 

 Jrtflorescence as in F. thyrsiflora, but with cobwebby, usually pale, 

 pubescence. Flowers as in V. thyrsijiora. Fruit sub-globular, glabrous, 

 •5 in. in diam., when ripe green with a red flush. 8eeds 4, compressed, 

 concave on one side, ridged on the other. 



Perak: Wray, Scortechini, Ridley, No. 2999, King's Collector, 



Nos. 2169, 6403. Johore: Ridley, No. 4178. Distrib. Sumatra, Korthals. 



This species comes very near to V. thyrsiflora, Miq., but differs 



notably in the character of its pubescence. There is in the Calcutta 



Herbarium an original specimen of F. polystachya, Miq., named by the 



