1896.J 0. Kiug—Midet lain for a Flora of tit Malayan Peninsula. 3i>l 



author himself, and thei-e is no doubt that the Pcrak plant is quite the 

 same. I believe also that tlie Boinean species V. Moitleyi described 

 by Sir Joseph Hooker in 1862 (Linn. Trans. XXIII, 165) is also tiid 

 same : and, if this is so, Sir Joseph's name being the earlier must stand. 

 V. uUida, Laws, in Hook, fil. FL Br. Ind. I, 6G2 should also, I believe, b© 

 reduced, here, 



7. ViTis THYRSIFLORA, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I, 88 (excl. 

 var. B.) Young stems, petioles, petiolules, tendrils and inflorescence 

 deiaseij rusty-tomentose. Leaves 5- to 7-foliolate, the common petiole 

 3 to 6 in. long ; leaiets coriaceous, obovate-oblong or oblong, witk 

 cuneate bases, the outer two oblique, the apices of all shortly and 

 abruptly caudate-acuminate ; the edges in the upper half with hard 

 cylindric exserted teeth, in the lower half entire : upper surface glab- 

 rous except the tomentose midrib and nerves ; the lower rusty-pubescent; 

 main nerves 5 to 8 pairs, ascending, prominent beneath and endino- in 

 the bristle teeth on the edge, transverse veins distinct; length 3"7 to 7 

 in., breadth 1-75 to 2'75 in. ; petiolules '5 to 1 in.., those of the middle 

 leaflets longest. Inflorescence a slender pendulous raceme of short 

 horizontal spikes borne on a peduncle shorter than itself and proceeding 

 from a leaf-opposed tendril. Flowers sessile, oblong, 4-merous, glab- 

 rous. Calyx truncate, petals expanding. Fruit obovoid-oblong, slightly 

 angled, glabrous, with little pulp, about -75 in. long ; seeds 4. Cissus 

 thyrsiflora, Blume Bijd. 187; Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 453 ; Miq. FL Ind. 

 Bat. Vol. I, Pt. 2, 604. Ampeloeissus thyrsiflora, Planch, in Mon. Phan.. 

 V, 409 (excl. syn. Vitis cinnamonea, Wall, and F. elegaiis, Kurz). 



Perak: Scortechini, Nos. 121, 266; Wray, Nos. 1925, 1937, 2551; 

 King's Collector, Nos. 509, 2033, 6366. Selangor: Ridley, No. 319. 



8. Vitis compositifolu. Laws, in Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. I, 659. 

 Young stems and petioles covered with soft felted semi-deciduous 

 rufous or rusty tomentum. Leaves quinate, the common petiole 6 to 15 

 in. long ; leaflets oblanceolate or obovate-elliptic, the two outer often 

 oblique, the apices of all abruptly and shortly cuspidate, the edges 

 with remote exserted bristle-teeth in their upper half, entire in the 

 lower; the bases of the inner leaflets cuneate, those of the outer two 

 unequal, the outer side rounded ; upper surface finely reticulate, 

 glabrous, but with a few scattered hairs on the nerves, the midrib 

 pubescent ; lower surface uniformly and densely rufous-tomentose : main 

 nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, curved ; length 6 to 10 in., breadth 2'75 

 to 4 in., petiolules "5 to "75 in. Inflorescence a slender pendulous raceme 

 of short sub-horizontal spikes borne on a long peduncle and proceeding 

 from a leaf-opposed tendril longer than the leaves, rufous-tomentose 

 like the stems : flowers sub-globular, sessile, immersed in the tomentum of 



