189G.] G. King— Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 401^ 



wliite, about -l in. long; the calyx truncate, sljort ; the petals puhescenfc 

 outside. Berry turbinate, fleshy, 2- to 4-see(led, seeds triangular. 

 Vitis carnosa, Wall. Cat. 6018; VV. and A. Prodr. 127; Wight Ic. 171; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 101 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 654 ; Trimeu 

 Fl. Ceyl. I, 294 ; Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 570. V. crenata. Wall. 

 Cat. 6021. Cissus trifoUata, Linn. Sp. PI. 203. C. auriculafa, Roxb. 

 Wall. Cat. 603 1&. G: camosa, Roxb. Fl. Ind. I, 409 ; DC. Prodr. I, 630; 

 (Irah. Cat. Bomb. PI. 33 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Borab. Fl. 40. G. crenata, 

 Vahl, DC. Prodr. I, 631. 0. cwe?ea, Lamk. ; DC. Prodr. I, 631. G. 

 ohtusifolia, Lamk. Diet. I, 31 ? — Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 9. 



Malacca; Harvey. Singapore; Hullett, No. 95. Perak : Scorte- 

 chini. Andamans ; King's Collector, Nicobars ; Kurz. — Distrib. British 

 India, Java. 



28. ViTis JAPONICA, Thunbg. Fl. Japan, 104. Glabrous or pubescent. 

 Stems slender. Leaves 3-foliolate or pedately 5-foliolate ; common 

 petiole 1*5 to 2*5 in. long ; leaflets membranous, ovate to oblanceo- 

 late, the outer oblique, all shortly acuminate and coarsely and un- 

 equally serrate-dentate in the upper part, entire towards the narrowed 

 base : main nerves slightly prominent on the under surface, 7 to 9 

 pairs, straight, ascending ; length 1'5 to 4 in., breadth "85 to 175 in. ; 

 petiolules "2 to "5 in., that of the middle leaflet sometimes even I in. ; 

 tendrils slender, forked. Cymes spreading, branched, open, 2 to 8 in. 

 across, always more or less puberulous. Flowers ovoid-globose, '15 in. 

 long, 4-mei'Ous. Galyx cupular, petals broad. Fruit sub-globular, some- 

 what depressed, glabrous, '25 to '3 in. in diam. Seeds 3 or 4, triangu- 

 lar, one side convex and very rugose, the other two flat and pitted, one 

 of the pits closed by a membrane. Cissus japoiiica, Wiild. Sp. PI. I, 659 ; 

 DC. Prod. I, 632 ; Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 561 (in part). Vitis 

 molHs, Wall. Cat., No. 6025 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 660. 



Singapore, Malacca, Perak, Penang, Nicobar, Andaman Islands : 

 common. — Distrib. Java, New Caledonia, Australia, Japan, China. 



The larger forms of this resemble V. novemfolia, Wall., but have 

 not so many leaflets. The two species are however closely allied, as 

 also are the less pubescent forms of V. pedata, Vahl. The seeds of this 

 are remarkable in shape, approaching these of V. novemfolia but with 

 two plane sides instead of one. This is also even more closely allied to 

 V. tenuifolia W. and A., from which it is indeed very often difficult to 

 distinguish it, in the Herbarium at least. 



29. Vitis novemfolia, Wall. Cat. 6030. Whole plant except the 

 inflorescence glabrous. Stems slender, striate. Leaves membranous, 

 usually pedately 7- to 9-foliolate ; common petiole 2*5 to 3 in. long ; 

 leaflets oblong-lanceolate, shortly acuminate, entire or with a few exserted 



