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Leaves simple, flowers 4-merous. 



Flowers in umbeliafce cymes, not borne on 

 tendrils. 



Stems tliick, succulent, 4-winged .,. J9. V. qitadr annularis. 



Stems herbaceous or woody. 

 Leaves pubescent underneatli. 



Leaves oblong-ovate, with cinereous 



pubescence ... ... ... 10. F. ScortecUniL 



Leaves ovate-rotund, with rusty or 



I'ufescent pubescence ... ... 20. F. adnata. 



Leaves everywliere glabrous. 



Flowers not more than *! in. long. 

 Leaves coriaceous, their bases round- 

 ed or cuneate, not cordate ; fruit 

 obo void, black ... ... 21. V. furcala. 



Leaves membranous, coloured 

 (usually) on the upper surface, 

 ovate-lanceolate or lanceolate, their 

 bases usually cordate, rarely cuneate 

 or rounded ; fruit red... ... 22. V. discolor. 



Leaves membranous, broadly ovate, 

 green, their bases deeply and widely 

 cordate; fruit globose or obovoid... 23. V. repens. 

 Flowers more than "l in. long; leaves 

 rounded, sub-truncate or slightly sub- 

 cordate at the base ; fruit nearly 1 in. 

 in diam. .„ ... ... 24. F. cerasiformis. 



Flowers '2 in. or more in length ; leaves 

 sagittate, sub-hastate or sub-truncate 

 at the base ; fruit '15 in. in diam. ... 25. F. glaherrima. 



Flowers in much elongated simple, or some- 

 times branching, spikes ... ... 26. F macrostachya. 



Flowers in tendril-bearing tliyrses ... 1. V. barbata. 



Flowers in elongated racemes of sub-hori- 

 zontal spikes proceeding from tendrils. 



Leaves sparsely strigose and slightly 



pubescent, not rufescent ... ... 3. V. ■gracilis^ 



The under surface of leaves and the 

 young branches and tendrils covered 

 with dense adherent cinnamoneotts to- 

 mentum ... ... ... ^- T. cinnammea. 



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