1875.] of the Burmese Flora. 173 



Bat. I. 78. — (Cissus lanceolaria, Eoxb. in Wall. Fl. Ind. I. 430; V. muri- 

 cata, WA. Prod. I. 128; Wight Icon. t. 740). 



Vae. a. lanceolaria, c} r mes loose and ample, densely puberulous, the 

 pedicels longer and slender: petioles and petiolules puberulous (Cissus lan- 

 ceolaria, Roxb. 1. c. ; V. HooJceri, Laws, in Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 661 ?) 



Vae. (3. tuberculata {Cissus tulerculata, Bl. Bydr. 189), cymes 

 short and often somewhat compact, less puberulous or glabrous, the pedicels 

 usually shorter and thicker ; petioles, &c, all glabrous ; berries and seeds 

 usually smaller. 



Hab. Both varieties, but more so var. /?., common in the tropical for- 

 ests all over Martaban down to Tenasserim and the Andamans ; also along 

 the eastern slopes of the Pegu Yomah ; Chittagong. — Fl. Febr. March ; Fr. 

 Apr. May. 



Vae. a. is in my opinion the true Roxburghian plant, while var. /3. is 

 Blume's Cissus tuberculata. 



5. V. serrulata, Wall. ap. Miq. Ann. Mus. Lugd. Bat. I. 77. 

 (Cissus serrulata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1820. I. 114 ; Cissus capriolata, Royle 

 111. Him. PI. t. 26 ; V. capriolata, Don. Prod. Nep. 188 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 

 659). 



Vae. a. capriolata, all parts quite glabrous. 



Vae. /3. sttbobtecta, branches and petioles rusty-pubescent like those 

 of V. ohtecta, and forming a transition to it, the leaves partially becoming 

 digitate. 



Hab. Frequent along mountain-streams in the tropical forests of 

 Martaban, up to 3000 ft. elevation ; Ava, Khakhyen hills ; Chittagong ; var. 

 /3. Ava, Khakhyen hills.— Fr. Febr. March. 



6. V. obtecta, Wall. Cat. 6026 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. 1. 657. 

 Hab. Ava, Khakhyen hills (J. Anderson). 



7. V. semicordata, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. II. 1824. 481.— (V. 

 Himalayana, Brand. For. Fl. 100 ; Hf. Inch Fl. I. 655). 



Var. a. semicordata, Laws, in Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 656. — (V. semicordata, 

 Wall. 1. c.) young parts, inflorescence, and leaflets beneath, shortly and spar- 

 ingly hairy. 



Var. jB. Himalayana, (V. Himalayana, Brand. 1. c; V. Neilglier- 

 rensis, Wight Icon. t. 965 ; Ampelopsis Himalayana, Royle 111. Him. PL 

 149), all parts quite glabrous, leaflets glaucous beneath. 



Hab. Var. (3. in the drier hill- forests of the Martaban hills, east of 

 Tounghoo, at about 3000 ft. elevation. — Fl. March. 



8. V. trifolla, L. sp. pi. 293 ; Bth. Fl. Austr. I. 449.— (Cissus 

 carnosa, Lamk. Diet. I. 31 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. I. 409 ; V. carnosa, WA. 

 Prod. I. 127 ; Wight Icon. t. 17 1 ; Hf. Ind. Fl. I. 654). 



Vae. a. genuina, all parts shortly greyish pubescent. 



