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5. V. polystachya. 



6. V. polythyrsa. 



7. V. thyrsiflora. 



8. V. compositifolia. 



9. V. elegavs. 



Leaves digitate. 



Both surfaces of leaflets glabrous 



Upper surfaces of leaflets glabrous except 



the midrib and main nerves. 



Lower surface with pale cobwebby 



pubescence ... 



Lower surface rusty-pubescent. 



Main nerves of leaflets 5 to 8 pairs, 

 flowers oblong; fruit obovoid-oblong, 

 slightly angled ... 



Main nerves of leaflets 8 to 10 pairs, 

 flowers sub-glohular ; fruit oblong, 

 boldly 3- to 4-angled 

 Upper surfaces of leaflets minutely rugu- 

 lose-papillose, each papilla ending in a 

 short hair 



Sect. II. TETBASTiaMA. Flowers 4-merous, expanding ; disc ad- 

 herent to base of ovary ; style very short ; stigma large, dilated, 4-lobed; 

 cymes axillary, corymbiform and not tendril-bearing. 



Leaves simple ... ... ... 10. V. Scortechinii. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate. 



Leaflets glabrous on the upper surface, 



glaucous on the lower 



Leaflets glabrous on both surfaces, not 



glaucous. 



Flowers only "05 in. long ; seeds convex 

 on one surface, 3-ridged on the other 

 Flowers "1 in. long. 



Fruit dry ; seeds 3-sided, excavated 

 on one side 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, grooved 

 in front ... ... 



Leaves 3- to 5-foliolate, leaflets glabrous. 



Fruit pulpy ; seeds compressed, concave on 

 one surface, convex and rugulose on the other 15. 

 Fruit dry ; seeds obovoid, slightly com- 

 pressed, shortly beaked, not rugulose, verti- 

 cally grooved on both surfaces ... ... 16. 



Sect. III. Ampelopsis. Floivers 5-merous ; disc cupular;. style 

 subulate, stigma entire; cymes leaf -opposed, usually dichotomous, not 

 tendril-bearing. 



Leaves digitately 3-foliolate ... ... 17. V. semicordata. 



Leaves pinnate or bipinnate ... ... 18. V. cantoniensis. 



11. V. peduncular is. 



12. V. andamanica. 



13. 



14. 



V. Wrayi. 

 V. Laicsoni. 



V. lanceolaria. 



V. Kunstleri. 



