394 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [Xo. 3. 



inflorescence, glabrous ; young branches striate, lenticellate, black when 

 dry. Leaves thinly coriaceous, oblong to elliptic, 3-foliolate or pedately 

 4- to 5-foliolate, shortly cuspidate, the edges with remote shallow teetli ; 

 main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, thin, slightly prominent on the 

 upper surface ; length 4 - 5 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 3'5 in., petiolules - 4 to 

 "85 in. Cynies axillary, many-flowered, much branched, spreading, 

 about l - 5 in. in diam., puberulous, on peduncles shorter than themselves. 

 Flowers small, buds oblong and about *05 in. long, 4-merous, the calyx 

 truncate, the petals rusty-puberulous outside. Fruit globular-ovoid, 

 glabrous, '3 in. in diam., with very scanty pulp and a single large sub- 

 compressed seed grooved on one face and 3-ridged on the other. 



Andaman Islands : King's Collectors. 



A species allied to V. peduncalaris Wall, and of which very few 

 specimens have as yet been obtained. 



13. Yif is Wrayi, n. sp. King. Stems slender, terete, puberulous 

 when young. Leaves 3-foliolate ; common petiole 1 to 2 in. long ; 

 leaflets membranous, oblong-lanceolate, the middle one the largest j 

 the laterals oblique, expanding towards the outer side, all shortly 

 acuminate and coarsely and remotely serrate except at the cuneate 

 base : main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, not prominent, spreading, curved ; 

 length 2 - 5 to 6 in. ; breadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiolules of the lateral leaflets 

 '2 to '4s in., of the central "5 to 1/25 in. : tendrils slender, forked. Cymes 

 slender, axillary, umbellate, spreading, 1 to 2 in. in diam., on slender 

 pedicels shorter than themselves. Floivers "1 in. long. Calysa flat, with 

 4 obscure teeth, pubescent. Petals 4, oblong* pubescent. Fruit depressed- 

 globular, glabrous, red when ripe, "45 in. in diam., with soft fleshy 

 epicarp. Seeds 2 or 3, oblong, compressed, smooth,. 3-sided, slightly 

 convex on one side and with an oblong mark, flattened on the other two 

 sides, one of them excavated and the concavity closed by a membrane, 

 the other side plane. 



Perak : Scortechini, Xo. 426. King's Collector, Xos. 2847, 4050, 

 5120, 6426 : Wray, Nos. 2749, 3945. 



This in some respects resembles V. novemfolia, but its leaves ai'e 

 only 3-foliolate, and its seeds are different. 



14. Vitis Lawsoni, King. Young stems rather slender, tubercled 

 as are usually the older stems. Leaves 3-foliolate : common petiole 125 to 

 4 in. long, glabrous : leaflets oblong, tapering to each end, acuminate, 

 the margins (except at the entire bases) remotely crenate-serrate, often 

 very obscurely so ; both surfaces glabrous ; main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 

 obscure ; length 2'5 to 4 in., breadth 1 to 1*5 in., petiolules "25 to "5 in. 

 Cymes small, 1 in. in diam., or less, dense, siibsessile or on peduncles 

 •25 to 1 in. long : tendrils free from the cymes, slender, often absent. 



