398 G. King — Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. [No. 3, 



fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 663. Cissus cantoniensis, Hook, et Am. Bot. of 

 Beechey's Voyage 175; C. diversifolia, Walp. in Nov. Act. Acad. Loop. 

 Car. Nat. Cur. XIX, Suppl. I. ; Repert. Bot. Syst. V, 377 ; PI. Meyeu. 

 314. Ampelopsis Cantoniensis, Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 460. 

 Hedera liypoglauca, Hance in Walp. Ann. II, 724. 



Malacca: Griffith. Perak : Scortechini, No. 234 ; King's Collector, 

 No. 2285. — D 1ST rib. China, Cochin-China. 



19. Vitis quadrangularis, "Wall. Cat. 5992. Stems fleshy, much 

 contracted at the nodes, 4-winged, glabrous, leafless except when young. 

 Leaves broadly cordate or reniforni, sometimes 2-3-lobed, crenate-serrate, 

 glabrous. Cymes on short peduncles, with spreading umbellate brandies ; 

 flowers in umbels, glabrous, 4-mei*ous. Berry globose, succulent, 

 reddish-black when ripe, acrid. W. & A. Prodr. 125 ; Wight Ic. t. 51 ; 

 Brand. For. Fl. 100 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind. I, 645. Cissus 

 ednlis, Dalz. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. ix. 248; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 40 ; Thwaites Enum. 62. Cissus quadrangularis, Linn. Mant. 39 ; 

 Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 407; DC. Prodr. i. 628; Grab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 33 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 39 ; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, 606 ; 

 Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 509. Sselantlms quadragonous, Forsk. 

 Descr. 33, t. 2.— Rheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 41. 



Malacca, Andaman Islands. — Distrib. British India, Ceylon, Java, 

 East Africa. 



20. Vitis adnata, Wall. Cat. 5998. Stems woody below ; the young 

 shoots more or less minutely rusty -tomentose, sub-terete when fresh 

 bat slightly furrowed. Leaves ovate-rotund, short!}' and sharply acu- 

 minate, the edges bristle-serrate, the base deeply and widely cordate ; 

 tipper surface sub-glabrous except the pubescent nerves ; the lower 

 rusty-pubescent especially on the midrib and nerves ; main nerves 

 4 or 5 pairs, sub-ascending, prominent beneath, the lower pair branching 

 outward ; length 2*25 to 5 in., breadth P75 to 4 in., petiole "75 to 225 

 in. Cymes numerous, corymbose, in umbels on peduncles 1 to 2 in. long, 

 about "5 in. across, few-flowered. Floivers "1 in. long, 4-merous ; calyx 

 tomentose outside. Berry obovoid-pisiform, glabrous, black when ripe, 

 succulent, generally one-seeded. W. and A. Prod. 126 ; Brandis Forest 

 Flora N. W. Ind. 100 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Ind. I, 649 : Trinien Fl. 

 Ceyl. 290. V. repens, Wall, (not of W. and A.) 5999B. Cissus adnata, 

 Roxb. Hort. Beng. Fl. Ind. I, 405: DC. Prod. I, 627: Wight. Ic. t. 

 144 : Thwaites Enum. PI. Ceyl. 62 ; Dalz. and Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 39. 

 Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. Vol. I, Pt. 2, 606 ; Planch, in DC. Mon Phan. V, 494. 

 C. cordata, Wall. Cat. 6001A. C. pyrrhodasi/s, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Suppl. 517. ? C. aristata, Bl. Bijdr. 183. 



Malacca: Ridley, No. 1165. Perak: Scortechiui, Nos. 129, 1146 ; 



