646 L^iii.. AMPELiDE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [ Vitis. 



A weat trailing plant. Lmves 3-5- by 1^-2 J in., entire or distantly, and often, 

 bristly-serrate ; petiole 14-2 in. Petals aboutW, i°- ^Style conspicuous, slender. Herrtf 

 small, obovoid,,2-Beeded. 



4. V. lonchipliylla, Thwaites Enum. 62 (Cissus) ; stem.s thick weak 

 acutely-angled glabrous, feaves 4-7 by li-2|_in. oblong-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate roundly truncate at the base, petiple j-l in. 



CfiyLON ; Ambagamowa districtj at no great elevation, Thwaites. 

 Leaves remotely denticulate, 3-nerved at the base, snbpeltate. Oymes longer than 

 the short petiole. Flowers small. Fruit depressed, globose. 



5. V. penta^ona, Roxh. Fl Ind. i. 408 (Cissus) ; stem 5-angled woody 

 not contracted at the nodes. DC. Prodr. i. 628 (Cissus) ; Kun in Joum. 

 As. Soc. Bmg. 1870, ii. 74. 



Forests of CHmAaosa, Boxburgh; Akeacan and South Akdamaw Iblds. Kv/rz.^ 

 Stems more robust and wirjr than in the last species. Leaves 3-4 by 1^-2^ in., 



ovate or cordate-ovate, acuminate, serrulate, glabrous. Gymes on long _ peduncles. 



Flowers yellowish, Petals about ^ in. Style shorter and stouter than in the last 



species, stigma capitate. Fruit f 



§§ Stems cz/lindrk terete or obscurely anglfid. (Except 7, difiEiisa.) 

 u. Plants glabrous. 



6. V. ^laberHma, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 476 iGat. 5991 

 in part; glabrous, not glaucous,, stem fleshy obtusely angled jointed not 

 contracted at the nodes, leaves coriaceous obtuse or subcordate at the 

 bascj tendrils 0, flowers I in. conical. 



Eastern PENiNsniiA ; Penang and Sincapore, Wallioh. 



Leaves 2^-5 by 1-24 in., oblong, rounded at the apex or very shortly cuspidate,, 

 entire or remotely and very faintly bristly-crenate, drying green. Cymes about 1 in. 

 long, compact. Fruit (unripe) 2-celled. — The absence of tendrils and large flowers serve 

 to distinguish this species from its allies. 



7. V. diffusa, Miq. Ann. Mm. Bot. Lugd, Bat. i. 83 ; glabrous, stem 

 4-5-angled or subterete suffrutescent, leaves subfleshy concave-truncate at 

 the base, tendrils simple, flowers \ in. oblong. 



Eastekn Peninsula ; Sincapore, G. 2%om«o»; Malacca, J/ainj'oi/.—DisTKiB. Java? 



Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., ovate, drying an ashy-brown, entire or distantly and faintly 

 serrate. Tendrils long, woody, opposite the leaves. Cymes less compact than in V. 

 glaberrima. Fruit fleshy, 1-celled, 1-seeded, black — The description of the flowers is 

 taken from Miquel's V. nodosa var. subovata, for any difference hetween it and this' 

 species I am not able to distinguish. 



8. V. furcata, Laws.; glabrous, branches cylindric woody not jointed, 

 leaves 3-4 by 2 -2| in. broadly ovate cuspidate distantly and faintly serrate 

 coriaceous, tendrils forked towards the tips, petals | in., fruit nearly 4 in. 



Eastern Peninsula ; Sincapore, G. Thomson ; Malacca, Maingay. 



A woody climber. Tendrils long, woody. Flowers much smaller than in V. diffusa. 

 Style conspicuous. Fruit obovate, black, dry, 1-celled, 1-seeded. Seed -^ by ^-^ in., 

 obovate, Singled, brown. 



9. V. repens, W. & A. Prodr. 125 ; quite glabrous and glaucous, 

 branches cylindric weak fleshy, leaves 3-8 by l-Si in. cordate-ovate acute 

 with distant sharp spinous teeth pale green membranous, tendrils forked, 

 petals A-i in., fruit the size of a pea, pedicels slender. Dah. & Ghhs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 39. V, glauca, Wall. Cat. 6990 except G. C. cordata, Boxi. Fl. 



