Titis.] xLiii. AMPBLiDB^. (M. A. Lawson.) 655 



Cymes usually nearly eessile, very much smaller and more robust than in the 

 last species. Flowers green. Style ; stigma large flat. Fruit dry, 2-4-seeded 

 Seed l in. diam., .girt about the middle by a ridge, hollow, the small openinff 

 closed by a thiQ membrane clostely resembling that of V. Soafcur^Mi.— Specimens from 

 Assam have leaves 8 in. long or more, and the cymes on longer ' petibles and more 

 diffuse. 



40. V. canarensis, Dah. in Eook. Km J (mm. Bot. iii. 123; stem 

 herbaceous pale warted, cymes about 2 in. sborter than the petioles, fruit 

 f in. globose nearly smooth. ' 



Western Penihsula; Canara, Dahell. 



Leaves 7-8 in. ; petiole 3-34 in.; leaflets 4 by 2 in., shortly stalked, elliptic, pubes- 

 cent on both surfaces, at length glabrous. Petals distinct. Style short, stigma acute. 

 —Very closely allied to V. lameolaria, of which it may prove to be a broad-leaved 

 variety. 



41. V. Boxbur^bli, W. & A. Prodr. 127 (excl. synonytm) ; quite 

 glabrous, stems slender, bark smooth black shining, cymes longer than the 

 petioles, fruit the size of a currant 2-4-seeded, seeds hemispheric hollow 

 cup-shaped, the opening closed by a membrane. 



Westekn Peninsula ; Courtallam, Wight. 



Leaves 5-8 in._, glossy, glabrous, very membranous ; petiole 2 in. ; leaflets 3-7 in., 

 stalks |-1 in., elliptic-lanceolate, acute or subaouminate, entire. Tendrils simple, long, 

 slender. Cymes shortly pedunculate, 3-4 in., branches divaricating. Mowers small, 

 green. Style conspicuous. — The seed closely resembling that of V.pedata, but a little 

 larger and darker-coloured. 



This, by inspection of the specimen in Wight's herbarium, I have determined to 

 be undoubtedly Wight and Arnott's species, although in the description they say 

 that the cymes are much shorter than the petioles, almost approaching a panicle, and 

 the leaves occasionally 4-5-foIiolate. Roxburgh's dssiis feminea, which they identify 

 with it, and owing to which the specific name of Boxiwghii was given to Wight's 

 plant, is V. lanceolaria. 



42. V. reticulata, -Thwaites Unum. 63 (Cissus) ; stems slender, whole 

 plant quite glabrous, cymes longer than the petioles, leaves prominently 

 reticulated, fruit ovoid the size of a cherry pale rose-coloured. 



Cetlon ; in the Ambagamowa district, ^Thwaites. 



Leaves 6-8 in. ; petiole 14-24 in. ; leaflets 4-6 in. , stalks J-1 in. long, broadly 

 elliptic-ovate, cuspidate, the upper half obscurely denticulate, membranous. Flowers ? 

 Seed J in. — 'Thwaites remarks that this species is closely allied to some forms of V. 

 pedata, difiering fronj ,it chiefly in the form and character of the leaves, and larger 

 fruit ; the trifoliolate character of the leaves he suggests may not be constant. 



43. 'V. peduncularis, Wall. Cat. 6024 ; stems exceedingly coarse thick 

 and woody, young branches cymes and petioles puberulous, cymes 6 in. 

 diffuse equalling the petioles, fruit the size of a pea red, seed J by ^ in. 

 triangular-obovoid emarginate coarsely angled or muricate pale. 



Penanu, WaUich; Malacca, Maingay. 



Leaves 1 ft. long; petiole 6 in. ; leaflets elliptic, or subobovate, acute or rounded at 

 the apex, coarsely dentate-serrate, at length glabrous, coriaceous. Tendrils simple, 

 stout. Oym.es 6 in. long ; peduncle 2 in. Flowers very small, often unisexual. Fruit 

 globose, black, pruinose, 4-seeded. 



44. 'V. hixualayana, Brand. For. Fl. 100 ; quite glabrous the 

 youtiger parts suMeshy, stem robust, lateral leaflets very oblique, 

 cymes as long as the leaves, flowers large, fruit the size of a pea bljick, 

 seed J by 5 in. roundly obovoid nearly smooth polished black.- Vitis 



