656 Lxiii. AMPELiDE^. (M. A. Lawson.) [Vitis. 



(Ampelopsis) neilgherrensis, Wight Ic. t. 965, Ampelopsis himalayana, 

 Eoi/k lU. 149. Cissus himalayana, Walp. Eep. L 441. 



Temperate Himalaya, from Kashmir, alt. 6-9000 ft., to SikMm, >lt. 6-11,000 ft. 

 Khasia Mts., alt. 2-4000 ft. Pegh, Kurz. Webteen Penihsdla ; Pulney Mts., 

 WigU. 



Bark smooth, or on the older branches with a few small warts. Leaves 3-8 m., 

 membranous or Bubooriaceoua, often glossy ; petiole li-4 in. ; leaflets 2-5 in., sharply or 

 inoiso-serrate, the terminal ovate or obovate, rounded at the base or subcordate, acumi- 

 nate, lateral J-ovate or J-cordate. Tendriis 0. Flowers _i in., in subcorymbose dicho- 

 tomous cymes, rarely 5-merous. Style short, stout. FruU 4-seeded. 



Vae. senM"corrfato,"W all. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 481 (species) ; yotrngbranches 

 petioles and the nerves beneath the leaves hispidly pubescent, leaves smaller than In the 

 type, tendrils sometimes present branched, Wall. Cat. 6020. Himalaya and Khasia 

 Mts. — Perhaps this ought not to be distinguished even as a variety. 



45. v. anaxnallayana, Beddome in Trans. lAnn. Soc. xxv. 213; a very 

 large glabrous climber, petiole 1-2 in., leaflets i\-i in. ovate-lanceolate 

 ■with a long acumination sharply serrate conspicuously reticulate beneath, 

 peduncles shorter than the petioles, cymes lax. 



Western Pehjhsdla; banks of rivers on the AnamaUay hiUs, alt. 5000 ft., 

 Beddome. 



Leaves of the younger branches simple, ovate-lanceolate, of the older usually trifo- 

 liolate ;' petiole [glandular ; leaflets nearly equal. — The description is too imperfect to 

 determine with exactness the proper affinities of this species. 



46. v. Gardner!, Thwaites Emtm. 63 (dssus); branches terete rn- 

 fescent, petioles about lin., leaflets 2-3 in. by 1-1^ in., cymes few-flowered 

 rufescent much longer than the petioles, fruit the size of a pea blackish- 

 purple. 



Ceylos ; Matele and Hunasgirie district, Thwaites. 



Leaflets glabrous, ovate-lanceolate, repand-dentate, cuneate at the base, lateral leaflets 

 oblique, smaller. Stipules cordate-oblong, adnate. 



b. Fruit globose, 1 in. or more in diameter. 



47. V. moUissima, Wall, in Roxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 482 ; stems 

 slender when young covered with long hispid hairs, leaves hairy on both 

 surfaces, style long slender, fruit dry 1 in. diam. Wall. Gat. 6012. 



Penang, WalMch; Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



Stems at length glabrous. Leaves 5-8 in., covered with long soft dense hairs, 

 membranous ; petiole 2-3J in. ; leaflets ovate or oblong-ov'ate, acute or subacu- 

 minate, faintly serrate, lateral very oblique. Tendrils very slender, forked. Flowers 

 about y^ in., long peduncled, divaricating cymes equalling the petioles. Fruit 2-3- 

 seeded. Seed f by ^ in., elliptic-oblong, boat-shaped, rounded and polished on the 

 back and with a linear tubercle hollow on the face. — Wallich describes the fruit as 

 being "nearly the size of a cherry ;" but the ripe ones in specimens from Malacca are 

 very much larger. 



48. V. tuberculata, Blume Bijd. 189 (Cissus) ; stem'very warty gla- 

 brous, leaves quite glabrous coriaceous, style very short, stigma subpeltate, 

 fruit dry \\ in. diam. 



Pegd, McOleUand. — Disteie. Java. 



"Whole plant quite glabrous. Leaves 8 in. to 1 ft. ; petiole 24 in. ; leaflets shortly 

 stalked, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, shortly acnminate, entire or very faintly serrate 

 towards the tip, margin slightly revolute. Tendrils simple or forked. Flowers 

 very small, in dense compact cymes under 1 in., almost sessile. Pruit on very 

 short thick pedicels, dry, membranous, brown, l-B-seeded. Seed | by J in., obovoid 



