Wis.\ XLiii. AMPELiDEs. (M. ,A. Lawson.) 659 



&e& i in., obovoid?— Probably a tall climber like the last species. These five last 

 species, though easily distinguishable by the characters given above, are very closely 



■Hi" Flowers in long 'pendvlmis racemose woolly spikes. 



58. y. ciniiamomea, Wall, in Roxb. M. Ind. ed. Ca/r^, ii. 483 ; Gat. 

 5989, inpart- stems covered veith a thin yellowish or pale rust-coloured 

 closely adhering tomentum, leaves simple to 3-foliolate at length glabrous 

 above felted beneath, spikes spreading or ascending, fruit triangular- 

 dbcordate 1-seeded, seeds i by J in. broadly obcordate. 



Malacca, Pehano, and Sihcapoee, Wcdlich, &c. 



Apparently a large climber. Stems slender, cylindrio, woody. Leaves usually 

 3-foIiolate ; petiole 3-6 in., sometimes simple, S-lobed, cordate ; leaflets narrowed into a 

 very short stalk, 3J-8 by 2-3 in., terminal elliptic, lateral half-cordate, sharply and 

 bristly serrate. Hacemes cirrhiferous, very slender. Seed curved with a small round 

 tubercle on the back, margins murioate. — The more slender habit, the thinness of the 

 tomentum, the 1-seeded fruit and the shape of the seed, all point to this being distinct 

 from V. compositifolia. 



59. Vi compositifolla. Laws. ; stems covered with a very thick rust- 

 coloured tomentum, leaves 5-foliolate glabrous above or tomentose on the 

 principal nerves only densely felted beneath, spikes spreading very densely 

 woolly, fruit f by -j in. 4-angled 4-seeded, seed elliptic acute at the apex 

 emarginate at the base slightly curved flattish and smooth on the back 

 sharply ridged on the face. V. cinnamomea var. compositifolia, Wall. Gat. 

 5989 B. 



Pbnakg, Phillips; Malacca, Maingay. 



A vast climber, with thick branches. JPetiohs 6-10 in. ; petiolules 1 in. ; leaflets 

 6-10 by 24-3J in., narrowly obovate, sharply and bristly serrate, cuspidate, coriaceous. 

 Saeemes 2 ft., much more robust than in V. cinnamomea, cirrhiferous. Fruit black, 

 pulpy. 



60. V. elegrans, Kurz in Nat. Tydsch. v. Hfed. Ind. {see Jowm. Beng. 

 As. Soc. 1870, pt. i. 74) ; stems covered with a very dense dark red woolly 

 tomentum, leaves 3-S-foliolate velvety above densely felted beneath, spikes 

 reflexed. V. cinnamomea. Wall. Gat. 6989, in part. V. coralloides, Hook 

 f. mss. 



SracAPOEE, Walker, &c. 



Petioles 2-2^ in. ; leaflets 3-6 by lf-3 in., sessile, obovate, bristly serrate. Tendrils 

 opposite the leaves or springing from the peduncle. Fruit ? — Much like V. compositi- 

 folia, but more robust, the tomentum also is darker denser and persistent on the 

 upper surface of the leaves. 



Sect. IV. Leaves mostly pedately 5-foliolate. Flowers 4-merous. 

 t Flowers umbellately cymose. 



61. V. capriolata, Don Prodr. 188; whole plant quite glabrous^ 

 stipules and bracts scarious, style 0, stigma large flat. V. serrulata, Wcdh 

 Cat. 6034 a. V. hederacea, Wall. Cat. 6019, in part. C. capriolata, Royk 

 III. t. 26. C. serrulata, EoixA. Fl. Ind. i. 414; BG. Prodr. i. 632. C. 

 napaulensis, DG. Prodr. i. 632. 



' Tempeeatb Himalaia; from Garwhal? alt. 4-7000 ft., to Sikkim and Bhotan., alt. 

 5-8000 ft. Khasia Mts., alt. 4-6000 ft. Chittagons, Roxb. 



Stems very slender, wiry. Leaves 5-foliolate; petiole 14-2^ in.; leaflets 1 4-3 by 

 i-U in., lanceolate or narrowly ovate or subobovate, acute or subacuminate, bristly- 



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