:] XLiii. AMPELiDEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) 661 



4-6 in., leaflets 4 by 2^ in. seaaile elliptic with a reflexed tip between flesby and coria- 

 qeous nerves prominent beneath. — Probably a distinct species. — Tenasserim, Kure. 



Vae. 3 ; Btenjs weak coarse tlibarcled, leaves very large subootiaceous sbarply ser- 

 rate, cymes exceedingly short. — This also will probably prove to be distinct. — Penang, 



65. V. sulcata, Laws. ; whole plant quite glabrous, branches smooth 

 sulcate, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter 

 than the leaves, fruit 1 in. diam. pulpy] 4-seeded, seed ^ by | in. oblong 

 somewhat flattened on the face. V. lanceolaria, WigM Ic. t. 28. 



Western Pes insula ; Her}). Wight. 



A climbing shrub. Leaves 5-fbliolate, pedate, or rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole SJ in. ; 

 leaflets 3-5 by 14-2| in., stalked, ovate, acuminate, seraate. Flowers? Fruit glo- 

 bose, smooth, black. Seed with a narrowly clavate tubercle on the back, — The smooth 

 Bulcate stems, large fruit, and shape of the seed, forbid this beiiig regarded as a 

 variety of V. lanceohwia, although it is very closely allied to that species. 



66. v. dubla, Laws. ; whole plant glabrous,, branches cylindric smooth, 

 leaves membranous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter thau the petioles, fruit 

 the size of a pea dry 2-seeded, seed i by ^ in. oblong, 



SiEKiM Himalaya, alt. 1-40Q0 ft., S.f. tSs T. Chittagono? E.f. & T. 



A Bcandent shrub ; hranches slender, striate. Lea/vis mostly 3-foliolate, rarely 5- 

 foliolate, pedate ; petiole 2-4 in. ; leaflets stalked, 3-8 by 1^-2| in., ovate-lanceolate 

 or elliptic, acuminate, deeply almost incisely serrate. Cymes 1-14 '''■i compact. 



67. V. Kookerl, Laws.; whole plant glabrous or the cymes only 

 slightly pubescent, branches cylindric smooth or only slightly warty 

 glaucous, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, tendrils simple, cymes shorter 

 than the petioles, fruit 1 in. diam. pulpy 2-seeded, seed 4 by i in. oblong 

 or subobovoid. 



SiKKiM Himalaya, the Khasia Mts., and CHrrrAOONO, alt. 1-4000 ft., H. f. & T. 

 Bhotan and Assam, Qriffith. — Distrib. Java. 



A large climber. Leaves pedately 5-foliolate ; petiole 4-6 in. ; leaflets stalked, 4-8 

 by 2-3J in., elliptic, acute at both ends or shortly acuminate at the apex, serrate. 

 levdrUs very long. Cymes 1J-2J in. 



68. V. rumlclsperma, iaw&y whole plant glabroii8,'brancheseylindric 

 covered with corky warts or tubercles, leaves between fleshy and coriaceous, 

 tendrils forked, cymes as long as or longer than the leaves, fruit the size of 

 a large currant 4-seeded pulpy, seed \ by iin. broadly triangular-obcordate. 

 V. lanceolaria, Wall. Cat. 6013 h. V. tuberculata, Wall. Cat. 6014. 



NiPAL and Sikkim Himalaya, alt. 3-7000 ft., Wal&ih, &o. Khasia Mts., 

 B.f.&T. . , , • t 



An immense climber. Leaves usually pedately 5-foliolate, rarely 3-foliolate ; petiole 

 3-6 in. ; leaflets 3-6 by 1-2^ in., elliptic-lamoeolate, serrate. Fruit black. Seed with a 

 broad (shallow groove on the back and a sharp ridge formed by the raphe on the face. 

 The fruit is sweet and pleasant to the taste. /. D. B.— Closely allied' to V. lamceo- 

 laria, but readily distinguished by its somewhat smaller fruit, and particularly by the 

 shape of its seed. 



Sect. V. Leaves mostly pedately 7-9-foliolate. Mouiers mostly fi-merous. 

 t Mowers corymhoseity cymose, 



69. V. pedata, Vahl in Herb. Mad/r. ex WaU. Oat. 6027 ; whole plant 

 softly pubescent or glabrate, leaves membranous, tendrils forked, cymes as 

 long as or knger than the petiole, fruit the size of a currant dry 4-seeded, 



