664: XLiii. AMPELiDEiE. (M. A. Lawson.) 



2. P. heterantba, Grif. Notvl. iv. 694, wiukr Embamma ; branches 

 leaves and peduncles densely and persistently tomentose, leaves 3- 

 foliolate. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



A very slender far-climbmg plant. Leaves membranons ; petiole dr-7 in. ; leaflets 

 6-8 in., on stalks %-\.\ in., terminal leaflet lanceolate, the two lateral obliquely toordate, 

 nerrate, covered above wilh stiff spreading hairs, beneath with a rust-coloured felted 

 tomentum. Tendrils very short, bearing the expanded rachis. Flowers 4-6-merous. 

 Fruit? — Very nearly allied to Miquel's V. rufida, if not ^identical with it. 



3. P. clssoides, Blwme Bijd. 193 ; leaves 3-foliolate, branches leaves 

 and peduncles covered with a ' sparse white deciduous flocculeut down. 

 Miguel in Linncea xviii. 385, t. viii. Cissus involucrata,">/^e»^. Syst. iv. 

 pt. ii. 44. Embamma cordigera, Gnff'. Notvd. iv. 694; Ic. Fl. Asiat. t. 646. 

 vitis pterisantha, Miq. Ann. Mus. 1/ugd. Bat. i. 94. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. — ^Distbib. Java. 



A slender climber. Leaves membranous ; petiole IJ-S in.; leaflets shortly stalked, 

 3-4 by 2-2i in. ; terminal obovate, lateral oblique, half cordate-ovate, distantly and spi- 

 nosely serrate, speedily hecdming glabrous above, permanently pubescent on the nerves 

 beneath. TenArUs short, bearing the glabrous expanded inflorescence. Flowers 4-merous. 

 Fruit globose, J in. diam,, subfleshy, 2-celled, 4-seeded. Seed J by i in., triangular, 

 rounded on the back, and with a sharp ridge beneath. 



4. P. pedata, Laws. ; leaves 5-foliolate covered with a sparse white 

 flocculent down. 



Malacca, Griffith, Maingay. 



A slender climber, with glabrous branches. Leaves membranons ; petiole 1 J-2 in. ; 

 leaflets very shortly stalked, 24-3 by 1-lJ in., oblong-obovate, tipped with a hard 

 bristle, distantly and spinosely serrate, at length nearly glabrous above, nerves beneath 

 covered with a dense rusty tomentum. Tendrils short, bearing the glabrous inflo- 

 rescence. Flowers 4-merous. Fruit f 



3. IiBEA, Linn. 



Small trees shrubs or herbs. Branches striate or sulcata, often herbaceous. 

 Leaves alternate, usually very large.simple, or 1-2-3-pinnate ; petiole dUated 

 at the base into sheathing stipules. Peduncles opposite the leaves. Tenr 

 drilsO. Inflorescence corymbosely-cymose. Mowers red, yellow or green. 

 Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 5, connate at the base and adhering to the sta- 

 minal tube, revolute. Stamens united at the base into a 5-lobed tube, 

 filaments inserted between the lobes of the tube, inflexed; anthers free 

 and exaerted, or connate and included in the tube. Ovary inserted on the 

 disk, 3-6-ceLled ; style short, stigma swollen ; ovules sohtary in each cell, 

 erect. Berry 3-6-celled, 3-6-seeded, usually succulent, subglobose, flat- 

 tened at the top. Seed wedge-shaped. — Distbib. Species about 25 ; most 

 abundant in the tropics of Asia and Africa, rare in Australia. 



Sect. I. Leaves simple. 



1. X). macropli7;Ila, RoaA. Fl. Ind. i 653; WaE. Cai. 6818 ; Wight 

 Ic. 1154; Dali. & dribs. Bonnh. Fl. 41 ; Brand. For. Fl. 102. L. latifolia, 

 Wall. Cat. 6821. L. simplicifolia, Griff. Notvl. iv. 697 ; Ic. PI. Adat. 645, 

 f. 1. 



Throughout the hotter parts of Indli, from the Tropical Himalaya, as far west 

 as Kumaon, to Bengal, Assam, TenagBerim ? and the Wesxebh PEUUisnLA. 



