VlTEX. 183 



id. Bur. Gov. Lab. no. 6, 17. — Leaves 1-foliolate, rarely 

 sub-2-foliolate, the leaflet being deeply 2-lobed; leaflets 

 sessile, obovate, base attenuate, apex rounded; upper sur- 

 face often pubescent, IVs — ^Vs by 0.9— 3 Ya cM.; petioles 

 0.15—0.2 cM. ; pairs of nerves 4—6. 



Java: Horsfleld in H. A. R.— T. sub no. 049902. 



Saleyer-ISL.: Docters van Leeutven~^Reijnvaan no. 1863, 

 partly an erect shrub, partly a characteristic, creeping 

 shore-plant; fruits on 26-V-1913. 



Philippines: Elmer no. 12135, Magallanes, Mt. Giting- 

 giting, Capiz, Sibuyan, flow, in April 1910. 



BONIN-ISL.: Ari Kotara in H. Ber. without nr., Chi- 

 chigunu, Okasawara. 



Distribution of the species: Mauritius, Reunion, Brit.- 

 India, Ceylon (Hallier), Malacca! Siam, Hainan, S.-China, 

 Korea, Andamans {Hallier)7 Malay archip. ! Philippines!, 

 Formosa, Liuchiu-isl., Japan, Polynesia. (Hall?). 



12. V. pubcscens Vahl, Symb. bot. Ill, 85 (1794): 

 Blume. Bijdr. 812; Schauer DC, Prodr. XI, 685; Decne. 

 Nouv. Ann. Mus. Nat. Par. Ill, 401; Elbert, Meded.- 

 *s Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 12, 16; Forbes, Wand. Nat. f. 

 Mai. Arch., II, 226; Hook. f. Fl. Br. Ind. IV, 585; Hall. [. 

 Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. no. 37, 44; Koord. en Val, 

 Bijdr. Booms. Java, no. 7, 202 and Atl. d. Baumart. t. 

 294 and 295; King and Gamble, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 

 LXXIV, 4, 848; Koord., Exk. fl. v. Java, III, 136 and 

 PI. Jungh. ined. IV, 188; Miq., Fl. Ind. bat. II, 861 and 

 suppl. 242; Merrill Bur. Gov. Lab. Bull., no. 27, 68; 

 Spanoghe, Linnaea XV, 330; Schimper, Bot. Mitt. a. d. 

 Trop. Ill, 129; Zoll. u. Mor., Syst. Verz. 53; Hassk. 2e 

 Cat. 's Lands PI. tuin Btz., 134; Hemsley, Chall. Rep. 

 Bot. I, 110 and 178. — V. arborea Roxb. Fl. ind. Ill, 

 73 (1832); Jack, Descr. Mai. PL, Calc. Journ. Nat. Hist. 

 IV, no. XIII, 40. — V. articulata Steud. Nom., ed. II, 

 II, 777 (1841). - V. bracteata Miq. I.e. II, 862 (1856). - 



