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9. Tendrils wanting 10. 



Tendrils present 11. 



10. Cymes as long as the leaves ... ... 7. himalayana. 



Cymes shorter than petioles ... ... 8. inconstans. 



11. Cymes dense, short-stalked ... ... 9. pachyphylla. 



Cymes loose, long-stalked ... ... 3. heterophylla. 



12. Tendrils wanting ... ... ... 8, inconstans. 



Tendrils present 13. 



13. Cymes diehotomous, corymbose ; petals 



spreading ... ... ... ... 3. heterophylla. 



Flowers in elongated panicles ; petals 



cohering at top ... ... ... 14. 



14. Petals 5 15. 



Petals 4 10. repens. 



15. Leaves when full-grown glabrous ... \\. flexuosa. 

 Leaves tomentose ... ... ... 16. 



16. Tendrils continuous ... ... ... 12. Labrusca. 



Tendrils interrupted 13. lanata. 



1. V. cantoniensis, Seem.; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 54. Frequent in 



ravines and on barren hills, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, 

 Hongkong New Territory ; Hoifung ; Lienchow River ; 

 Lofoushan ; Macao ; Sanning. Fl. , June, 



2. V. serjanaefolia, Maxim, in M61. Biol, ix, 149, Lienchow Eiver, 



Fl. , August. 



3. V. heterophylla, Thunh. ; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 53. Cape 



d'Aguilar, Hongkong ; Lantao Island, Hongkong New 

 Territory ; Lienchow River. Fl. green, Maj. 



4. V. planicaulis, Hookf. Bot. Mag. t. 5685. In Happy Valley 



woods and behind Buddhist Temple, Causeway Bay, 

 Hongkong; Hahang, Hongkong New Territory; Lienchow 

 River ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellowish-green, April. 



5. V. corniculata, Benth. Fl. Hongk. 54. Mt. Cough and Mt. 



Victoria, Hongkong ; Lofoushan. Fl. , May. 



6. V. japonica, Thunh. ; Cissus japonica, Willd. ; DC. Prodr. i. 



632, Hedges near Chaochaufu, Swatow ; Macao. Fl. 

 yellow, April. 



7. V. himalayana, Brandis ; Lawson in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 



655. Cultivated in Hongkong ; Whampoa. Fl, green. 

 Summer. 



8. V. inconstans, Miq. ; Ampelopsis Veitchii, Hort, ; Gard. Chron. 



n. 8. xiv. 664. Lantao Island, Hongkong New Territory; 

 Lienchow River. Fl. green, July. 



9. V. pachyphylla, Hemsl, Enum, PI, China i. 135, Pakhoi. Fl, 



, March, 



10. V. repens, Wight et Arn. ; V. cordata, Benth, Fl. Hongk. 54. 



Near the seashore at Repulse Bay, Hongkoag • on edges 

 of paddy fields, Ngautau, Hongkong New Territory ; 

 North River ; Lofoushan. Fl. yellow, July. 



11. V. flexuosa, Thunb. ; V. parvifolia, Roxb. ; Benth. 1. c. 53. 



Hill above Wanchai, and Kowloon, Hongkong ; Swatow ; 

 Lienchow River. Fl, green, July, 



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