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stiffy coriaceous leaves not narrowed to the petiole but with a 

 short rounded point like a small form of V. Maingayi. 



V. gladiata, Pierre, Fl. Forest. Cochinch. t. 314, C. 



Leaves lanceolate acuminate, narrowed to the base, mem- 

 branous, minutely serrulate and minutely pustulate on the 

 back, nerves 6 pairs, slender elevate beneath, transverse nervules 

 not seen, 2.6 — 3 in. long, 1 — 1.1 in. wide, petiole .15 all glab- 

 rous. Inflorescence axillary racemes the cymes very small and 

 few flowered, rhachis puberulous. Flowers unknown. Fruit 

 glabrous, pedicel .1 in. long, nut .2 in. globose enclosed in the 

 calyx cup for | its length, wing lanceolate narrowed to the 

 base and acute at. the tip, 2.5 in. long, .4 in. wide. 



Perak. Sungei Larut (Wray 2276). 



Distrib. Cambodia. 



V. oblongifolia, Bl. Bijdr. 1144; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. I. i. 640. 

 Smytliea macrocarpa, var. pubescens, King. 



A stout liane with membranous lanceolate acuminate acute 

 leaves, base rounded serrate, glabrous on both sides or tomen- 

 tose beneath, nerves 7 to 9 pairs, strongly elevate beneath, 

 4 to 4.5 in. long, 1.5 to 1.75 in. wide; petiole .1 in. or less. In- 

 florescence axillary or terminal, rhachis rather stout, tomentose ; 

 branches 4 in. long with distant cymes of several flowers. 

 Fruit glabrous, nut .2 in. long, ovoid : calyx not enclosing it : 

 wing linear oblong obtuse twisted at the base 3.1 in. long, .5 

 in. wide. 



Selangor. Batu Caves {Ridley 13349). Perak. 

 Waterfall hill (Wray 2211, Scort echini). 



F/istrib. Java and Philippines. 



Smythea pacifica, Seem. Bonplandia, 1861. 255. 8m. reticulata, 

 King, Mat. I.e. 381. Berchemia trichantha, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 

 Supp. 331. 



This plant seems to be distributed over the sea shores 

 from the South of the Peninsula, from Singapore, Serangoon 

 (Ridley 9151), Bajau (3592a), Toas (6379), Johore, Scu- 

 dai river (12211), Tana Runto (1917) to Penang, Pulau 

 Jerajak (Curtis 2424) and also Pulau Sangian. Borneo, 

 Timorlaet, Aru, Nkw Guinea and Philippines to the Fiji 

 Islands. 



AMPELIDACEAE. 



Vitis pyrrodasys, n. comb. Cissus pyrrliodasys, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. Suppl. 517 is in King's Materials, put as a synonym of 

 T . adnata, Wall. Cat. It seems to be abundantly distinct in 

 its dense red tomentum covering the stem and the backs of 



R. A. Soc, No. 75, 1917. 



