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the leaves, V. adnata, Wall, having only a thin rusty pubes- 

 cence in place of it. I have not seen it from the Malay Penin- 

 sula. 



V. glaberrima, Wall, in Koxb. Fl. Inch (ed. Carey II. 476) is 

 given as a synonym of V. liastata, Miq. by King on the ground 

 that Wallich distributed a mixture of this and another species 

 which he described as V. cerasiformis, Teysm. var. Wallicliii 

 and that the description agrees with V. hastata, Miq. Care- 

 fully reading the description however I find that it does not 

 apply at all to the latter species but it is a good description 

 of the plant King describes as V. cerasiformis var. Wallichii. 

 It seems to be a very distinct species and not very common. 

 The fruit is by no means large. 



V. hastata, Miq. is a common and conspicuous plant in Singapore, 

 and occurs in Pahang at Pekan, in Malacca, Selangor, Province 

 Wellesley, Perak and Lanka wi, also in Sumatra and Borneo. 

 It is easily recognised by its square-winged stem, almost white 

 and succulent, and bright red tendrils. The flowers in moder- 

 ately large cymes with red tinted peduncles, have a cup-shaped 

 entire calyx of a pale green. The petals are oblong thick and 

 shoe-shaped, excavate, reddish outside with a darker red spot 

 at the tip, widely expanded in flower. The filaments narrowed 

 upwards are green, anthers short, oblong, yellowish edged red. 

 The disc is flat, rather thick with wavy margins, orange 

 colour. The ovary immersed in it is pale green, the style 

 stout and shorter than the stamens with a capitate yellow 

 stigma. The flowers have a faint scent of cowslips. The 

 fruit small and black. The glaucous stems and red tendrils 

 with the red tinted flowers give it quite a pleasing appearance. 



Vitis (Tetrastigma) Curtisii, n. sp. 



Stem smooth, black, terete. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets 

 coriaceous, glabrous, entire, obovate cuspidate, narrowed to 

 the base, nerves about 8 pairs, nervules and reticulations as 

 prominent, 2.5 to 3.6 in. long, 1.8 to 1.9 in. wide, petiolules .2 

 in. long, median one A. Petiole .5 in. Cymes numerous .3 

 in. long, graceful, spreading, compound, pubernlous. Flowers 

 .1 in. long, pedicels as long. Calyx very short, cup-shaped. 

 Petals oblong, apex incurved fleshy, 4. Stamens shorter; fila- 

 ments broad linear. Ovary glohose, free. Stigma lars>e. conic, 

 lobcd. 



Penang. Government Hill, close to Gun Hill (Curtis 

 3363). 



Vitis polystachya, Wall. Cat. 6028. 



King and Planchon both say t; in part ; " but the type is a 

 single specimen from herb. Finlayson. V. iiiiida, Lawson 



•Tour. Straits Brand) 



