1896,] Cr. King — Matcrtahi for a Fioi-tl of the Malayan Fetiimula. 380 
sessilo or Bub-sessile, solitary or in faRciclea of 2 or fl^ 4-morou8 ; hivU 
Rub-globose, tmder 'I in. long. Gahj.v cup-shaped. FniU oblonr^, Buc^iiiorifc: 
seetU two, large, pirina-conves, rufjfose. LawB, in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Ind, 
I, 650. Cissus sptcifeni, Griflu Notuke TV, 963. Wall. Oafc. 7468 indeterm. 
Nolhocissus Bpicigem^ Planch, in DO. Mon. Phiin. Y, 406. 
Malacca, Griffith ( No. 1800 K. I). ) ; Deny No. 387 ; Maingay, No. 4213 
(K. D.), Hnrvey. Singapore : Wallich ^ Ridley, No. 5585. Penastgj 
Portei'. Peraki Kiiig*s Collector^ Noii. 2078,3201, 6238, 10309: Wray, 
No. 2164; Stjortechini, Na. 482. DlSTicni. Snniatm. 
Sfcfictly speakiiig^ the name of I his Hhonld perhaps be Vitis sj)eci- 
fet\t. It is quite unlike any other Malaj-an V^itis and can be recognised 
at once. 
3. ViTta GRACiLTfl, Wall, in Koxb. Fl. Tnd., ed. Carey, 11, 477. 
Stetns slender, terete, nofc jointed, covered with sparse long rusty 
fiexnose deciduoias liaii'. Leaves broadly ovate-rotund, abortly acumi- 
nate; the hose usually cordate, rarely sub-trtincate, the edges with 
exsertcd bristle-teeth : upper surface ^ai-sely etrigose, the nervea 
pubescent : under surfaces very sparsely strigose, the nerves brititly- 
puboscent: main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, curving upwards, fclie lower pair 
branching outward; length 2'5 to 3'a in., breadth 1'5 to 2-75 in.; 
petiole 1 to I'S in., rasty-sericeous. /ti/?omce»c5 a slender pendu Ions 
raceme of short sub-horizontal spikes borne on a long slender tendi tl, 
the racliises rnsty-sericeous. Flowen small, 4-nierotis, quite glabrous. 
J<'ri«i elliptic, smooth, glabrous, red, somewhat 3-angled, about '5 in. 
king, witli scanty pulp, and 4 largo compressed seeds boldly ridged on 
the inner surf ace. Wall. Cab. No. 6007 ; Law son in Hook. fiL Fl. Br. 
Ind. I, 653, AmpGluciasns gracilu^ Planch, in DC. Mon. Plian. V, 407. 
Singapore : Wallich ; Ridley, No. 1022. Selnngor, Ridley, No. 328. 
Maliwjoa; Uerry. Perak : King's Collector, No. 10274; Wray, No. 1343, 
4. ViTis> ciNNAMOKKA, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. Carey, TI. 483. 
Stems woody, channelled on one side, not Jointed, yellowish or nisty- 
tomeiitoae. Leams coi iaceons, ovate-renifoim, sometimes 3-lobed, occa- 
sionally 3-partito, the ajsex or the lobes if present shortly acuminate, 
the edges sinuate-dentate with bristle points, or entire with exserted 
bristle-teeth ; upper sm-face glabrous, dark olivaceous when dry, the 
lower uniforndy covered with a tliiu closely adherent layer of dense 
cinnanioneoue tomeiitum ; main nerves 5 ot- 6 paii-a, curving, spreading, 
prominent, the lower pair much branched outwards ; length 5 to 7 in., 
breadth 4 to 5 in. ; petioles 2"5 to 3 in,, tomeutose. Inflorescence a slendesr 
pendulous raceme of short sub-horizontal spikes borae on a long 
peduncle from tiiesJender tendril, much longer than the leaves, rufous 
tomentose. Flowers sessile, glabriMi«, 4-merous, the buds snb-globular. 
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