890 G. King — Malm^als for a Flora of tJte Matntjan Penmmla, [No. 3, 
Gahjx cnpular. Berry Bub-g!obnlap, 3-aDglcd, '4 in, in diam,, ivitli very 
scntitj pulp and a single obcordate seed with mnricate inai-giiifi. Wall. 
Cat, SWJ A y LawHofi in Hook, fit Br. IfttL I, 059. Ampelot'isim 
tiimani(yn€af Plancli. in DC- Mon. Plian, V, 408. 
Peiiang : Wailich. Singapore : Ridlej. Johore j King. Pcfi-ak : 
Scortechini, Wrajr, King*8 Collector, — a coniTnoii plant, 
5. ViTis POLYSTACHTA, Wall, Cat. No. 6028 in part. Siems glafcroas, 
tlie older with thick corky lenticellat© bark. Leaves 5- to 9-foliolate, of ti^D 
pedate ; comnnon petiole 3 in. or more in length ; leaflets coriaceous, 
elliptic-oblong with cnntyate bases, the apicea cnepidate^ the edges dis- 
tantly Ben'ate; both Burfaces pale ■when diy, the upper sbining, the 
lower dull and with a few scattered dark pustules : main lateral neiTe« 
7 to 10 pairs, ascending; length 4 to 12 in., breadth 1'5 to 4 in., petio- 
Inles "5 to '75 in. Inflorescence as in V. thjrsijiora, hut mnch longer, 
(1 to 2 feet) with only a few flexnose pale bail's. F^tdt globose, snccnlent, 
*7o in. in diam. Lawson in Hook. fil. Fl. Br. Jnd. I, 662. Amjpehcissvv 
polystachffaf Planch, in DC. Mon. Phan, V, 411, 
Malacca; Oriffitb, No, 1321 ; Maingay, No. 420. 
A species of which I have seen no good specimen. It is closely 
aliiod to F. thyrsijlora fmm whiob the longer inflorescence and general 
absence of pnbeacence distinguish it. It is also alliecl to V. poly- 
* thijrsa^ Miq. 
6. ViTis POLTTHTBSA, Miq. in Ann. Mob* Lngd. Bat. I, 89, Young 
stems much warted and (like the petioles, petiolnles, tendHls, iii!lore»- 
cence and under snrfaees of the leaves) with pale, rarely rnsJy, rather 
scanty, cobwebby pnbescenoe. Leaven 5- or often pedately 7-foliolnte, 
the common petiole 3 to 5 in, long : leaflots - coriaceous, elliptic (w 
elliptic-oblong, nsnally with rounded {sometimes slightly oblique) 
bases, the middle one or two often with cuneate bases,' the apices of all 
suddenly and shortly acuminate; the margins, except at the base, 
remotely and uneqnally crenate and with e,xRerted teeth ; upper surfiices 
glabrous except the pubescent midi-ib and nerves ; length 3 to 7 in,, 
breadth 1-5 to 3 in. ; petiolnles b to 1 in., the outer the shorter. 
hyftoresceiice as in V. Ihyrmjlomj bat with cobwebby, usually pale, 
pubescence. Flowers as in 7. thyrsljiora. Frnit enb-giobalar, glabrous, 
•5 in. in diam., when ripe green with a red Bush. Seeds 4, compressetf, 
concave on one side, ridged on the other. 
Perak: Wray, Scortechini, Ridley, Fo. 2999, King's Collector, 
Nos. 2169, 6403, Jobore: Eidley, No. 4178. DiST&m, Sumatra, Korthals. 
This species comes very near to F. tJiyrnflora, Miq., but differs 
notably in the character of its pubescence. "Yhem is in the Calcutta 
HeiUrium an original specimen of F. polystachya, Miq., named by the 
