King — Maieriah for a Flora of the Malayan Pmittsnla. 391 
aittlior liimself, and Ihtcra ia no doabt that iho Pcl*ak plant k quite tlm 
same, I boliove also that the Borneftn specica F, Ahttleyi described 
by Sir Joseph Hooker in 18G2 (Linn. Ti-ana. XXJII, 165) ia nlso the 
same : and, if this fa so, Sir Joseph's nam 9 being tho tiarlier must stand, 
V, nitida^ Laws, in Hook. fii. Fi. Br. Ind. 1^ 662 should also, I believe, ba 
reduced hero, 
7. YuiB TBTKStFiiOUA, Miq. io Ann. Mus. Lngd. Bat, I, 88 (excl. 
var. B.) Young stems, petioles, petioliilcs, teudrils and inflorescence 
densely rusty-toraentose. Leaver 5- to 7-foliolate, th© comnion petiolo 
3 to 6 in. long ; teaflots coriaceoas, obovatc-oblong or oblong, with. 
cumDate bases, the outer two oblique, tbe apices o£ all shortly and 
abmptly can date- acuminate ; the edgea in the upper half with hard 
cj^liudric exserted teeth, in the lower half entire : upper surface ^jlab- 
roaa except the tomenfcose midrib and nerves; the lower rust j-pnbescent; 
main nerves 5 ta 8 pairs, ascending, promiuent beneath and ending in. 
the bristle teeth on tbe edge, transverse veiiia distinct; length 3 7 to 7 
in., breadth 1*75 to 2*75 in,; potiolnles "6 to I in., those («£ tljo roiddlo 
leallets longest. Tiifloreseence a slondor pendulous raeciuo of sliort 
horizontal spikes borno on a peduncle shorter than itself and proceeding 
from ft leaf-opposed tendril. Ftawers sessile, oblong, 4-merous, glab- 
rous. Ctihjx truncate, petals exprinding. Fruit obo void- oblong, slightly 
angled, gUbrous, with little pulp, about '75 in. long; seeds 4. Cmrt* 
tkyrsitlora, Blurae Dijd. 187 ; Hassk. PL Jar. Rar, 453 ; Miq. PL Ind, 
Bat. Vol. I, Ft. 2, C04. Am}}eloci£sm ihyrsifiora^ Planch, in Mon. Phan. 
V, 400 (e-xcL syii. VUls cinnanwnea^ Wall, and V. elegans, Kurz). 
Porak: Scortochini, Noa. 121, 266; Wi-ay, Nos. 1925, 1937, 2551; 
King's Collector, Noa. 509, 2u3;i, 6366, Selangor: Ridley, No. 319. 
S. ViTis COM POSiTi FOLIA, Laws. in Hook. fil. FL Br. Ind. f, 659. 
Toung stems and petioles covered with soft felted somi-decidnous 
rufous or ruBty tomentuni. Leaves quiuate, the common petiolo 6 to 15 
in. long ; leaflets oblanc^oLifce or obovatc-elUptto, the two outer often 
oblique, the apices of aJl abrnptly and shortly cuspidate, the edges 
with remote e:cserted bristlo-teetli in their npper half, entire in tha 
lower ; the bases of tho inner leaflets cuneate, those of tb© outer two 
unequal, the outer side rounded; npper surface finely reticulate, 
glabrons, bafc with a few scattered hairs on tho nerves, the midnb 
pubescent; lower surface uniformly and densely rafous-tomentose : main 
nerves 8 to 10 pairs, spreading, curved ; length 6 to 10 in., bi-eadth 275 
to 4 in., petiolules 5 to '75 in. luflorosecnce a slpruler pendulous raceme 
of short sub-horizontal spikes borne on a long peduncle and proceeding 
from a leaf-opi»osed tendril longer than the leaves, rnfous-tomeiifcose 
like thesteiiiij : jhwos sub-globulur, seseile, immersed in the tomentumof 
