392 G. Kmg-^Mai&rials for a Flora of the Mahtyau FnHumda. [No. 
tlie rachis but theuisolveB pei'fecfcly glabrous, 4f-meroiiar culyx truncate, 
petals expanding. Fruit oblong, 3-4-angled, glabrous^ '5 to "75 in. long ; 
wlion ripe red, wifcb scanty pulp aud 3 or 4 plano-convex seeds, the 
convex surface angular. V. cmnnmojiea, var. compodiifoUa^ W&U, Cat. 
5989 B. Ampelop$is compodtifolia^ Planch, in DO. Mon. Phaii. Y, 412. 
Penang : Wallicb. Malacca : Maiiigay (Kew Distrib.), No. 418 ; 
Perak : King's Collector, Noa. 826 and 5230 ; Scortecbini. 
9. Vim ELEGANa, Kurz iu Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. lud. XXVIII, 166. 
Young stems, petioles, tendrils aud inllorcsccnce covered with dens© 
reddiali-browii tomentnm. Leaves 3-foliolate, often pedately or digi- 
tately 5-foliolate, the common petiole 3 or 4 in. long ; leaflets coriaceous, 
trapeKoid-oblong or broadly obloug-lanceoljitej much naiTOvved to tita 
base^ the outer two often very nnetpial -sided witb broad sub-truncato 
or Bub-cordate bases, the apicca of all acute or sub-iK!ute, and the 
edges with mmote shallow crcnationa and exserfced bristle-teeth ; upper 
surface covered with minute conical rugae each ending in a short white 
hair, the midrib and nerves rusty-tomcntose lower em-face uniformly 
covered with dense short rusty tomontum ; main nerves 6 oi' 7 pairs, 
the outer lower nerve in the lower pair of leaflets branching oatwai'dfi ; 
length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1*75 to 3 in.; petiolules '5 in., subequal. In- 
^oresceuce iXB in V. compos itifoUa, bat rather shorter and stouter; the 
flower buda oblong. FruU unknown. Knrz Joui-n. As. Boo. Bengal, 
1870 pt. 2, 74 J Laws, in Hook. fiL PI. Br. Tnd. I, 659. 
Singapore : Walker, Ridley, Hullett and others. Johore : Hullettand 
King. Malacca: Maingay (Kew Distrib.), No. 417, BisTRia. — Bangka. 
This I'eacmbles F. com^josttifolia Laws., but has more coriaceous 
leaves, rugnlose-pubescent on the upper surface, and with shorter petioles. 
The infloreaceuce of this is also shorter and stoater, and the llower-buds 
are oblong rather than globular. The tomeutum of this is shorter and 
leas cobwebby and is of a darker coloar, PJanchon identifies this with 
Gisst{$ tJiyrsijlora Bl. and it forms part of hia Ampelocissm thi/rsijloraf 
(DO. Mon. Phau. V, 409) — a reduction which he could hardly have pro- 
posed bad be seen specimens of C. elegans. For although the two have 
many points of resemblance, their leaves are very different, those of 
0* tlegans having their upper snrfacea minutely rugulose-papillate, 
each papilla ending in a short white hair; while in C, thyrgifiora, 
Blame the upper surface is smooth and glabrous except the nerves. 
10. ViTis ScouTJiCHiKl, King n. sp. Branches woody, terete, 
glabrous, scabernlous, not jointed. Lmves coriaceous, oblong-ovate, 
spmetimes oblique and rarely broad at the base and with two unequal 
lobes about the middle, the apex shortly acuminate, the base minutely 
cordate; the edges sub-ontire, waved aud slightly recurved, sometimes 
