394 G. King^MateriaU for a Fhra of ike Malayan Fetdmnla. [No, 3» 
iiiflorescencc, glttbroua j youtig branches striate, Icnticellato, black when 
di*y. Leaves thinly coriaceous, obloiig to elliptic, 3-foliolato or pedately 
4. to 5-foliolat<;, shortly cuspidato, tbo edges with remote shallow teeth ; 
main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, spreading, thin, slightly prominent on the 
uppci' surface ; length 4"5 to 6 in., breadth 2 to 3*5 in., pctiolulea "4 to 
'85 in. Cymes axillary, matiy-flowcred, much bmnchcd, spreading, 
about 1'5 in. in diam., pnben'uloua, on peduncles shorter than themsolves. 
Flowers small, buds oblong and about '05 iu. long, 4-meroafl, the calyx 
truncate, the petals rusty-pubeiulous outside. FruU globuhir-ovoid, 
glabrous, "3 in. in diam.^ with very scanty pulp and a single large sub- 
compressed seed grooved on one face and 3-ridged on the othei*. 
Andaman Islands : Kling's Collectors. 
A species allied to F. pcdHncularis Wall, and of which very few 
Bpeeimens have as y et been obtained. 
18. VlTts Wmayi, n. sp. King. Stems slender, terete, pnbcrulous 
when young. Leaves 3-foliolate; coranion petiole 1 to 2 in. long; 
leajleh membranous, oblong-lanceolate, the middle one the largest ; 
the laterals oblique, expanding towards the outer side, all shortly 
acuminate and coarsely and I'emotely serrate except at the cnneate 
base; main nei*ves 5 or 6 pairs, not prominent, spreading, cnrved j 
length 2*5 to 6 in. j breadth 1 to 2 in. ; petiolales of the lateral leaflets 
"2 to *4i in., of the central *5 to 1*25 in. : tendrils slender, forked- Cymes 
slender, axillary, umbellate, spreading, 1 to 2 in, in diam., on slender 
pedicels fihortor than themselves. Floiuers 1 in. long. Calyx flat, with 
4 ohsciu-e teeth, pnbescent. Petals 4, oblong, puhesoeut, FruU depressed- 
globular, glabrous, red when ripe, -45 in. in diam., with soft flesliy 
©picarp. Seeds 2 or 3, oblong, compi-csscd, smooth, 3-8ided, slightly 
convex on one sido and with an oblong mark, iattened on the other two 
sides, one of them excavated and the concavity closed by a membrane, 
the other side plane. 
Pci-ak : Scorfcechiiii, No. 426. King*s Collector, l^oe. 2847, 4050, 
5120, 6426 : Wray, Nos. 2749, 3945. 
Tliia in some respects resembles F. novejttfolia, but its leaves are 
only 3-foliolate, and its seeds are different. 
14. ViTis Lawsoni, King. Yoring $ta}{k rather, slender, tnborcled 
as are usually the older stems. Leaves 3-foHolate : common petiole 1"25 to 
4 in, long, glabrons : leaflets oblong, tapering to each end, ticuminato, 
tho margins (except at the entire bases) remotely cren ate- serrate, often 
vei-y obscnrely so ; both surfaces glabrous j main nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 
obscure ; length 2 5 to 4 in,, breadth 1 to 1*5 in., petiolales *25 to ^5 in. 
Cymes small, I in. in diam., or less, dense, snbscssile or on peduncles 
•25 i<» 1 ill. long : tendrils fi-ee from the cymes, slender, often absent. 
