1896,] G. Kmg—UateHaU for a Plora of flic }falaijan Femmula. 3Q9 
King's Colloctor, Koa. 2934; Wray, Nos. 496, 1929.— DjSTitiB. Java* 
Sumatra, Bi-ili«li Indin, Now Guinea, Cocliiii China, Mndagascar. 
21. ViTts FiJiiCAtA, Laws, in ?Iook. fil. Fl. Br. Intl, 1, 646. Stems 
Woody, terete, KliglitJy swollen at the nodes but not jointed, glabmua 
fks arc all the otliet- parts except tl>e iuflorescence- Leaves corinceous, 
broadly ovate, rarely ovate-oblong, eliorfcly and bltintly acuminate, the 
edges faintly and remotely fierrate, tUe base bi^oad and rounded or 
narrowed and snb-cuueate ; batli surfnces glabrous, the lower pnler j 
main nerves 4 or 5 pairs, spreading, nfioending, the lower pak' branch- 
ing oatwnrds; lengtli 2 to 4 in,, breadth 1*1 to 2*5 in. Cymes in 
spreading panicles sborter than the leave.*?, pnhornlonB. Floivers 4- 
mei'ous, pointed, the buds about ■! in. long. Oahj^ trune-ate, glabi-ous. 
Pe^a/s minutely pubescent estenifiHy. Fruit obovate, glabrous, black 
when ripe with scanty pulp niid a single seed, about "35 or '4 in. lotig 
when dry. 
Malacca: Maiogay (Kew DistriE>.), 424 ; Griflith, No. 1314; Derry, 
382. Singapore; G. Thomson ; Hid ley, Ko. 47-1:3. Ferak : Wray, Nos. 
1235, 1430; King's Collector, Nos. 2710, (J315, 0858 —Distriji. Sumatra: 
Forbes, No. 2534. 
Yar. ^Jt?if;sw»*, branches of the cyme rtifous -pubescent ; pcJah^ al- 
most glabrons exlernnlly. 
Province" Wei iesley: King's Collector, No. 1606. Perak : King's 
Collector, I^or. 794, 6429, 8402 ; Scortechini, Nfj. 299. 
22. ViTis niscoLOfj, Dalz. in Hook, Kew Journ. Hot. Vol. 11, 
(1850), 30. Stems woody at the base only, glabrous, not glaucous, red 
when young, isub-angnlnr. Leaves ovate-lauceolato to lanceolate, nru- 
ininate, tho edgtjs leniotely bristle-serrate, the base usnaily more or 
less deeply cordate, sometimes rounded or cuneafe ; both surf aces glab- 
rous, the upper in moat casef? variegated with red and white, the lower 
purple r main nerves 5 to 7 pair.s, the lower pair branching outwards ; 
lengtli 2*5 to 4 in., bi-eadfch "8r> hf 2 in., petiole "2 to l li5 in, Cipue^ 
nmbflhite on slemier ppdmicles, fe w-tiowered, pparsely rufous-pnbeseent. 
Ftawer^ 'I in. hinyr, oblong in hud, 4'mcrous. Vnitfx tiuiicate, prints 
glabrous, FniU globular, pyriform, glabrous, red when ripe and nboiit 
■2 in. in diam., pulp suanh', seed solitary. Dalz. & Giljs. Bomb. VL 40; 
MUf. in Ann. Mnn. Lugd. Bat. 1,80; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fl. Ur. Ind. 
1, 047. V. um^fjHalu, Wall. Cat. 6010; W, & A. Prodr. 125. ? K. 
divemfolia, Wall. Cat. 5996. ? V. costafa. Wall. Cat, 0011. Cissus 
dh!mhr, Bhime Bijd. J8l ; Bot. Mag. 80, t. 4763 ; Miq. Fl. Tnd. Bat. Yol I, 
Pfc. 2, 606 ; Hassk. PI. Jav. Rnr. 453; Pianch. in DC. Mon. Phan. V, 496. 
Perak; Scortechini. Andnman.q : King's Collector.— DiSTRlB, Java, 
Saiuali^a, Cochin- Ciiioa, British India, 
