400 G. King— Matenats for a Plora nf tlie Mafatjan Tcnhtsuhu [K"o* 3, 
Thete is obo foim oF ibis in wliich lire leavcfs are Vei^ nearly 
fipKSilo: and in mfiuy KpeciniimH llio upper ]ea%^c8 haTtJ ehott petiok'S 
«iiul rountled baseSf while tliQ iower have \ong petioles nsid rarditlo 
bftsest. As a rule the leaves of this phiiit are beautifully vuriegated 
oil the npper BOi'facc, but iiidivklmils are not micoinmou in which th© 
leaves a> c (p'een. 
23. Vrns repens, W. and Arti. Prod, Fl Pens. Ind. 124 Stems 
snTi-tei-efe when fresh, 4-anglod when diy, glabrous, the young ehtx>t» 
glaucous. Leaves pale green, mortJ or lesa broadly ovate, shortly acu- 
iniuato, the margins wavy and with a few distant setoR© teeth, tlio haH© 
deeply and widely cordate ; main ncrveH about 4 pairs, the lower 
briineliing outwards; lerjgtli 2'5 to 3 5 in., btttadth L'75 to 3'25 in., 
petiole *75 to 1*5 in. Ctjmes few-flowered in shortly pedunculate 
ct>in pound umbels or tbyrsee, pubeseeut toward the upper part. Floweri 
pointed ill bud, '1 iu. long*, 4-uierou^i. Fruit globose or obovoid, 'IS iui 
lu diam, when dry, naually l-sceded with little pulp, itfi pedicels rc- 
CLirved when Hpo, Laws, in Hook. til. FL Br. Ind. I, 646 j Kura For. 
Flora Burma I, 2? 5. K gUuca, Wall, (not of Roxb.) Cat. £990 ( /or 
the most part). Clssus repem, I^Jiuik. Encyc. T, 81 ; DC. Prod. J, 02H ; 
Miq. Fl. Ind, Bat. Vol. I, pt. 2, G05 j Flaueh. iu BQ, Mon. Phan, Y, 50k 
? 0. cordafa, Roxb. FL (nd. I, 407. 
Pcrak: Wray, Nos. 1215, 1858, 2142. Andamans; King's Col- 
lector, — DiSTRiB. British Indin, Java. 
As was pointed out by Wnllieli, this differs from K fjilaberrima^ 
Wnll. by its more deeply cordale leaves and aniallcr flowers, CUiBely 
allied to thi.'? mnHt be the ppecies named Gissus penUir/ima hy Roxburgli 
(Fl. Ind. .1. 40S) ; but Roxburgh's description is too brief to idejitity a 
species by iu such a diifieult genus as Vitisi and he has uulortnnately 
left no figure of K pentagona at Calcutta. 
24. ViTis CEKASiyoaaiis, Teysm. and Binn. in Nat. Tijdsch. Ned. 
Ind. XXIX, 251, var, Wallichri, King. Bmnclies with pale shining 
bark, obtusely 4-angled, not winged. Leaves oblong to ovate or ovate- 
oblong, rounded sub- tmn eats or slightly sub-cordate at the base, the apex 
fib ortly and bluntly acuminato; tho edges remotely crenate.pe i rate, the 
teeth setose ; main neryea 5 or 6 pairs, cnrved, spreading i length 2 to 4 
in.» breadth 1'2 to 2-4 in., petiole -5 to *7.5 in. Cymes few-flowered, lax, 
nnder "5 in. in diam., in pedicetled umbels from a common peduncle '5 to 
1 in. long, sometimes in sraall thyrsea. Ftoiems large for the genus, 4-mcr- 
Qua J their bnds '? in. long, pointed. Calyx cup-shaped, trnucate ; petalf 
coriaceous. Fruit when ripe as large as a cherry and similarly coloured. 
Yih'ji ijlahe^-riina. Wall. (ju part) ; Laws, in Hnok. lil. Fl. Br. Jnd. 
I, (546, {in pari )f Cimis ceratdfornmy Plauch. in DC. Mon. PImn. V, 62 J. 
