402 G. King — Maferiuh fw a Flora of Ihe Mahiyan Fem'nmla, [No. 3, 
LawBk On tlie third sheet of No. 5991 no locality h noted. On this 
sbeofc in gUiGd down a Bpecimen of a dilfaront ppscies wliich I have 
identified a viit'iety of the one named V, ceras if onnts by Toy Bmixnn 
ftud Binnindyk many years after the issue of Wallich's plants. Tlie 
fourtli flheet of No. 591ll at Calcutta is oconpied by fitenia of the Inttcr 
and a collection of leavei^ of both the former and latter. The V. ^laher- 
rima of Wall. Cat. is ttms a mixed species ; niid as Kneh the natne would 
have had to be dropped had not VValMeh published a description of liis 
Penanjf No, 5991 under that jianie in Carey's erlition of Itoxburgh's Floia. 
26. ViTia MOLMSSJMA, Wall, in Iioxl>. Fl. Ind. ed. Cnrey, 11, 482. 
Sfffins rnther Blender, woodj-, when young softly pubescent, when aduH 
)[flabrons and shining. Leaves 3-foliohifce; tlie common petiole 2 to 2*5 in. 
long, t.omentof3o ; leaflets petiolulate, the liiteml pair obliquely elliptic, the 
terminal obovate-eliiptic, all with shortly acuminate apices, and eoaiscly 
hut eparsely serrate or Bttb-entice edges ; the lateral pair with rounded 
or 8ub-cord[ite tlie terminal one with a cuneate base ; npper Burfaeo 
sparsely aclpresBed-pahescent, the midrib and ncr\'e3 rusty-tomenfcoae ; 
the lower uniformly atid softly-tomentose : main nerves 5 or 6 pairs, 
ascending, the lower branching outwards j length 3-25 to 5 in,, breadtti 
1"75 to 2*75 in., petiolulc^ of the laterfil leaflets ■25 to in., those of 
the terminal twice ns long ; tendrils slender. Cymes half ns long the 
leaves ; tbeir peduncles 1'5 to 3 in. long, umbellate, spreading, many- 
branched, many-tlowered, 1"5 to 2'5 in, across, minutely tomentose. 
Flowers '1 in. long, oblong, 4-mGroua ; cahjx short, truncate; petals 
puberuloua outside, Fruii oblong, *75 to I in. long, when ripe dirty 
white, with scanty piiJp and two large plano-convex seeds. Wnll. Cat. 
6012 ; Laws, in Hook. fil. Fh Br. Ind, I, Cissus mollissimai Flaneh. 
in DC. Mon. Pban. V, 575. 
Penang; Wallieh, Curtis No, 1435. Malncca; Grifhth, No, 3332, 
Mningay (Kew DistribO, No. 422, Puhang: Ridley, No. U3-k Penvk : 
King's Collector, Nos. 2744, 422a, 584>i and 10485. 
27. YiTis TEIFOUA, Liiin. Sp. PI. 203. Stems compressed, herba- 
ceous, or woody near the base only, when yonng shortly and denaely 
pubescent, becoming sub-glabrous with age. Leaves 3-foliolate, common 
petiole 125 to 2'25 in. long; lefiflets shortly petiolulate, ovate, obovftto 
or sub-rhomboid, shortly cuspidate, coarsely serrate or dentate, the 
bases rounded, more or lesa pubescent on both surfaces ; main nerves 
6 or 6 pairs, slightly carved and nscendtngj length 1'5 to 2'5 in., 
breadth "8 to 1-23 in,, petiolules of the lateral leaflet.^ i to '25, of the 
terminal twice as much ; tendrils aborts slender, nsnallj branched. Cymes 
2 or Sin. in diam., pubescent, on long peduncles rather exceeding the 
leaves, about 3-brancijedj the umbelhiles cymoae. Flowers 4-merotiR, 
