1806.] G. Iting — MatenaU fur a Flora of the Malayan Pentmula. 
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wliife, aboBt 'l in. long; tbecfttjx trimcfite, sliort; tho petals pubeBcenti 
outride. Beny turbinate, fleshy^ 2- to 4-aeefled, seeds trinngular, 
mrwosj, Wall. Cat. 6018; VV, and A. Prodi-. 127; Wi^bt Ic. 171; 
Brand. For. Fl. lOi ; Laws, in Hook. flL Fl. Br. liid. T, 654; TrJmeii 
Fb Ceyl I, 294 ; Pbtncb., in DC. Mon. Pban. V, 570. V. cre^iafa, Wall- 
Cat. 6021, Cisms tHfoUaia, Linn. Sp. PI. '203. 0, am-iculalay Koxb. 
Wall. Cut. 603 H>. 0. eamom, Roxh. Fl. Tnd. I, 409; DC, Pi-odr. I, 630 j 
Gr ab. Cat. Bomb. PI. 'd'S ; Dulz. and Giba. Bomb. FL 40. 0. crenata, 
Vtihl DC. Prodr. I, 631. 0. aWm, Lamk. ; DC. Pi-odr. I, 631. a 
ublnsifdta, Lanik. Diet. I, 31 ? — Rlieedo Horfc. Mat. vii. t. 9, 
Malacca; Harvej'. Singapore; Hullefct, No. 95, Perak: Scoi'te- 
cbini. Andiiraana ; King's Collector, Nicobara ; Km-z, — Dist«ib. British 
liidia^ Java. 
28. Yrns japontca, Tluinbg. FL Japan, 104. Glabrous or pnbesoent. 
Sfeins Blender. Leaves 3-foliolate or pedately 5-foliolate ; common 
petiole 1*5 to 2 "5 in. lonir ; leaflets niembranotis, ovnto to oblaticeo- 
late, the oater oblique, all shortly acuminate and coarsely and un- 
equally serrate-deutate in the upper part, entire toivai'ds the narrowed 
base: main nerves 6li*,'btly pmrninent on the under Bui'face, 7 to 9 
paii-s, stmigbt, ascending; length 1'5 to 4 in., breadth '85 to I'75 in, ; 
petiolules "2 to '5 in., that oE the middle leaflet sometimes even 1 in, ; 
tendrils slender^ forked. Gymm spreading, branclied, open, 2 to 3 in. 
aomss, always moi-e or less puberiilous. Flowers ovoid-globose, "15 in. 
long", 4-merous. Oiilyj& capular, petals broad. £'ruU sub-globular, some- 
what depressed, glabrous, '25 to '3 in. in diam. Steeds 3 or 4, triangu- 
lar» one side convex and very rugose, the other two flat and pitted, one 
of the pits closed by a membrane. Ch&us japontca, Willd. Sp. PL 659 
DC. Prod. 1, 632 ; Piancb. in DC. Mon. Phan. Y, 561 (m pari). Viiis 
mollis, WalL Cat., No. 6025 ; Laws, in Hook, KL Fl. Br, Ind. I, 660. 
Singapore, Malacca, Pei>ak, Penang, Nicobar, Andaman Islands; 
common.— ^DisTRiB. Java, Now Caledonia, Australia, Japan, Cbina, 
The larger forms of this resemble F. norew/'blttt. Wall,, but have 
not so many leaflets. The two species are however closely allied, a« 
also are the less pubescent foi ms of F. pedata^ Yah!. Tlie seeds of tbis 
are remarkable in shape, approaching tliese of F. novewfoUa but with 
two plane aides instead of one. This is also even more closely allied to 
V. ie7mifoUa W, nnd A., from which it is indeed very often difficult to 
distinguish it, in the Herbarium at least. 
29. ViTis KOVKMFOLiA, Wall. Cat, 6030. Whole plant except the 
inflorescence glabrous* Stems slender, striate. Leaves membranous, 
usually pedately 7- to 9-foHolate ; common p|tiole 2*5 to 3 in. long ; 
leaJleU oblong- lanceolate, shortly acuminate, entire or with a few exserted 
