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Leavea simple, flowers 4!-moroii9. 
Flowers in umbellate cyines^ nofc borae on 
tendt'iis. 
Stems thick, sncculeiit, 4- winged .,. 19, V, qttadrangularis. 
Stems Ivcrbaccoue or woody. 
Reaves ptibescetit underoeatli. 
Leaves oblong-ovate, with cinereona 
■ pttbescence ,„ ... 10. V, ScQrlecMnii. 
Leaves ovate-rotund, with rusty or 
rafescent pubescetitse ... .... 20. V, adnattu 
Leaves everywhere glabrous. 
Flowers, not more than '1 in, long. 
Leaves coriaceous, tb«ir bases roand- 
ed or cuneate, not cordate ; fruit 
obovoid, bhick ..." ... 21. V.fureata, 
Leaves membranons, coloured 
(ugtaally) on the upper snrface, 
owfc-lanceolato or lanceolate, their 
bases asnallj cordate, rarely cuneafce 
or rounded; fruit red,., ... 22. V, dismlor^ 
Leaves merabi^anous, broad Jy ovatc^ 
green J tiioir bases deeply and widely 
covdate; fruit globose or obovoid... 23, ' 
Fiowei's more than '1 in. long j leaves 
ronndud, Rub-tmncaie or wligbtly sub- 
cordate at the base fruit nearly 1 in, 
ill dinm. ... ... 24, V. ceranformis. 
Flowers '2 tn. or more, in length ; leaves 
sagittate, gub-hastate or sub- truncate 
at the bime; fruit '15 in. in diara. ... 25. V. ghiherrima. 
Flowers in niiicb elongated siiople, or some- 
times branching, Bpikes ... ... 26. F. viadrostachi/a^ 
J'lowers in tcndi iUbcanng tbyrses ... 1, V, barbata. 
Flowei"8 in ohm gated racemes of sub -hori- 
zontal spikes proceeding from tendrils. 
Jjeaves npnrsoly strigose and slightly 
pubescent, nofc rufeseeut 3. V. gracUu, 
The under* surface o£ leaves and the 
young brunches and tendrils covered 
with dense adherent cifmamoneous to- 
tnentum . . "» ,,, 4. T, ct'mmmGHea^ 
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