408 G. King— Matenah for a Fhra 0/ the Malay tm Femtmila. [No, 3, 
The fii'st author to put ihii9 plant into the genua Pterisanthes was 
KoHlinls who (f ile Miquel Ann. Muh, Lugtl, Bat. 85), tlins named 
it ill {.he Hoi'bai'ium (at Loidon ?). Rliquel regarded Ptensanthes as only 
a «ed:ioti of Vitis. He had therefore to find a name for this plant in ^ 
that genua; and, fituling the nnme F. coriacea pre-occii j>ied by a species 
of Cimns {DO. Prod. I, 032), he called tliia V, polita, Miq. 
Var. aransosa-f Leaves often ovate-oblong, always more or lesa 
rafescent cobwebby beneath. VUis araneosa, Mtq. Ann. Mns. Lngd. 
Bat. I, 94 Gissus araneoaa^ Miq. FJ. Ind. Bat, Suppl. 517. 
Perak: King's Collector, No. 646 ; Wray, Noa. 2550, 3015, 462 L 
Mr. Wray in his field note on this says " lea^'ea with a shining^ 
black line remid the edge on the ontoi' margin of which is a Hue of 
ivarm brown hair, midrib beneath reddish/' 
2, pTERisANTHES C1SS0IDE3, Blame Bijdr. 193. Stems glabrous, 
striate. Loaves 3-foliolttte ; the middle leaflufc nari-owly wedge-shaped, 
tlio two latcial more or less oblongs i-outided on t!ie outer side, stmight 
on tho inner, all with ^ few obscni'e distant teelti in the upper half or 
third, entire in the lower; both surfaces with deciduous aracbnoid 
hair.s glabrous when adult;, main nervea about 4 pairs, spreading; 
length 3 to 6 in., breadth 1*25 to Sin., petioles 1*5 to 3-5 in. ; petiolnles 
of the middle leaflets twice as long as those of the latei^al. Flattened 
floriferous rachis of tJie inflorescence varioasly lobed, from 2 to 6 in. long 
and less than half aa broad, borne on tendril-hearing branches longer 
than the leave.«=i. Male Jlowers on slendcf pedicels '75 in. long, 4-met'outi- 
Female powers numerous. Fruit globose, *35 in. in diam., with coriaceons 
epicarp and about 4 seeds. Miquel iu Liimaea, XYIII, 385, t. VIII j 
ri. Ind. Bat. I, pt. 2, 608 ; Laws, in Hook, fiL Fl. Br. Ind. I, 664. VUis 
PfertmntfieSf Miq. Ann, Mns. Lugd, Bat. I, 91. E^nbamma c^rdigcra, 
Gi-ifl. Notulae IV, 694 j Ic. PI. Asiat. t. 646. CjWhs i})?.'oZ(icra/a, Spieng. 
Syst. IV, pt. 2, 44. Ptei-uanlhjs ivmlnci^ata, G. Don, Syst I, 694. 
Malacca: Griffith (Kew Dist.), Wo. 1299 ; Maingay. Perak : Scor- 
tcchini ; Kings Collector, Nos. 727, 7914.— Disthib. Java. 
3. Pterisantukb uistekantha, Laws, in Uook. fil, Fl. Br. Ind. I, 
664. Stems cobwebby when young,, nilfcimately glabroaa. Leai:e8 3- 
foliolate, rarely 5-foliolate, the middle leallet more or less wedge-shaped 
and uaually broader than t!ie obliquely ovate-oblong Ititerala, (sometimes 
all three more or less oblanceolate), acute or shortly acuminate, 
remotely glandiilai'-dentate in the upper part ■ upper surface glabrous 
except tho pnbeicent nerves ; the lower rusty-tomentose ; main nerves 
of leaflets about 5 pairs, spreading, rather straight; leogth 2 to 4'5 in,, 
breadth ; 8 to 2 "5 in., petioles "8 to 1*5 in. Fiattened rachis nnrcovtly- 
oblong, sinuate^ acuminate, 3 to 5 in. long and *3 to '75 in, broad, borne 
