1896.] G. Smg^-Materials for a Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 409 
oil a tendril-bearint^ pedunclo shorter than the leaves. Flowers 4-6- 
niet-ouB ijide LftwsoiiJ. Fruit globular, "25 in. in dmm. Ernhamma hefer- 
ajitha, Grlli. Notulae IV, 694. Vitin rufnla^ Miq- Ann. Mua, Luji-d, But. 
I, 94, Oissus iiivohtcrafa, Miq. (not; of Sprang.) PJ. Ind. Bat. Suppl* 517. 
Malacca : Grifiitli^ Maitiga}'. Perak : Scortechini ; King's Collector, 
Hob, 678, 1084, 
There are in Herb. Calcutta two specimens from Perak (Wray, 
"No, 1178 and Scortechviu iviLliout IJnmt!^3^) which apparently belong to 
thia species, but which have pedato leaves with 5 hmfietR. 
4. Pterisantses pebata, Laws, in Hook. til. Fl, Br. Ind, I, 664, 
Stems sparsely pnbo.scent wlien young, glabroii.s when old. Leaves 
pedate, 5-foliolate, obltiuceolato ; the lawei' two smaller, the apex with 
a short stont bristle, the edges remotely glandular-dentate in the upper 
part ■ both snrfaet?s, but especially the lower, sparsely araclmoid-hairy^ 
tlie edge on the low^or surface densely so : main nerves of leaflets about 
4 paira, spreading; length 2 to 3 in., breadth 6 to 1'25 in, ; petiole 
about l.in.; petiolnlesr about '35 in.; those of the lowpr leaflets rather 
ehofter. Jn/iomfewce glabrous, borne on a short tendril-bearing 
peduncle- Floiocrs t-niero*us. Fruit unknown, 
Malacca r Griffith, Maiogay (Kew Distrib.), No. 432. 
This is known only fi^m Grifflth*s and Maingay*s very scanty speci- 
mens. It may be only a pedato form of P. IteteranthaM 
3. Leea, Lian. 
Small trees, slrrubs or herbs. Branclies striate or stilcaie, often 
herbaceoaa. Leaves aUeruate, usually very large, mniple, or 1-2-3- 
pinnate; petiole often dilated at the base, stipules sheathing. Peduncles 
opposite the le^ives or sub-terniinaL Tendriln 0. Infhrescence corym- 
bosely-cyniose. Flowers red yellow or green. Cahjx 5-toothed. Felals 
5, counate at the base and adheririg to the staminitl tube, revolate. 
Siaviem united at the base into a 5-lobed tube, the filaments insetted 
between the lobes of the tube, iufiexed ; anthets e.^serted. Ovary 
inserted on the disc, 3- to S-coHcd ; styh short, stigma swollen; ovules 
1 or *i in each cell, erect, FruU 3- to 8-celIed, berry -like, u^snally 
suceulentj depressed-globular and lobed, pulp often scanty. Fyrcne;^ 
■wedge-shaped, seeds compressed. — Distrib. Species about 50j mostly 
tropical Asiatic and African, a few Australian. 
Leaves simple, or with 3 to 5 large pinnules. 
Leaves pubescent beneath, cymes on long 
peduncles ... ■■■ 1. LAalifoUa, 
Leaves quite glabrous on both surfaces ; 
cymes on shoii peduncles. 
. A tree; leallcts 5 ... ... 2. L. grandifolia. 
