472 
XLI. AMPELIDEjE. 
[Vitis. 
on the nerves, 6*5 in. long, 8 in. wide; petioles 5 in. long woolly; 
tendrils long woolly branched. Panicle dense. Calyx pubescent. 
Petals oblong glabrous, '05 in. long. Hab. Lankawi, Terutau 
(Curtis). Distrib. Cochin-China. 
(3) V. macrostachya Miq. Ann. Bot. Mas. Lugd. Bat. i. 94; 
King , l.c. 388. Cissus spicifera Griff. Notulce , iv. 963. Ampelocissus 
spicigera Planch. DC. Mon. Phan. v. 406. 
Long pendent glabrous climber. Leaves coriaceous shining 
dark green ovate or oblong cuspidate, edges serrate spiny, base 
round; nerves 5 pairs, 3*5 to 6 in. long, 175 to 3 in. across; petioles 
1 in. long. Spikes panicled slender very long pendent, some 
branches 9 to 14 in. long. Flowers green *i in. long; pedicels as 
long, solitary or in fascicles. Fruit *3 in. long. Hab. Common 
on edges of forests and woods. Singapore, Tanglin ; Bukit Timah. 
Pahang, Benta-Kwantan Road (Evans). Malacca (Griffith); Sungei 
Hudang; Ayer Panas (Derry). Selangor, Ulu Gombak; Rawang, 
Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Temengoh. Province Wellesley, Krian. 
Distrib. Sumatra. 
(4) V. gracilis Wall. Cat. 6007; Roxb. FI. Ind. [ed. Carey) ii. 
477; King, l.c. 389. Ampelocissus gracilis Planch, l.c. 407. 
Stems very slender red woolly-hairy. Leaves ovate cuspidate, 
base broad or cordate, edge spine-toothed, 3’5 in. long, 2'25 in. 
wide, glabrous on both sides except the woolly hairy nerves; 
petioles 1 in. long woolly. Panicles 6 in. long of slender distant 
spreading branches - 5 in. long, red-woolly. Flowers scattered 
sessile ’05 in. long glabrous ; peduncles very slender 4 to 6 in. long. 
Fruit oblong. Seeds 2 plano-convex rugose. Hab. Common in 
lowland woods. Singapore, Chan Chu Kang; Krangi. Johor, 
Sedenah. Malacca, Ayer Panas (Griffith). Selangor, Bukit Kudah, 
Perak, Ulu Bubong (Kunstler). Distrib. Borneo, Sumatra. Native 
names: Akar Riang Riang Rimbah; A. Keladek Tanah. Use: 
Roots applied for Orchitis. 
(5) V. floccosa Ridl. Journ. Roy. As. Soc. S. Br. 54, p. 37. 
Stem slender densely covered with red tomentum. Leaves 
entire ovate-cordate acute; nerves 4 pairs, reticulations con¬ 
spicuous glabrous above, densely red-tomentose beneath, 2 to 4 in. 
long and wide; petioles 1 in. long. Peduncles slender 2'5 in. long; 
branches distant '5 to 1 in. long. Flowers 10 to 12 on each -05 in. 
long, sessile on the tomentose, rachis 4-merous. Berry round 
oblong glabrous *5 in. long. Seeds 3 boat-shaped pustular. Hab. 
Roadsides, local. Johor, Gunong Pulai on the hedges and in 
thickets at the base (Ridley). 
(6) V. cinnamomea Wall. Roxb. FI. Ind. {ed. Carey), ii. 483; 
King, l.c. 389. Ampelocissus cinnamomea Planch, l.c. 408. 
Stems rather slender whitish-woolly or red-woolly. Leaves cori¬ 
aceous ovate-cordate acuminate, or 3-lobed, outer lobes oblique, 
edge dentate bristle-pointed, above glabrous, beneath cinnamon- 
