474 xli. ampelide^e. [Vitis. 
Batu Putih (Wray). Penang (Wallich). Native names: Akar 
Kayah Asam; Akar Chabang Tujoh, 
(10) V. Scortechinii King, Lc. 392, 
Slender climber 20 to 40 ft. long. Leaves coriaceous simple 
oblong-ovate deep green acuminate, base round minutely cordate, 
edge undulate, above glabrous, beneath pubescent or tomentose; 
nerves 6 to 8 pairs, 475 to 8 in. long, 27 to 4-5 in. wide; petioles 
1-25 in. long. Cymes 1 in. long, 1*5 in. across, lax few-flowered; 
peduncles 1 in. long, pubescent. Flowers green 4-merous minutely 
tomentose. Fruit globose waxy white *25 in. across. Seed 1. Hab. 
Woods. Selangor, Batu Caves (Curtis). Perak, Goping (Kunstler). 
(n) V. peduncularis Wall. Cat. 6024; King, Lc. 393. 
Stem woody warty flattened, young part rusty pubescent. Leaves 
trifoliate; leaflets coriaceous ovate or elliptic, lateral ones oblong 
acuminate, base cuneate spinous-serrate glabrous; nerves 6 to 8 
pairs elevate beneath, 3 to 5 in. long, 2 to 3 in. wide; petiolules - 5 
to 75 in. long; petioles 3 to 6 in. long. Cymes from old wood 
2 to 3 in. long; peduncles 2‘5 in. long rather slender, much branched 
pubescent. Flowers very small 4-merous fragrant. Petals pubes¬ 
cent. Fruiting cymes up to 8 in. long and wide; fruit pea-shaped 
red. Hab. Hill-forests. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca (Main- 
gay). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Angsi; Tampin Hill. Selangor, 
Kwala Lumpur. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Gunong Inas, base 
(Yapp). Penang (Wallich); Penara Bukit (Curtis). Distrib. 
Sumatra, Borneo. 
(12) V. Curtisii Ridl. Journ. Roy. /Is. Soc. S. By. 75, p. 24. 
Stem smooth black. Leaves trifoliate; leaflets coriaceous 
glabrous entire obovate cuspidate narrowed to base; nerves 8 pairs ; 
nervules and reticulations as prominent, 2*5 to 3‘6 in. long, i'3 to 
1'9 in. wide; petiolules ‘2 in. long, mid-one *4 in. long; petioles 
•5 in. long. Cymes *3 in. long, graceful spreading compound pube- 
rulous. Flowers *i in. long, on pedicels as long. Calyx very short 
cup-shaped. Petals 4 oblong, tips recurved. Ovary globose free. 
Stigma large conic lobed. Hab. Penang Hill (Curtis). 
(13) V. Lawsoni King , l.c. 394. Vitis tuberculata Lawson, Lc. 
i. 656, not of Wallich. 
A stout tall liane glabrous, upper parts tuberculate. Leaves 
• trifoliate; leaflets sub-coriaceous oblanceolate cuspidate, base 
cuneate, sparingly spine-toothed; nerves 5 pairs inarching slender, 
3-5 to 5 in. long, 1*5 to 2 in. wide; petiolules, central one -2 to 1 in., 
lateral ones -2 to -4 in. long; petioles 1 to 1*5 long. Cymes 1 in. 
across dense sub-sessile or on peduncles *25 to 1 in. long, Flowers 
*i in. long. Petals 4 white. Fruit globose 1 in. through, yellow 
eatable. Seeds 3 to 4. Hab. Lowland woods, climbing high on 
trees. Singapore, Garden Jungle; Bukit Timah. Perak, Simpang 
(Wray); Thaiping Hills 2500 to 3000 altitude (Kunstler); Goping 
(Kunstler); Penang Hill 1200 ft. altitude (Curtis), Distrib. Burma. 
