XLI. AMPELIDEvE. 
476 
[Vitis. 
5 in. long. Cymes umbellate panicled 2 to 2*5 in. across; peduncle 
1-5 to 2 in. long. Flowers *15 in. across, 5-merous. Fruit ovoid 
black ‘25 in. long. Seeds 2 to 3. Hab. Perak (Scortechini). 
Distrib. India, Burma, Java. 
This is very different from the Burmese form, but it is rare here, and 
possibly further collections of it may show it to be distinct. 
(18) V. cantoniensis Seem. Bot. Herald. 370; Lawson, l.c. 
i. 663; King, lx. 397. . 
A slender glabrous vine. Leaves unequally pinnate, lower pair 
of leaflets often compound, all glaucous beneath, lanceolate or ovate 
acuminate, serrate in upper part, base entire cuneate; nerves 
3 to 4 pairs faint, 75 to 2*4 in. long, '5 to 1 in. wide; petiolules 
*i to ‘2 in. long. Cymes umbellate cymose 75 in. across; peduncles 
1*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers T in. across, yellow. Berry obovoid 
•25 in. long, white. Seeds 3 or 4. Hab. Roadsides and waste 
ground. Johor, Batu Pahat. Malacca (Hervey). Selangor, Petal- 
ing. Negri Sembilan, Perhentian Tinggi. Perak, Hermitage Hill 
at 3000 ft. altitude (Curtis); (Scortechini). Distrib. China and 
Cochin-China. 
This does not seem to be very common. The Perak plants have quite 
entire leaflets; they are rounded elliptic in the Hermitage Hill plant. 
(19) V. pyrrhodasys Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. Supp. 517. 
Slender vine. The shoots, back of leaves and inflorescence 
densely red-tomentose. Leaves simple ovate-cordate acute, bristle- 
serrate, glabrous above except the 5 pairs of nerves, 2*25 to 5 in. 
long, 175 to 4 in. wide; petioles 75 to 2*25 in. long. Cymes 
corymbose; peduncles *5 in. long. Flowers small white. Calyx 
hairy. Berry pea-shaped black small. Hab. Roadsides and 
thickets. Johor, Gunong Pantai. Malacca (Griffith) ; Machap 
(Derry). Perak, Larut (Kunstler). Penang (Phillips). Kelantan, 
Kwala Lebir. Distrib. Sumatra, Borneo, Java. Native name: 
Akar Pakan Paya. 
(20) V. furcata Lawson, lx. i. 646; King, lx. 399. 
Glabrous vine. Leaves simple fleshy coriaceous ovate acuminate 
to lanceolate, base blunt narrowed or broad, serrate ; nerves 4 to 5 
pairs, 2 to 4 in. long, ri to 2-5 in. wide; petioles *4 to it in. 
long. Cymes 1 to 175 in. long lax, 1 in. across ; peduncle short. 
Flowers cream-colour 4-merous. Panicles *5 to 75 in. long of 
5 branches, cymes -25 in. long; pedicels -15 in. long, red. Berry 
black. Seeds 1. Hab. Common in woods. Singapore, Chua Chu 
Kang; Bukit Timah. Johor, Castlewood. Malacca (Maingay). 
Selangor, Batu Caves. Perak, Larut (Kunstler); Gunong Batu 
Putih (Wray). 
var. pubescens King, lx. 
Branches, underside of leaves and cymes more hairy. Hab. 
Perak, Larut, Goping (Kunstler). 
