XLI. AMPELIDE^E. 
Vitis.] 
479 
ovate to oblanceolate acuminate or acute, narrowed to base, edge 
serrate, softly pubescent on the back or quite glabrous; nerves 
7 to 9 pairs, 15 to 2 in. long, *85 to 1 in. wide; petiolules *2 in. 
long (lateral) to -4 in. long terminal; petioles 1*2 in. long. Cymes 
1 to 2 in. across; peduncles 1-25 to 1*5 in. long puberulous. Flowers 
few puberulous. Calyx cup-shaped. Fruit pisiform. Hab. Open 
country, villages, etc. Malacca, foot of Ophir (Hullett); Ayer 
Panas (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Port Dickson. Selangor, Rantau 
Panjang; Rawang (Kloss). Penang (Curtis). Distrib. Java, 
Australia, Japan, China. 
(30) V. novemfolia Wall. Cat. 6030; King, l.c. 403. 
Long rather slender vine glabrous except the inflorescence. 
Leaves membranous of 7 to 9 lanceolate acuminate leaflets, the 
outer pair shorter oblique coarsely serrate, narrowed to the base, 
4 to 4*5 in. long, 1*2 in. wide; nerves fine 5 pairs, reticulations 
conspicuous; petiolules 2 in. long or less; petioles 2’2 in. long. 
Cymes large and lax about 2 in. long; branches stout on a peduncle 
4 in. long. Flowers rather few green *15 in. wide; pedicels '2 in. 
long. Calyx cup-shaped. Drupe 75 in. through, globose dull 
green. Seeds 2 to 4. Hab. Thick lowland forests. Singapore, 
Tanglin; Selitar. Pahang, Kwala Tembeling and Pulau Tawar. 
Malacca, Rim (Griffith). Negri Sembilan, Bukit Tumiang (Cant- 
ley). Dindings, Bruas. Perak, Maxwell's Hill. Distrib. Anda¬ 
mans. Native name : Lakom Tubaro. 
2 . PTERISANTHES, Bh 
Slender wiry climbers rather short. Leaves simple or trifoliate. 
Flowers sunk in a flat broad undulating and often lobed rachis, 
at first green, later becoming red, pendent on a slender peduncle 
with a number of usually female or neuter flowers on slender stalks 
from the edge. Calyx cupular obscurely toothed. Petals 4 ovate. 
Stamens 4. Stigma capitate on a short conical style. Berry 
globose 1- to 4-seeded sessile on the red rachis. Species about 12, 
Malay Peninsula and islands. 
Leaves simple glabrous. 
Leaves membranous; rachis 3 to 5 in. long by ’6 to 
1 ’5 in. wide .... . 
Leaves coriaceous; rachis 6 by '4 in. 
Leaves simple woolly beneath .... 
Leaves trifoliate glabrous; pedicels of flowers very 
long. 
Leaves trifoliate tomentose beneath. 
Leaflets linear-lanceolate ..... 
Leaflets lanceolate bullate above under 1 in. wide 
Leaflets oblong-obovate smooth over 1 in. wide 
Leaves 3- to 5-foliate arachnoid beneath; leaflets 
3 in. long, 1 -5 in. wide .... 
Leaflets 4 in. long, 2-5 in. wide; red tomentose 
beneath.. 
( 1 ) Pt. coriacea 
(2) Pt. Beecariana 
(3) Pt. eriopoda 
(4) Pt. glabra 
(5) Pt. Dalhousise 
(6) Pt. pulchra 
(7) Pt. cissoides 
(8) Pt. pedata 
(9) Pt. rufula 
