**&] xliii. ampelide^; (baker). 389 



Petals 5 ; buds oblong. 



Inflorescence cymose ; leaflets distinctly stalked . . 64. V. angolensis. 

 Inflorescence thyrsoid ; leaflets subsessile . . . .65. V. multutriata. 

 Petals 4 ; buds cylindrical, constricted. 



Inflorescence cymose 66. V. oxyphylla. 



Inflorescence thyrsoid 67. V. bororensis. 



Petals 4 ; buds oblong, not constricted 68. V. aralioides. 



Petioles and leaves beneath more or less downy and 

 matted. 

 Steins herbaceous. 

 Leaflets distinctly stalked. 



Leaves sessile 69. V. congesta. 



Leaves stalked 70. V. Mannii. 



Leaflets sessile. 



Pruit naked ■ 71. V. serpens. 



Fruit densely glandular 72. T.Jlavicans. 



Stems terete, quite woody. 

 Leaflets all distinctly stalked. 



Petals and stamens 4 ; leaves slightly downy . . 73. V. curvipoda. 

 Petals and stamens 5 ; leaves matted beneath . . 74. V. concinna. 

 Side-leaflets sessile or subsessile ; terminal one short- 

 stalked ; petals 5. 

 Leaflets not pinnatifid. 



Leaflets faintly toothed 75. V. obtusata. 



Leaflets deeply inciso-deutate 76. V, arcuata. 



Leaflets deeply pinnatifid 77. V. dissecta. 



1- V. producta, Afzel.; DC. Prod. i. 629. Stem wide-climbing, 



sender but woody, naked, angular. Petioles naked, £-£ in. long. Stipules 



3I4 •' mem ^ rauoi »s. Tendrils slender, firm, branched. Leaves ovate-oblong, 



~* "I. long by less than half as broad; the base rounded ; the apex acumi- 



ate ; the edge slightly and distinctly ciliato-denticulate 5 texture subcoria- 



ce °us, both sides quite glabrous. Flowers in leaf-opposed, subsessile, simple 



KJLJ* 9 ~ 12 flowers each. Pedicels naked, ultimately $ in. long. Calyx 



yathiform, naked, entire, £ a line deep. Corolla whitish-red, oblong, a line 



ee P; the 4 petals separating or cohering. Style subulate. Fruit turbinate, 



na H black, 3 lines long. 



l2P? Gu »nea. Sierra Leone, JfzeHus! Don ! and gathered again, recently, by Dr. 



a iw descri P tion is taken from the original specimens at the British Museum. They have 

 Birch US ramifie(1 growth of abortive branches, similar to that often seen in the common 



Pef uf* A fzelii > Baker. Stem firm, woody, moderately stout, naked, 

 bro rf t in ' long ' nake(J - Leaves simple, oblong, 4-5 in. long, l£-lf in. 

 , a " ; tn e apex acuminate ; the base broadlv rounded, edge distantly denti- 

 stall 1 th Sides £ la brous. Tendrils firm, slender, branched. Flowers in short- 

 . ke d, subcorymbose or thyrsoid panicles, made up of several cymes of 6-12 

 c , s eac b ; the ultimate" pedicels 2-2* lines long, naked or nearly so. 

 JU* eyatniform, naked, not lobed, about ± a line broad. Corolla oblong, 



ne dee P ; petals 4, coherent ; style subulate. Fruit naked, turbinate. 



PPer Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius I Don ! 

 the 25 " llied to lhe preceding, but more robust, the stems thick, but not so strong, and 



"ilorescence copiously compound. This may be Cissus denticulata, Turcz. Bull. Mosc. 



