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naked. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm, slender, glabrous. Leaves rotundate- 

 cordate,4-6 in. each way, the basal lobes in the large ones an inch deep, the 

 apex acuminate or cuspidate, the edge furnished with conspicuous irregular 

 deltoid teeth, texture fleshy but thin, both sides quite glabrous, colour a bright 

 %ht green in the living plant, turning brownish-black when dried. Flowers 

 in copiously compound cymes, finally 3-4 in. broad, on spreading, firm, 

 woody peduncles, 1-2 in. long. Bracts fleshy, cordate-ovate. Flowers 6-10 

 in an umbel, the pedicels at first slightly downy when mature, naked, firm, 

 j in. long. Calyx cyathiform, entire, \ line broad. Buds oblong, glabrous, 

 Stamens and petals 4. Style subulate, undeveloped fruit naked, turbinate. 

 Lower Guinea. Congo, Smith ! Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



7. V. crassifolia, Baker. Stem wide- climbing, weak, herbaceous, 

 quadrangular, naked, fragile, the nodes lf-2 in. apart. Petioles naked, 

 fleshy-herbaceous, J-| in. long. Tendrils very slender. Leaves cordate, 

 2-3 in. long, lf-2 in. broad, the basal lobes rounded but shallow, the point 

 bluntisb, the edge conspicuously undulate-crenate, very succulent, both sur- 

 faces glabrous ; veins immersed, inconspicuous. Flowers in lateral, long- 

 stalked, few-flowered cvmes. Peduncles 3-4 in. long, herbaceous, naked. 

 Pedicels i-| in. long," slender, naked. Calyx subcyathiform, not lobed, 

 » »ne across. Petals 4, greenish, \ in. long, united at the point, htamens 

 4 Style subulate, 1 line long. Fruit ovoid, fleshy, 2-celled, each cell 2- 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, between Senna and Lupata, Dr. Kirk! 

 A very distinct and well-marked plant. 



,*• V. integrifolia, Baker. Stems wide-climbing woody, subterete, 

 JH the nodes of the shoots 1-2 in. long. Petioles H -2 in. ong, naked 

 5». lender. Leaves cordate-ovate, 2-3 in. long, lfr-S in. broad from 

 lhe «pexof the petiole to the edge nearly straight and tte lower cornel 

 m rectangular, the sides subparallel for the ^JW^.*™»* 

 Jfoaly, but the point subacute, texture membranous, both sides quite smooth 

 g glabrous, the lower pale green, the veins not raised, the edge not .a all 

 oothed, very slightly undulated. Tendrils few, slender Flowers m few- 

 Nered lateral cymes. Peduncles lf-2 in. long, firm, naked. Pedi eels « 

 J long, naked. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, 1 line broad. Petals 4, t m. 

 m cohering firmly at the tips. Style subulate, 1 line long. IfcwT bng tt 

 8c f^t, ovoid? fleshy, f in. long, £ in. broad, sour when ripe, 2-celled , the 

 cell* 2-seeded. 

 ^ozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, Shupanga and between Senna aud Lupata, Dr. 



A climbing shrub, flowering in September to December. 

 J 9 - V. uvifera, Afzel. , DC. Prod, i. 628. Stem wide-climbing, ^ firm 

 gfc naked, quadrangular or subterete, the nodes 1-2 ■vgJrteSSSft 

 \~l !«• long, slender, firm, naked. Leaves cordate-ovate %^^™*f. 

 H *■ long, 2-3 in broad, the basal lobes rounded, very #WJ 

 ,ln «* hardly at all produced, the point acute or acuminate, the edge slightly 



