3D2 xliii. ampelidejE (baker). [Vita. 



and distantly toothed, texture subcoriaceOus, both surfaces glabrous, the veins 

 beneath not prominent. Tendrils long, copious, firm. Flowers in copious com- 

 pound lateral cymes. Peduncles £-£ in. long, firm, naked. Clusters 6-10- 

 flowered ; pedicels %-\ in. long, villose. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, J line 

 broad. Petals 4, £ line long, greenish, cohering at the point. Stamens 4. 

 Style subulate. Fruit globose, about the size of a pea, black when mature, 

 l'-celled, l-seeded.— Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit, 262. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. VoyeV. Mann I Eppah, Barter I 

 A wide-climbiug shrub, trailing over low bushes, with steins sometimes 30 ft. long) 

 flowering in September. 



10. V. arguta, Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit. 261 (Cissus). Stem wide-climbing, 

 much branched, firm, woody, naked, subterete, the nodes about 2 in. apart. 

 Petioles about 1 in. long, slender, glabrous. Leaves cordate-ovate, 3-4 in. 

 long, 2-2£ in. broad, the basal lobes rounded, $-$ in. deep, the broadest part 

 of the leaf two-thirds of the distance from the apex to the base, the point 

 acute or acuminate, the edge sharply but not deeply toothed, the teeth point- 

 ing upwards, texture crisp, membranous, both sides green and glabrous, 

 the lower one rather shining. Tendrils long, copious, firm. Flowers m 

 copiously compound lateral cymes. Peduncles \- f in. long, firm, rather 

 hairy. Clusters 6-10-flowered; pedicels }-% in. long, ferrugineo-tomentose. 

 Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, £ line across. Petals 4, a line long, cohering 

 at the apex. Stamens 4, glandular at the base. Style subulate, nearly as 

 long as the petals. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country ; Quorra and Ibu, T. Vogel ! 



A copiously-branched, wide-climbing shrub, flowering in August and September, ft" 

 not known. In habit and the shape and cutting of its leaves, this comes near the E. Indian 

 V. parviflora, Roxb. 



11. V. suberosa, Welw. mss. Stems woody, wide-climbing, the mam 

 ones with 4 thin corky wings, £-f in. broad, not present on the young 

 branches, which are naked, subquadrangular, almost herbaceous, finely striated. 

 Stipules broadly ovate, rather fleshy. Petioles l|-2 in. long, herbaceous, 

 glabrous. Leaflets rotundato-cordate, 3-4 in. each way, the point acumi- 

 nate, the margin conspicuously and irregularly inciso-dentate, texture firmly 

 membranous, both sides quite glabrous. Tendrils woody. Flowers « 

 copiously compound irregular cymes, on peduncles 2-4 in. long. Clusters 

 6 1 2-flowcred, the pedicels £-i in. long, slightly downy. Calyx cyathiform. 

 not lobed, f line broad. Corolla a line long. Petals and stamens 4. style 

 subulate, equalling the petals. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



Flowers like those of V. arguta, and leaves similar in shape but more deeply cut. The 

 stem very peculiar. 



12. V. glaucophylla, Hook.f. Fl. Niffrit. 263 (Cissus). Stem wide- 

 climbing, slender, firm, woody, subteTete. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm. n ^ ke j 

 Leaves rotundate-cordate, 4-6 in. each way when fully developed, the basal 

 lobes broadly rounded, the point subacute, the edge slightly ciliato-denticu- 

 late, texture firmly membranous, both sides glabrous. Tendrils few, slender. 



