fi<»-] XLIII. AMPELIDE.E (BAKER). 401 



2-3 ft. high, herbaceous, erect, swollen at the nodes, glabrous, finely striated, 

 when living rose-purple with a glaucous bloom and an almost glassy trans- 

 'licence. Stipules 1 in. long, lanceolate-acuminate, fleshy, deciduous. Pe- 

 tioles or very short. Leaves digitately 3-foliolate, the leaflets subequal, ob- 

 lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4-8 in. long, 1-3 in. broad, the point acute, 

 the edge sharply but not deeply ciliate-denticulate, the base narrowed into a 

 •ong entire haft, texture considerably succulent, both sides quite glabrous, 

 colour when living a subglaucous green, when dry turning nearly black, 

 blowers in copiously compound, long-stalked, terminal cymes, 6-9 in. broad, 

 wita 3—5 long-stalked primary divisions ; ultimate pedicels slender, glabrous, 

 r? m. long. Calyx succulent, cyathiform, naked, not lobed, -§-| line broad, 

 "tals and stamens 4, the corolla greenish, nearly 1 line deep, prominently 

 constricted downwards, glabrous on the outside. Style subulate, equalling the 

 stamens. Berry turbinate, firm, purplish-green, |-f in. long, naked. 



Bpper Guinea. Niger, Barter ! 



tower Guinea. Ambaca, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 



«o*amb. Distr. Mambane, Br. Kirk! 



n exceedingly distinct and well-marked species, the leaves when dried resembling a good 

 ^ a branch of Fucus serratus. 



3 7- V. Currori, Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit. 265 (Cissus). Stem very succu- 

 Jj much branched, glabrous, \ in. thick. Petioles 2-3 in. long, \ in. thick, 

 |abrous and succulent like the stem. Leaves with 3 much-imbricated leaflets, 

 J e terminal one 6-8 in. long, 4 in. broad, cordate-oblong, the point obtuse, 



e edge with broad, blunt, irregular crenations to a depth of 1 line, the base 

 2 roun(leu > the petiolule | in. long, the lateral ones nearly as large, sub- 

 antl texture succulent but not very thick, not pubescent but all over mi- 

 tt , y P u «ctate. Flowers in copiously compound cymes, 4-5 in. broad. 



T, 3 ~ 4 in - lo "g> thick, succulent. Calyx 1 line broad, cyathiform, 



*«, not lobed. Corolla pale, -\ in. deep. Petals and stamens 4. Styles 

 0n g as the petals. Ovary glabrous, subturbinate. 



*«• Guinea. Elephants' Bay, Br. Curror ! 

 ¥ «y succulent and much-branched tree," Curror. 



JJ" V. juncea, Webb, Frag. Fl. Mthiop. 57 (Cissus). Root tuberous, 

 2j Cm evect ' lierl Jaceous, culmiform, striated, glabrous, leafless below, 

 Z 1 at tlle nodes ' the sti P ules scarious, subcoriaceous, acute, glabrous, 

 jE* ; Leaves quite sessile, with 3 subequal, oblong-lanceolate leaflets, 

 53 at tlle time of flowering are 6-7 in. long by about 1 in. broad, nar- 

 C Very dually from the middle to both ends, the edge inciso-crenate, 

 . .re membranous, both sides quite glabrous. Flowers in lax, long-stalked, 



cZij^™ 68 ' 3 ~ 4 in - broad ; P edicels !- 2 lines lon ^' slender ' set ^ se ' 



SI c e broad > cyathiform, not lobed. Corolla green, subglobose. Pe- 

 stamens 4. Style subulate. Ovary short, glabrous. Fruit not seen. 



eLand - Nubia, Figari; Gallabat, Schweinfurth ! 



*i Y; er ythrodes, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 284. Stem quite woody, 

 £25 terete > ™gose, glabrous, but the young shoots finely grey- or slightly 

 ^nous-pube SC ent. Petioles J-H in. long, firm, spreading, pubescent 



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