fik] XLIII. AMPELIDEjE (baker). 403 



conspicuous, nearly 1 line broad, reddish. Style very short. Berries round, 

 glabrous, green, reaching £ in. each way. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Niger, T. Vogel, Barter ! 

 Mosamb. Distr. Zambesi, between Senna and Lnpata, Br. Kirk ! 

 "A climber 12 ft. long." 



42. V. amplexa, Baker. Stem very wide-climbing, firm, slender, an- 

 gular, not striated. Petioles about 1 in. long, glabrous, firm. Tendrils long, 

 g very slender. Leaves with 3 sessile leaflets, the central one oblong or 

 wvate, 1^-2 in. long, £ in. broad, the apex pointed, the edge indistinctly 

 dentate, the lower half subcuneate, the 2 lateral ones shorter and more 

 founded at the base ; texture membranous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in 

 ■ .compound glabrous cymes, 3-4 in. broad. Peduncle 2-3 in. long, firm ; 

 peaicels T -i j n> long, slender, naked. Calyx \ line broad, cyathiform. 

 yorolla not seen. Style short. Berry turbinate, naked or slightly setose, i 

 fc deep when dry. 



Mosamb. Distr. Banks of the Rovuma river, Br. Kirk ! 

 Comes very near the E. Indian V. angustifolia, Roxb. 



43. V. adenantha, Fresen. in Mus. Senck. ii. 283 (Cissus). Stem 

 oaerately firm, wide-climbing, copiously branched, terete, deeply striated, 

 e y villose when young. Petioles about £ in. long, spreading, slender, 



leTfl V .^ ose> Tendrils copious, finely branched. Leaves with from 4-7 

 ^ e |s (in our specimens), all stalked, and when there are 7 the lateral 

 at tli i ^ 0r ^ e< ^ again > terminal leaflet oblong-acuminate, cordate or rounded 

 e base, the edge irregularly but not deeply inciso-crenate, the lateral 

 ■ , es smaller, often unequal- sided ; texture membranous; upper surface 

 -■" villose, the lower more so, especially on the nerves. Flowers in co- 

 compound cymes about 2 in. broad. Peduncles spreading, about 



J • lon g, villose like the stem ; ultimate pedicels | in. long, glandular and 



fc?" Calyx cvatmfo ™, not lobed, | line broad, villose. Corolla cylin- 



««, constricted, 1 line long, glandular. Petals and stamens 4. Style 



*A» « line long ' Fruit turbin ate, glabrous, i in. long, 2-celled.— Cissus 



^A.Kich.Fl. Abyss. 110. 

 I ' ** ail d. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Ve name Asserkocha. One of the most wide-trailing species, flowering in June. 



&b Chilis, Baker. Stem weak, herbaceous, slender, wide-trailing, 

 2^' £ Ua drangular, deeply sulcate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, slender, herba- 

 Wio 3 )' g i r ° US ' tendrils long, very slender. Leaves quinate, the secondary 

 middf 8 i nder > glabrous, 1 in. long, the lateral ones branched about the 

 4eedt) . inal leaflet 2 ~ 3 in - lon g> 1-H in - broad > br °adly ovate, pointed, 

 tJrfoM'fae. the base cuneate, the lateral ones similar, but rather smaller, 

 JJ , e * J ! J J y membranous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copiously com- 

 Wba 8 brous cymes, 3-4 in. broad. Peduncles 2-3 in. long, slender, 

 lobed** 0118 ' Ultimate pedicels i in. long, slender. Calyx cyathiform, not 

 lioei 8 J een ' under | line broad. Petals 4, white. Style not more than i 

 n g- Ovary round, glabrous. 



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