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leaflet oblong-lanceolate, l£-2 in. long, f-1 in. broad, the point acuminate, 

 the edge sharply but not deeply toothed, the base rounded or even cordate, the 

 petiolule £-1 in. long, glabrous or slightly pubescent, the lateral ones smaller, 

 often unequal-sided, texture membranous, not very thin, both sides with a few 

 small scattered rather bristly hairs. Flowers in copiously compound lax 

 fymes, 3-4 in. broad. Peduncles 1-2 in. long. Pedicels 1-1 } lines long, 

 slender, finely downy only when young. Calyx 1 line broad, naked, cyathi- 

 form, not lobed. Corolla cylindrical, 1 line 'long. Petals and stamens 4. 

 style subulate, nearly as long as the corolla. Fruit globose, naked, about } 

 * each way, with two large pyriform seeds. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, T. Vogel ! Nupe, Niger country, Barter ! 



North Central. Bornu, E. Vogel! 



tower Guinea. Angola, in numerous localities, Br. Welwitsck ! 

 i , ,, ms 8 ft. long ; underside of leaves glaucous." Very like V. oracilis in general habit, 

 *t the corolla quite different. 



j*. V. adenocaulis, Steud. in Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. Ill (Cissus). Stem 



*, rather woody, branched and very wide-trailing, angular, striated, clothed 

 W] tn scattered deciduous setse. Petioles 1-2 in. long, glabrous or slightly 

 setose. Tendrils copious. Leaves with 3, 5, or occasionally 7 leaflets, the 

 Wjf petioles forked above the middle, terminal leaflet ovate-oblong, 2-3 



• lon g> H-2 in. broad, the apex pointed, the edge inciso-dentate, the base 

 % un |>ed or cordate, the petiolule f-1 in. long, the lateral ones similar but 

 PI r > texture firmly membranous, both sides glabrous or slightly pubescent. 



owers in copiously-branched cymes, 1-3 in. broad. Peduncles 1-3 in. 

 5* Pedicels about 1 line long, finely pubescent. Calyx | line broad, cya- 

 ■ °nn, not lobed, finely pubescent. Corolla cylindrical, 1 line long. Petals 



"stamens 4. Style subulate, nearly as long as the corolla. Fruit black, 

 i2V\' nalcecl > a b° ut i in - broad, 3-seeded in cur specimens. — Walp. Ann. 



firth*? Land " Abyssinia, Sckimper ! Unyoro, SpeJce and Grant! Gallabat, Schwein- 



con "V V" macro Pus, Welw. in Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 77 (Cissus). Eoot 

 sisting of long cylindrical subsimple fibres, the trunk forming a large 

 ^e-conical bulb at the base. Stem l£-2 ft. high, suberect, very thick and 

 audi Cnt " ^ rancnes 6 - 18 in - l° n g> 2 ~ 4 in - tnick > covered > like the P etioles 

 Pet ] 6S ' W * tn wllite araclmoi d hairs when young, glabrous when mature. 

 lets it* 2 ~ 3 in * lon S> tnick and succulent. Leaves with 3-5 plicate leaf- 

 let ,,. terDlinal °ne short-stalked, 4-5 in. long, l|-2 in. broad, obovate or 

 / e -elhptical, the edge irregularly and closely, but not deeply toothed, the 

 you n I° Unded ' tlie lateral ones sessue > texture very succulent, both sides, when 

 Wif ai ^ c,lnoid - Flowers in copiously-compound glabrous cymes, 3-4 in. 

 ftifo ecluncles 2-4 iu. long. Pedicels } in. long, slender. Calyx cya- 

 abon+ m ' scarcel y ^bed, succulent, about 1 line broad. Corolla i in. deep and 

 the nf as , broad > slightly pubescent. Petals and stamens 4. Style equalling 

 Petals. Berry the size of a pea, globose, reddish-violet.— Bot. Mag. 5479. 



A Wer Guinea. Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 

 Very cu »ous and distinct species. Its nearest ally is the Namaqualand V. Bainesii, 



