406 XLI1I. AMPELIDE.E (BAKEll). [Fltii. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5472, in which the habit is quite similar but the leaflets not more than three 

 in number. 



50. V. crassiuscula, Baker. Stems slender, firm-herbaceous, wide- 

 climbing, clothed with deciduous, fine, grey, glandular pubescence. Petioles 

 i-£ in. long, grey-glandular, like the branches. Leaflets 5, all distinctly 

 stalked, the petiole of the central one 2-4 lines long, the central leaflet ovate- 

 oblong, 1-1 £ in. long, by about half as broad, the point bluntish, the base 

 rather rounded, the edge irregularly crenate-repand, the surface crisped to- 

 wards the edge, texture quite succulent, upper surface grass-green, lower per- 

 manently matted with grey glandular tomentum like that of the branches. 

 Flowers in copiously compound lax cymes, 4-8 in. broad, on glandular, elon- 

 gated, weak, herbaceous peduncles, 3-4 in. long. Ultimate pedicels slender, 

 finely downy, 1-1 § line long. Calyx £ line broad, fleshy, not lobed, downy. 

 Corolla 1 line deep, cylindrical, downy. Stamens and petals 4. Style subu- 

 late. Immature fruit ovoid, grey-tomentose. 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch 1 



General habit and cymes of V. cymosa, but the leaves much smaller and permanently 

 matted beneath. 



51. V. andongensis, Welw. mss. Stem stout, firm-herbaceous, con- 

 spicuously striated, clothed, when young, with fine, short, salmon-coloured 

 tomentum. Stipules ovate, brown, under \ in. long. Petioles 1 in. long, 

 stout, herbaceous and downy like the branches. Leaves digitate, with 5 

 sessile obovate-lanceolate leaflets, the central one 4-7 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, 

 the point acute, the edge faintly inciso-crenate, the base cuneate, texture thick 

 and considerably fleshy ; upper surface bright green and glabrous, lower densely 

 and permanently matted with thick, salmon-coloured, almost woolly tomen- 

 tum. Flowers in copiously-compound cymes, 4-5 in. broad, on stout herba- 

 ceous peduncles, 1-2 in. long. Pedicels downy, about 1 line long. Clusters 

 not bracteated. Calyx £ line broad, very downy, slightly 4-lobed. Corolla 

 1 line deep, constricted, downy on the outside. Petals and stamens 4. Style 

 subulate. Fruit oblong, 4 lines long when dried, black and quite glabrous. 



Lower Guinea. Pnngo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



52. V. chloroleuca, Welw. mss. Stem stout, firm-herbaceous, conspi- 

 cuously striated, slightly grey-downy when young. Stipules 1 in. long, lan- 

 ceolate, brown, membranous. Petioles 3-4 in. long, stout, herbaceous, 

 nearly glabrous. Leaves with 5 sessile ovate-oblong leaflets, the central one 

 6-9 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, the point acute, the base subcuneate, the c<W 

 slightly inciso-dentate, texture thick, firm, considerably fleshy, upper surface 

 bright green and glabrous, lower densely and permanently matted with H«* 

 appressed, grey, cottony tomentum. Flowers in copiously-compound cymes, 

 4-6 in. broad, on stout herbaceous peduncles about 2 in. long. Clusters 

 with deciduous, linear, brown, membranous bracts, nearly i in. long. **»' 

 eels slender, 1-1 £ lines long, grey-downy. Calyx £ line broad, downy, «*• 

 entire. Corolla reddish, 1 line deep, slightly downy, soon expanding. u *j 

 tals and stamens 4. Berry oblong, ± in. long when dried, densely clothed 

 with grey tomentum. Style subulate. 



