Hfc] XLIII. AMPELIDEiE (BAKER). 409 



Calyx downy and glandular, cyathiform, scarcely toothed, about £ line broad. 

 Stamens 4. Petals not seen. Stvle subulate. Berries subglobose, £-f in. 

 each way, blood-red, naked, gratefully acid. 

 Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



59. V. constricta, Baker. Stem wide-climbing, firm, } in. thick, 

 Wy striated, naked, constricted at the nodes. Petioles herbaceous, spread- 

 ing, weak, glabrous, 1-2 in. long. Tendrils stout, firm, glabrous. Leaves with 

 'leaflets, the terminal one obovate-elliptical, 3-4 in. long, f-1 in. broad, the 

 point acute, the edge entire, the lower part cuneate, narrowed gradually into 

 a P^ 10 ^ about | in. long, the lateral ones similar, short-stalked, erecto- 

 PJtent, the basal pair small, deflexed, sessile, texture coriaceous when dry, 

 noth sides glabrous. Flowers in a long thyreoid glabrous panicle, with a zig- 

 zag axis. Peduncles 2-3 in., stout, succulent. Pedicels slender, often £ in. 

 JJ Calyx 1 line broad, fleshy, cyathiform, not lobed. Petals 4, pale, 

 «%, cohering at the top, £ in. long. Stamens 4. Style nearly equalling 

 I « e corolla. Young fruit ovoid, erect, glabrous. 

 Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger country, Barter.' 



I i Y* sll kcUiata, Baker. Stems herbaceous, wide-climbing, terete, 

 ■Wy striated, clothed with scattered deciduous setae. Tendrils glabrous, her- 

 jf e 9 0u . s- leaves sessile, with 3-5 leaflets, the terminal one oblong or obovate, 



j 2 in. long, more than 1 in. broad, the point bluntish, the edge sharply 

 nt irregularly and not deeply toothed, the base rounded, the secondary pe- 



I I V" ~* "*" ^ 0n *' tne l atera ' one3 nearly sessile and often more rounded at 

 & e base, especially on the lower side, texture almost succulent, both sides 



glabrous. Inflorescence in a lax subcymose panicle, 2-3 in. broad, the ulti- 

 mate clusters of 1-3 flowers each. Pedicels £ in. long, glabrous. Calyx 

 jyatkiform, not lobed, | line broad. Corolla 1 line long. Petals and sta- 

 BaTl 4 ' Style Uearl y e( l ualun g tne P etaIs - Berries | in. long, oblong, 



Wosamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, near Tette and banks of the Luabo river, Br. Kirk ! 

 "•dy allied to the E. Indian C. setosa, Roxb. 



v 61 ■ Y« Vogelii, Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit. 2 6 7 ( Cissus) . Stem wide-climbing 

 W . i t ,° Ut ' nerlj aceous, sulcate, deciduously setose. Petioles 4-6^ in. 



g, weak, herbaceous, slightly setose. Tendrils herbaceous. Leaves digi- 

 ts ' Wltn 5 leaflets, the central one obovate, 2-4 in. long, 1-1 £ in. broad, 

 j Q e a P ex acuminate or cuspidate, the edge sharply, not deeply toothed, the 

 *«• half between cuneate and spathulate, the others similar, texture mem- 

 '|ioas, colour bright green, upper surface glabrous, lower very slightly pubes- 

 t on the veins. Flowers in copiously branched lax cymes, 6-9 in. broad, 

 ^uncles 5-6 in. long, stout, herbaceous. Pedicels $-\ in. long, slender, 

 I aprous. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, glabrous or slightly pubescent, under 

 jgB broad. Corolla under \ in. long, pubescent. Petals and stamens 4. 

 jg ^bulate, equalling the petals. Berry glabrous, globose, black when 



PPer Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogell 

 Wep Gtiinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch! 



