410 XLIII. AMPELIDEiE (BAKER). [VUit. 



62. V. cirrhosa, Thunb. ; DC. Prod. i. 631. Stems wide-climbing, 

 herbaceous, finely striated, often densely clothed with deciduous setae. Pe- 

 tioles 2-4 in. long, weak, glabrous or ciliated. Tendrils copious, glabrous, her- 

 baceous. Leaves digitate, with 5 sessile leaflets, the terminal one ohovate, 

 4-6 in. long, l£-2 in. broad, the apex pointed, the edge with shallow mu- 

 cronate teeth, the lower half narrowed gradually to the base, the lateral ones 

 similar but smaller, especially the basal pair, texture membranous, colour 

 bright green, both sides glabrous or the under one slightly pubescent. Flowers 

 in a subcymose panicle, which is ultimately 6-9 in. broad. Pedicels \-\ in. 

 long, villose, ultimately cernuous. Calyx cyathiform, \ line broad, not lobed, 

 glabrous or finely villose. Corolla \ in. long, greenish. Petals and stamens 4. 

 Style subulate, equalling the corolla. Fruit oblong, setose, \ in. long.— 

 Cissus, Pers. Ench. i. 142 ; Harv. et Sond. Fl. Cap. i. 252. C. quinata, 

 Ait. ; DC. Prod. 1. c. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, in several places, Dr. Kirk ! 



Nile Land. Karague, Speke and Grant ! 



A weak, wide-climbing shrub, with large, deciduous, membrauous stipules and bracts. 

 We have imperfect specimens of a closely allied plant with naked stems, leaves, aud fruit 

 from the banks of the Niger, Barter I 



63. V. paucidentata, KlotzscJi in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. i. 179 (Cissus). 

 Stem wide-climbing, herbaceous, naked, terete, striated. Leaves digitate, 

 with 5 sessile leaflets, the terminal one obovate, 2-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, 

 the apex acuminate, the upper part with a few distant acute teeth, the lower 

 half cuneate-spathulate, the lateral ones similar, the basal pair smaller, texture 

 membranous, colour bright green, both sides glabrous. Flowers in a copiously 

 compound cyme about 3 in. broad, the ultimate clusters few-flowered. Pe- 

 dicels £ in. long, glabrous, very slender. Calyx cyathiform, scarcely lobed, •> 

 line broad, nearly naked. Corolla 1 line long, cylindrical, constricted at the 

 middle. Petals and stamens 4. Style subulate* nearly equalling the petals. 

 Fruit unknown. 



Mozamb. Distr. Sofala, Inhambane, Peters ! 



This most resembles V. gracilis in the texture of its stem and leaves, but the latter are 

 digitate. 



64. V. angolensis, Baker. Stems wide-climbing, woody, slender, 

 terete, naked. Petioles 2-4 in. long, firm, glabrous. Leaves with 5 distinctly 

 stalked leaflets, the central one oblong, 3-6 in. long, 2-4 in. broad, rounded 

 at the base, the point acute, the edge sharply and irregularly inciso-dentate, 

 texture membranous, firm but thin, the underside slightly downy on the veins 

 when young, both surfaces glabrous when mature. Tendrils copious, firm- 

 Flowers in dense copiously compound cymes, on short, naked, woody pedi- 

 cles. Pedicels very short, slightly grey-downy when young. Calyx \ »** 

 broad, glabrous, cyathiform, 5-lobed. Buds oblong, naked. Petals blood-red, 

 5, about a line long, spreading. Stamens 5. Style obsolete. Fruit sub- 

 globose, glabrous. 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto and Cazengo, Angola, Dr. Welwilsch ! 



65. V. raultistriata, Baker. Stem wide-climbing, woody, firm. teret0 ' 



