^«] XLIII. AMPELIDEJ3 (baKEK). 411 



glabrous, much and finely striated. Petioles 2-4 in. long, firm, glabrous. 

 Tendrils long, copious, glabrous, much branched. Leaves with 5 subsessile 

 leaflets, the terminal one ovate, 5-6 in. long, 2-3 in. broad when mature, 

 pointed, the edge sharply but not deeply toothed, the base cuneate, the lateral 

 ones nearly as large, imbricated, the lowest pair rounded at the base, texture 

 herbaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copiously compound, short- 

 stalked, lateral, thyrsoid panicles. Pedicels about 1 line long, slightly villose in 

 the early stage. Calyx \ line broad, naked, cyathiform, slightly 5-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 5, oblong, cream-coloured, 1 line long. Stamens 5. Ovary pentagonal, 

 crowned by the short style. Berry ovoid, £ in. deep, 2-celled, each cell 1-2- 

 seeded.— F. pentaphylla, Guill. et Perr. PI. Seneg. 135. t. 33, non Thunberg. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger country, Barter ! Senegambia, Perrottet ! Ingram ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma, Dr. Kirk 1 



A large-growing woody climber, with clusters of fruit like those of V. vinifera, and leaves 

 not unlike those of Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 



, 6 6. V. oxyphylla, A. Hick. II. Abyss, i. 142. Stem firm, wide-clirob- 

 ln g, terete, striated, glabrous. Petioles 1-2 in. long, firm, glabrous. Tendrils 

 wpious, slender, branched, glabrous. Leaves with 5 leaflets, all on short stalks, 

 'he terminal one oblong-obovate, pointed, 2-4 in. long, f-1 in. broad, the 

 ™ge inciso-crenate, the lower half narrowed but the base rather rounded, 



e ' atera l ones similar but smaller, the basal pair deflexed, texture firm-herba- 

 Ce ous, both sides quite glabrous, upper surface shining, lower paler. Plowers 

 m copiously compound cymes 2-4 in. broad. Pedicels i in. or more long, 

 naked or glandular. Calyx \ line broad, glabrous, cyathiform, not lobed. 



orola \ i u . ] ong) cylindrical constricted. Petals and stamens 4. Style 

 ooulate, 1 line long. Berries turbinate, black, glabrous, £-f in. long when 

 am -—Cissus Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 180. 



Nile *«and. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Dillon and Petit ! 



6 ?- V. bororensis Klotzsch in Peters' Mossamb. Bot. 179 {Cissus). 



, m . w ide-climbing, slender, but firm, angular, sulcate, glabrous. Petioles 



;* in. long, slightly downy when young. Tendrils firm, copious. Leaves 



. y kaflets, the terminal one oblong or obovate, the point acute, the edge 



fcp'y serrated, the base narrowed gradually into a short petiole, texture 



woaceous, both sides glabrous when mature. Flowers in a copiously 



anched thyrsoid panicle, 6 in. long, 4 in. broad, with the main branches 



pnnging at right angles from the axis and the ultimate clusters subcymose. 



toil i 2 ~ 3 lines lon »> g^brous. Calyx cyathiform, \ line broad, scarcely 



othed, glabrous. Corolla 1 line long, cylindrical, constricted at the middle. 



«• and stamens 4. Style subulate. Fruit unknown. 

 o*amb. Distr. Zambesi, Boror, Peters ! 



*e V. o X y v hyii a in habit and the shape and clothing of its leaves, but in that the flowers 



c Jmose and the outer leaflets stalked. 



wom ^ arali oides, TVelw. mss. Stem climbing to a length of 30 ft., 

 J22 bel °w, scarcely more than herbaceous upwards, moderately stout, quite 

 ?* K>us, finely striated. Stipules soon deciduous. Petioles slender, herba- 

 *"»> glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Leaflets 5, the petiohdes of the terminal ones 



