414 XLIII. AMPBLIDE.E (BAKEU). [VUU. 



glabrous. Petioles 1-1| in. long, firm and slightly matted. Leaflets 5, the 

 petiole of the terminal one more than | in. long, the central leaflet obovate- 

 oblong, 2-2£ in. long by about half as broad, the apex acute, the base 

 broadly rounded, the edge faintly inciso-dentate ; texture membranous, upper 

 surface nearly or quite glabrous when mature, lower matted all over with ap- 

 pressed, grey, slightly salmon-coloured, cottony tomentum. Tendrils firm 

 and copious. Flowers in dense cymose heads about 1 in. broad, on firm 

 woody peduncles 1 in. or less in length; pedicels very short. Calyx 3 line 

 broad, distinctly 5-lobed, scarious and considerably webbed. Buds crimson, 

 roundish, glabrous, under 1 line long. Stamens and petals 5, the latter soon 

 spreading. Berry not seen. 



Lower Guinea. Loanda, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



75. V. obtusata, Welto. mss. Stems wide-climbing, quite woody, 

 terete, striated, only the young branches slightly grey-downy. Petioles 

 about 1 in. long, firm, woody, slightly downy. Leaflets 5, the terminal one 

 on a petiolule 3-4 lines long, the leaflets obovate, 4-6 in. long by half as 

 broad, narrowed throughout the lower half, the point obtuse, the edge faintly 

 toothed; texture membranous, upper surface glabrous, lower thinly grey- 

 downy, the lateral leaflets sessile or nearly so. Flowers in dense cymose heads, 

 1 or finally 2 in. broad, on woody peduncles 1 in. or rather more long; pe- 

 dicels very short. Buds globose, crimson, Calyx 1 line broad, scarious, 

 distinctly 5-lobed. Stamens and petals 5. Style none. Young fruit gla- 

 brous, turbinate. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



76. V. arcuata, Welw. mss. Stems quite woody, stout, terete, faintly 

 grey-downy when young, 4-6 ft. high, at first erect, afterwards arcuate, the 

 leaves and branches secund. Petioles \-\\ in. long, woody, slightly grey- 

 downy. Leaflets 5, the central one on a petiolule 3-4 lines long, the leaflets 

 lanceolate-obovate, 4-5 in. long, about 2 in. broad, the point acute, the base 

 cuneate, the edge sharply and irregularly inciso-dentate ; texture membranous, 

 upper surface glabrous, lower thinly clothed with grey rather cottony pubes- 

 cence. Flowers in dense cymose heads about 1 in. broad, on firm woody 

 peduncles about 1 in. long 5 pedicels glabrous, very short. Calyx deeply eya- 

 thiform, J line broad, glabrous, indistinctly 5-lobed. Buds globose, glabrous. 

 Stamens and petals 5, the latter reddish-purple, yellow within. Style 0. 

 Immature fruit glabrous, turbinate. 



Lower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



77. V. dissecta, Baker. Stems stout, suberect, 3-5 ft. high, deeply 

 sulcate, slightly matted upwards with cottony tomentum. Petioles 1J-3 in- 

 long, firm. Leaflets 3-5, the lateral ones sessile or nearly so, the terminal 

 one on a petiole about ± in. long, oblong or obovate in general outline, 6-8 

 in. long by about half as broad, pinnatifid nearly or quite halfway down to 

 the midrib, the point blunt or subacute, the base cuneate, the edge distinctly 

 inciso-dentate ; texture membranous, upper surface green, glabrous when ma- 

 ture, lower matted all over with appressed, grey or slightly salmon-coloured, 



