AMPELIDE. 
Shaded Cissus. Shrub cl. 
é * 5 of . ri . 
Leaves simple, not cordate, entire or toothed, sometimes 
lobed. 
27 C. smina’crna (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 224.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, somewhat acuminated, obliquely truncate 
at the base, smooth above, hairy beneath, as well as the fur- 
rowed branches ; cymes and peduncles smooth. h.. S. Na- 
tive of South America on the banks of the river Magdalena in 
shady places, C. sicyoides, Poir. dict. suppl.1. p. 104. ex H. et B. 
Smilax-like Cissus. Clt. 1820. Shrub cl. 
28 C. ova‘ra (Lam. ill. no. 1619. St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 343.) 
leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, smooth, rather scabrous, with 
sharply-toothletted serratures; branches unarmed, channelled, 
smooth; pedicels and flowers smooth. h.. S. Native of 
Guadaloupe, Jamaica, and Brazil in the province of Rio Janeiro. 
Irsidla, Brown. jam. t. 4. f. 1 and 2. Very like C. sicyoides, 
but the leaves are ovate, not cordate. It is perhaps the Č. smi- 
lacina of Willd. enum. 163.? The berries are oblong and black, 
and are eaten by the natives. Flowers yellowish-green. 
Ovate-leaved Cissus. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
29 C, ELLIPTICA (Schlecht. et Cham. in Linnea. 5. p. 221.) 
leaves elliptical-ovate or obovate, truncate at the base; branches 
obscurely quadrangular. h.. S. Native of Mexico. This 
species differs from C. sicyoides in the leaves neither being cor- 
date, nor acuminated, nor smooth beneath. 
Elliptical-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 
30 C. ogscu' Ra (D. C. prod. 1. p. 629.) leaves ovate-lanceo- 
ate, acuminated, smooth, with a few awn-like, pressed ser- 
rajnres, k.? < S. Native of South America? Large pani- 
the C much branched, sterile, small ones fertile. This is perhaps 
a - ovata of Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. p. 105. a native of 
ayenne, but not of Lam. 
Obscure Cissus. Shrub cl. 
me UMBELLA'TA (Lour. fl. coch. 84.) leaves ovate, 
» quite entire ; umbels compound ; corollas woolly inside. 
ro S. Native of China about Canton. Calyx truncate, sur- 
unding the berry, which is 1-seeded. 
Umbeltate-flowered Cissus. Shrub cl. 
an C. GLANDULÒSA (Gmel. syst. 256.) leaves ovate, acute, 
rate-toothed, fleshy ; pedicels and calyxes glandular at the 
Forsk at: u». G. Native of Arabia. Sælánthus glandulosus, 
Hi escr. 34. Root tuberous. Stems round. Perhaps this 
` ict Same as C. glandulòsa of Horn. hort. hafn, 1. p. 143. 
Caas said to have hispid pedicels and calyx. 
landular-calyxed Cissus. Clt. 1819. Pl. cl. 
Sp 96 PRODUCTA (Afz. rem. guin. 63. ex Spreng. neue. entd. 
tech. SA.) leaves ovate-oblong, acuminated, with rather bristly 
i Powers panicled; shoots very long, striated, compressed. 
a S. Native of Guinea. 
sa duced Cissus. Shrub cl. 
prod, C. TUBERÒsA (Moc. et Sesse, fl. mex. icon. ined. D. C. 
trift à ` P- 629.) leaves obovate, smooth, coarsely-serrated or 
cw gue cut lobes ; root tuberous. Y. VY. S. Native of 
bably a Very like C. sicyoides and C. ovdta, and is pro- 
y only a variety of one of them. 
uberous-rooted Cissus. PI. cl. 
- MICRA'NTHA (Poir. suppl. 1. p. 105.) leaves smooth, 
ates somewhat 3 lobed, with PP te-serrated lobes, middle lobe 
eto’ peduncles quinquefid at the apex, umbellate, length of 
Small toa S. Native of St. Domingo. 
3 flowered Cissus. Pl. cl. 
tagonal DRMENTOSA (Lam. ill. no. 1613.) leaves somewhat pen- 
on iy untly-toothed, smooth above, and clothed with rusty 
€neath ; petioles compressed. h. VS. Native of Bour- 
Owers and fruit unknown. 
691 
I. Cissus. 
Tomentose Cissus. Shrub cl. 
37 C. ancuta‘ra (Lam. ill. no. 1614.) leaves ovate, some- 
what pentagonal, and angularly lobed, downy beneath ; peduncles 
flat, longer than the leaves. Y. U.S. Native of the East In- 
dies. Berry dark-purple. . 
Angular-leaved Cissus. P]. cl. 
38 C. Duartea'na (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 343. t. 71.) hairy ; 
branches unarmed, furrowed; leaves trisected or profoundly 3- 
lobed, obtuse, sinuated. h.. S. Native of Brazil in the province 
of Minas Geraes. Flowers umbellate at the tops of the branches. 
Duarte’s Cissus. Shrub cl. 
39 C. TRILOBa`ra (Lam. dict. 1. p. 31.) leaves 3-lobed or 
trisected ; lobes ovate, acute, toothed, rather fleshy; branches 
round. kh. S. Native of Malabar.—Rheed. mal. 5. t. 45. 
Three-lobed-leaved Cissus. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 
*** Leaves trifoliate. 
40 C. a’cipa (Lin. spec. 170.) leaflets obovatcly-cuneated, 
fleshy, smooth, toothed at the apex, but almost entire at the 
base. h. U.S. Native of South America and the West Indies. 
Jacq. schoenbr. 1. t. 33.—Plum. ed. Burm. t. 259. f. 3. Sicyos 
angulata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 1013. Berries black, surrounded 
by the calyx. ‘The whole plant has an acid taste. 
Acid Cissus. F]. June, Aug. Cit. 1692. Shrub cl. 
41 C. serosa (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 428.) leaves sessile ; leaf- 
lets 3, rarely 5, fleshy, smooth, oval, wavy, coarsely and un- 
equally bristly-toothed ; stipulas cordate; stems round, beset 
with glandular bristles. YY. S. Native of the East Indies in 
hedges and forests in the Rajamundree Cirear. Berries 1-seed- 
ed. Root fusiform. Every part of the plant is exceedingly 
acrid. The leaves toasted and oiled are applied to indolent 
tumours to bring them to suppuration. 
Bristly-toothed-leaved Cissus. PI. cl. 
42 C. carnosa (Lam. dict. 1. p. 31.) leaflets oval, obtuse, 
serrated, fleshy, smooth ; branches and petioles round. Y. J 
S. Native of the East Indies. C. pergamacea, Blum. bijdr. 
4th number.-—Rumph. amb. 5. t. 166. f. 2.—Rheed. mal. 7. t. 
9. Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 427. Berries black, 4-seeded. Flowers 
small, white. Branches rather flattened. 
Fleshy-leaved Cissus. “Cit. 1818. Pl. cl. 
43 C. TRIFOLIA`TA (Jacq. amer. 23.) leaflets obovate, deeply 
serrated, acute, fleshy, smooth; branches subalate. kh. U.S. 
Native of Jamaica and Surinam in hedges. Swartz, obs. p. 50. 
—Sloan, jam. t. 142. f. 5-6.? Sicyos trifoliata, Lin. spec. ed. 1. 
p- 1013. Berries small, black. This is probably distinct from 
C. ácida. C. trifolidta of Lour. is most probably a very distinct 
species. 
Every part of the plant is acid. 
Trifoliate Cissus. Fl. June, Aug. Cit. 1739. Shrub cl. 
44 C. cav’stica (Tuss. ant. t. 16.) leaflets ovate, obtuse ; 
branches round, jointed, succulent; petioles channelled. h. S. 
Native of the Caribbee Islands. Flowers corymbose, blood- 
coloured. The plant is very caustic, 
Caustic Cissus. Shrub cl. 
45 C. sarura`ris (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 225.) 
leaflets oblong, sharply serrated, full of pellucid dots, hairy 
above, and clothed with rusty hairs beneath ; branches round, 
and are as well as the peduncles hairy and striated. h.o S. 
Native of New Andalusia near Quetepe and Cumana in arid 
places. The root of this species is useful against dropsy. 
Salutary Cissus. Shrub cl. l 
46 C. spixòsa (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 345.) branches spinose, 
young ones tomentose ; leaves ternate ; leaflets un- 
olate, dentately serrated, covered with white tomen- 
pedicels pilose ; flowers puberulous. h. S. 
Flowers 
angular, 
equal, lance 
tum beneath ; I j ) 
Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 
umbellate at the tops of the branches. Petals violet? 
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