Seaeaannetiee . ca tnenercemameenne 
Cissus. | AMPELIDEZ (Kunth.) 251 
Has. Port Natal, Gueinzius, 98. (Herb. Sond.). 
Too nearly related to C. Thunbergii. The upper leaves are sometimes trifoliolate, 
and (. Thunbergii has, occasionally, 5-foliolate leaves. 
7. ©. pauciflora (Burch. Cat. 3009) ; shrubby, much-branched ; 
branches ash-coloured, pubescent, especially the younger ; leaves on 
very short petioles or quite sessile, ternate ; leaflets thick and rigid, ob- 
long, obovate or cuneate, obtuse, or 2—3-crenate, minutely appressed- 
pubescent, especially beneath, afterwards nearly glabrous, the lateral un- 
equal sided and shorter than the terminal ; cymes pedunculate, 3-6- 
Jlowered, glabrescent ; petals 5—6 ; berries glabrous, DC. Prod. 1. p, 630. 
Drege 7519, 7520, 7521. 
Var. «. cirrhiflora ; leaflets very entire. C. cirrhiflora, EH. & Z. ! 432. 
Var. 8. tridentata; leaflets repandly 2-3-toothed. C. tridentata, E. 
&Z.! 433. : 
Has, Woods in Uitenhage and Albany, common. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) 
A more slender plant than C. Thunbergii, with smaller leafiets and nearly sessile 
leaves. The two varieties run into one another. 
8. C. dimidiata (E. & Z.! 434); silky and canescent ; stems shrubby, 
sub-erect, densely branched ; branches canescent, twigs tomentose ; 
leaves sessile, ternate ; leaflets thick and rigid, silky on both sides, the 
middle one cuneate, truncate and very obtuse and repand at apex, 
the lateral dimidiate, straight along the inner margin, semi-ovate and re- 
pando-dentate on the outer ; cymes few-flowered ; petals ? 
Has. Rocky ground. Bothasberg, between Grahamstown and the Fisch Rivier, 
£. & Z. 1 Bushy dells near Grahamstown, Mr. Bunbury. (Herb. T.C.D., Sond.). 
Very near C. sericea, and perhaps a mere variety. The leaves are, however, 
more uniformly sessile, smaller, and the leaflets of different form, and more con- 
stantly, though bluntly toothed. 
9. ©. sericea (E. & Z.! 435); silky and canescent ; stems shrubby, 
sub-erect, much and densely branched ; branches erect, ash-coloured, 
canescent ; leaves shortly petiolate, or sub-sessile, ternate ; leaflets thick 
and rigid, silky on both sides, entire or repand, of nearly equal 
length, the medial elliptic-oblong, tapering at base, the lateral linear-ob- 
long, unequal-sided ; cymes sub-sessile, 3-6-flowered ; petals hairy. 
Has. Among shrubs. Winterhoeksberg, Uit. £.@Z.! Herb. Hook., T.C.D., 
Sond.). Deak Meret een en 
i srect shrub. It is clothed in every | with minute, close- 
This seems to be an erect shrub. in every part oe 
pressed, white hairs. In other respects it is nearly intermediate 
10. C. cuneifolia (E. & Z.! 431); shrubby, and much-branched ; 
branches tuberculate, thinly pubescent ; leaves petiolate, ternate, leaf- 
lets rigid, nearly glabrous or pubescent, eroso-dentate or sub-entire, 
penni-nerved, the medial bluntly rhomboid or obovate, or truncate, cuneate 
at base, the lateral somewhat ovate, unequal-sided, very obtuse and 
toothed on the outer margin ; cymes short-stalked, 12-20-flowered, dense, — 
with villous branches ; petals glabrous. . incequilatera, E. Mey.f in 
Has. Woods. Eastern Districts, Caffraria and Natal, E. & Z./ ! Kraus 
132. (Herb. T.C.D., Hook., Sond.) * bes eg ES 
