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RHAMNEA. 
[1. Внаммоз, sp., probably R. prinoides, L’Hér., Speke's Appendix, 629. Leaves only preserved. 
A shrub growing by water, with red, currant-sized and -coloured berries, soft and sweet, with a hard 
stone. Fish are brought to the surface by throwing a mash of its leaves and berries into the water. 
Native name “© m’quate-quate.” December 1862, 3° М. lat.—J. А. G.] 
_ 2. ZIZYPHUS JUJUBA, Lam.; DC. Prod. ii. 21; Hemsley in Fl. Trop. Africa, i. 379.— 
2. abyssinicus, Hochst.; A. Rich. FI. Abyss. 1. 186. Z. æylopyrus, Hochst. in hb. Schimp. 
Abyss. (non Willd.). 2. orthacantha, DC. Prod. ii. 21 (ex descr.). 
Hab, Madi woods, Col. Grant! In leaf only. Widely distributed in the Old-World 
tropics, and cultivated for the sake of its fruit. 
[Native names * kalembo,” “ m'konazee."  Leaf-surface dull, mouldy beneath. In fruit at Ugani, 
4° N. lat., in November. Fruit round, smooth-skinned, pink colour, and nearly all stone, leaving nothing 
to eat. At the markets of Khartoom and Berber, on the Nile, baskets full of this fruit are for sale. In 
Abyssinia the fruit is pounded and made into a ball, which tastes like a dry old sponge-cake, but fruity 
. also. The colour of this preparation is that of a pease-pudding. The natives throw its mashed fruit into 
water for the purpose of bringing fish to the surface. Fences are made of the thorny branches ; and goats 
are very fond of the leaves.—J. А. G.] 
ÅMPELIDEÆ. 
1. VITIS CORNIFOLIA, Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1.390. Foliis simplicibus ovato-ellipticis, 
obtusis, minute denticulatis, subtus primum tenuiter tomentosis, supra sparse pilosulis ; 
cymis lateralibus, ramulis divaricatis, pedicellis ssepius umbellulatis, flore subæquilongis ; 
floribus tetrameris; ovario 2-loculari, ovulis geminatis. 
Suffrutez, ramulis ultimis subteretibus primum tomentellis deinde glabratis striatisque. Folia sub- 
membranacea, breviter petiolata, ovato-elliptica, obtusa v. obtusiuscula, basi rotundata, margine remote 
denticulata, primum supra tenuiter pilosula, subtus tomentosa, denique glabrata, 2-22 poll. longa, 1 poll. 
lata; petiolus ¿— poll. longus. Pedunculi laterales pollicares, partiales divaricati, glabri v. parce 
tomentosi; pedicelli subumbellati, 15-2 poll. longi. Flores 4-meri. Calyx brevis cyathiformis sub- 
integer. Fructus (immaturus) ovoideo- v. obovoideo-ellipsoideus, stylo уран apiculato. 
Hab. Madi (658), Col. Grant! Fruit edible. 
Mr. Baker unites, probably rightly, under the same species a western plant of Barter's, collected in 
Nigritania. In this latter the leaves are larger, more ovate and acute, with эрт, petioles. It із 
described by Barter as “ herbaceous, 3 feet” high. 
[A low-growing bush, 3 feet high, on a slope by water. Branches alternate, very thickly and fleshily 
jointed. Leaves alternate, perfectly ovate, 14 by 1 inch, the edges three- to four-toothed. Neither 
thorns nor tendrils. Fruit pear-shaped, edible, but not pleasant to eat, $ inch long, when green dotted 
at the apex with pink spots, when ripe of a deep purple, with one stone } inch long, with a nick on one 
side. Ripe at Madi in December. Unknown to our men from 10° S. lat., but called * m'pungee-pungee ” 
by other natives.—J. A. G.] 
Plate XXII. fig. 1. Bud; fig. 2. Flower laid open; fig. 8. Fruit. 
2. VrrIS (Cissus) QUADRANGULARIS, Linn. ; DC. Prod. i. 628; Baker, іп Fl. Trop. Afr. 
i. 399.—0. tetraptera, Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 268. C. bifida et С. triandra, Schum. et Thonn. 
РІ. Guin. 80, 81, 
_ Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! From Tropical Africa eastward to the Indian archipelago. 
[Native name “ meeoleh-oleh.” Hangs in pendants from lofty trees in Unyoro. The stem takes а 
distinct turn, and is jointed every six or so inches. 2:4.3:01 
