48 COL. GRANT—BOTANY OF THE SPEKE AND GRANT EXPEDITION. 
8. VITIS GRANTH, Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. 1. 400. Foliis simplicibus, palmatim quinque- 
fidis, inæqualiter denticulatis, sinibus basi rotundatis glabrescentibus ; cymis paniculatis, 
floribus subsessilibus, pentameris; calyce cupuliformi subintegro; ovario sub-biloculare, 
ovulis geminis. 
Rami graciles, elongati, internodiis bisulcatis, glabri v. lana subarachnoidea tenui parce obsiti. Folia 
5-fida, basi cordata, sinu late rotundato, lobis obovatis v. obovato-ellipticis, apiculatis, breviter et inæqualiter 
dentato-serratis, membranacea, supra glabrata v. pilis appressis lanatis tenuiter tomentella, infra puberula 
v. nervis venulisque tomentoso-pubescentibus, 2-3 poll. longa, 2-84 poll. lata; petiolus 1-14 poll. 
Pedunculi 13-9 poll. longi, dichotome divaricatim ramosi. Alabastra parva, subglobosa, glabra, subsessilia 
in cymulas congestas disposita. Calyx cupuliformis, subinteger v, obsolete 5-dentatus. Petala 5. An- 
there ellipticæ, тийсе. Ovarium (іп alabastro) sub-biloculare ; ovula geminata. 
Hab. Usui, 2° 42’ В. lat., Col. Grant ! 
Our single specimen is in bud only, so that I have not described the disk or other details of the flower, 
which are apt to alter in form or relative size by the time of expansion of the flower. 
[In flower on the hill-slopes of Usui in November.—J. А. G.] 
Plate XXIII. fig. 1. Bud; fig. 2. Flower laid open. 
4. Vitis (018808) ADENOCAULIS, Steudel; A. Rich. FI. Abyss. i. 111; Baker, in Fl. Trop. 
Afr. i. 405. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Also Abyssinian. This is the Vitis subdiaphana of 
Appendix to Speke's Journal, 629. 
[Climbs amongst the bushes of the forest at Unyoro. Flowers in November and December.—J. А. G.] 
5. VITIS (Cissus) CYPHOPETALA, Fresen, in Mus. Senck. ii. 282; Baker, in Fl. Trop. 
Afr. i. 407. 
Hab. Unyoro, Col. Grant! Found also in Abyssinia. 
[Climbing amongst shrubs in Unyoro. Flowers October.—J. A. G.] 
9. Vitis (Cissus) стввнозА, Thunb.; DC. Prod. i. 631; Baker, in Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 410. 
— Cissus quinata, Ait.; DC. Prod. I. c. , 
Hab. Karagué, Col. Grant! Also in Zambesi and south of the tropics. 
[Growing in a thicket of bushes near water at Karagué. In flower December. Inflorescence like an 
umbel. Stem has coarse hairs of a pale green colour; branches swollen at the leaf-axils. Flowers 
very small; seem to have four stamina and one pistil. Fruit in December, a green elliptical berry 
a quarter of an inch long.—J. А. 6.) 
SAPINDACEÆ. 
1. CARDIOSPERMUM HALICACABUM, Linn.; DC. Prod. i. 601; Baker in Fl. Trop. Afr. 
i. 417. 
flab. Unyoro, common everywhere, Col. Grant ! Throughout the tropics. 
[Native name “ m”niolöla,” or chain-like, because, when the plant is boiled as a vegetable, it is stringy 
to eat. A creeper or climber, common everywhere. Seeds black, with a white arillus.—J AG] 
ÅNACARDIACEÆ, 
1. Ruus GLAUCESCENS, A. Rich. FI. Abyss. i. 143; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. 497.— 
В. undulatum, A. Rich. 1. с, 145. R. crenulatum, A. Rich. 1. о. 149. R. Quartinianum ? 
