44 FLORA VITIENSIS. 
Orvo XXIX. AMPELIDEJE. 
I. Vitis, Linn. Gen. n. 284; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 387. Calyx brevis, integer v. 4—5- 
dentatus v. -lobatus. Petala 4—5, libera v. apice calyptratim cohsrentia. Discus varius v. obsoletus. 
Stamina 4-5, infra marginem disci inserta; anther libere. Ovarium ovoideum v. subquadratum, 
2-loculare (interdum imperfecte), rarissime 3-4-loculare; stylus 0 v. brevis, conicus v. subulatus; 
ovula in loculis 2. Bacca ovoidea v. globosa, 1—2-locularis, loculis 1-2-spermis.—Frutices cirrhosi, 
sarmentosi, spe scandentes; folis simplicibus v. compositis rarissime 2-pinnatis, foliolis integer- 
rimis serratis v. dentatis, nunc pellucido-punctatis; pedunculis oppositifoliis v. rarissime axillaribus, 
siepissime versus apices ramulorum sitis; floribus parvis, umbellatis cymosis paniculatis racemosis v. 
spicatis, ebracteatis, non raro polygamis.—Cissus, Linn. Gen. n. 147. : 
l. V. saponaria, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1859, p. 254; Mission to Viti, p. 484; A. Gray in 
Proceed. of Amer. Acad. vol. v. p. 316; Benth. Fl. Austr. vol. i. p. 448; ramulis foliisque junioribus 
hirsuto-tomentosis ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis late ovatis acuminatis integerrimis v. crenatis membra- 
naceis, penninerviis v. distincte 5-nerviis; cymis laxis divaricatis multifloris, longe pedunculatis ; 
floribus subglobosis; petalis 4; stylo conico; bacca depresso-globosa.—Cissus geniculata, A. Gray, 
Bot. Wilkes, p. 272, non Blum. Nomen vernac. Vitiense, “ Wa Roturotu."— Moturiki (Seemann ! 
n. 76), Bua, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.). Also collected in Queensland (R. Brown! M‘Gil- 
livray !). : 
A. Gray (Proceed. Amer. Acad.) identified my specimens with those collected in Viti by the United 
States Exploring Expedition, and with a mark of doubt referred by him to Cissus geniculata, Blum. The 
natives use this creeper for washing their hair to destroy the vermin. The stem, especially the thicker 
part, is cut in pieces from a foot to eighteen inches long, cooked on hot stones, and when thus rendered 
quite soft, it produces in water a rich lather almost equal to that of soap. 
2. V. Vitiensis, Seem. Mission to Viti, p. 434; glabra; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis petiolulatis 
subcarnosis ovatis seu ovalibus acuminatis dentato-serratis; cymis brevissime pedunculatis; bacca 
obovoidea.—Cissus Vitiensis, A. Gray, Bot. Wilkes, p. 272.—Nomen vernac., teste T. Williams, 
“Wa Godro.”—Bua Bay, Vanua Levu (U. S. Expl. Exped.; Williams !). 
The flowers of this species are still unknown. 
3. V. acuminata, Seem. in Bonplandia, 1859, p. 255; glabella; folis pedato-5-foliolatis 
nunc 3-foliolatis ; foliolis membranaceis ovatis seu ovali-oblongis basi acutis apice eximie acuminatis 
ingqualiter serratis; pedunculis gracilibus laxifloris; bacca ign.— Cissus acuminata, A. Gray, Bot. 
Wilkes, p. 273.—Ovalau (U. S. Expl. Exped.; Seemann! n. 77). 
II. Leea, Linn. Mant. 124; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. p. 388. Calyx 5-dentatus. Petala 5, 
basi inter se et cum tubo stamineo connata, revoluta. "Tubus stamineus conicus urceolatus v. subglo- 
bosus, subinteger v. 5-lobus v. 5-partitus, fauce nuda v. membrana annulari semiclausa, filamentis 
inter lobos tubi insertis introflexis; anthers v. liberz exsertz v. tubo incluse. Ovarium disco inser- 
tum, 3-6-loculare; stylus brevis, stigmate incrassato; ovula in loculis solitaria. Bacca 3—6-locularis. 
Semina erecta, testa dura, tegmine inter plicas v. rugas albuminis cartilaginei immerso ; embryo 
parvus, rectus v. lente curvus, cotyledonibus ovatis v. subfoliaceis, radicula conica.— Arbores parvee v. 
frutices, ramulis szepius striatis v. sulcatis rarissime aculeatis; foliis alternis pinnatis v. 2—3-pinnatis, 
foliolis integerrimis v. serratis, petiolis basi dilatatis vaginantibus stipulzeformibus ; pedunculis op- 
positifoliis, nunquam cirrhiferis, cymoso-decompositis; floribus parvis v. majusculis, rubris flavis 
v. viridibus.— Aquilicia, Linn. Mant. 211. Ottilia, Geertn. Fruct. vol. i. p. 275. t. 57. 
1. L. sambucina, Willd. Spec. Plant. vol. i. p. 1177; fruticosa, glabra; ramulis junioribus 
