374 JOTTINGS FROM A BOTANICAL NOTE-BOOK. 



longis ; ovario glabro ; fructum maturuin adhuc non vidi. I gathered 

 flowering specimens of this very fine plant in the month of May, in the 

 Quebrada Tacagua, in about 400 metres above the level of the sea. 



G. Two NEW SPECIES OF Cissus. — Many species of the genus 

 Clssus appear to be very little known, probably on account of the 

 generally bad condition of specimens in herbaria. They are, in- 

 deed, troublesome things to dry, breaking up nearly always in a great 

 many small and worthless fragments. The following two, which I 

 cannot identify with any of those described in the botanical works I 

 have access to, will perhaps prove to be new to science : — 



Cissus stxangular'is^ n. sp., caulibus ramisque sexangularibus alatis, 

 alis undatis ; foliis ternatis, petiolis et rarais colore vinoso pilosis, 

 i/ foliolo intermedio gequilatero basi attenuato apice breviter acumi- 

 nnto raai'gine crispo crenato-dentato dense ciliato, foliolis latera- 

 libus valde ineequilateris, omnibus supra saturate viridibus pilosidis, 

 subter pallidioribus nervis pilosis, pilis rufis ; inflorescentiis oppositi- 

 foliis cymas umbellatas formantibus, pedunculis sexangularibus pilis 

 rubris subasperis, pedicellis subbrevibus (5 millim. long.) ; floribus 

 rubris, disco pistilloque albo-luteis, fructu (immaturo) ovoideo pistillo 

 terminali coronato 1-loculari, loculo 1-spermo viridi, pedicello fructi- 

 fero reflexo. Petioli foliorum superiorum 2 centim., folia 4 centira, 

 et quod excurrit, inferiora duplo majora. Species alte scandens, pul- 

 cherrima. Florentem inveni meuse Junio in Quebrada Tacagua (alt. 

 300 metr.) prope Caracas. 



Cissus paucidentata , n. sp. ; caule ramisque teretibus, ad foliorum 

 ortum tumescentibus, internodiis brevibus (4 ceptim.) foliis sim- 

 V plicibus cordatis obtuse acuminatis (3 centim. long ,' 2 ad 3 lat.) 



grosse et remote dentatis, denies antrorsum inflexi -apice subtiliter 

 mucronulati, 5 ad 6 ab utroque latere limbi ; cymis umbellatis oppo- 

 sitifoliis (diam. circiter 3 centim.) pedicellis brevibus (2-3 millim.) ; 

 floribus par vis, viridibus. Tota planta glauca. Cum prsecedenti flo- 

 rentem mense Junio observavi. 



7. Cissus salutaris, H.B.K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. pi. v. 225. — 

 " Bejuco de sapo " incol. (/. e. Toad's Creeper). The root is a large, 

 woody tuber, used in refreshing poultices on inflamed or suppurating 

 parts of the skin. There is gome misstatement in Kunth's description 

 of the petioles, it ought to be " Petiolo communi poUicaris et quod ex- 

 currit, petiolulo foUi intermedii semipoUicaris, foliis lateralibus scssi- 



