18 IV. MENISPERMACE^. [SyncUsia 



far exceed the anthers. Petals very small, at the outer base of the 

 filaments, 3 or 4 ; perhaps they are reduced filaments. In very dense 

 and shady primitive woods of Serra de Alta Queta, one specimen in 

 male flower-bud, Feb. 1856. No. 1272. A twining little shrub, widely 

 climbing, in flower-bud, Alta Queta, Jan. 1856, rather rare. No. 1272&. 

 A scandent shrub, with slender stem, in woods of Queta, without flower 

 or fruit, Oct. 1855. No. 1272c. A slender little shrub, widely but not 

 highly climbing, stem 5 ft. high ; a form with exactly cordate leaves, 

 in very shady places of Serra de Alta Queta, sporadic, without fl. or fr. 

 Oct. 1855. No. 1272f/. 



6. CEBATHA Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. p. 171 (1775). Cocculus 

 DC. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 36. 



1. C. pendula 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 9 (1891). 

 Cocculus Leceha DC. Syst. Yeg. i. p. 529 (1818) ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. 



Afr. i. p. 44. 



A climbing shrub ; branches now and then twining, mostly 

 deeply pendulous; drupes in the living state spherical, of the 

 form and size of a small pea. 



Cape de Verde Islands. — St. Jago, in thickets in the interior of the 

 island, near Praia, etc., climbing on various trees, fl. and fr. Jan. 1861. 

 No. 2320. 



2. C. hirsuta 0. Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. i. p. 9. 

 Cocculus villosus DC. ; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 45. 



MossAMEDES. — A slender undershrub, at first decumbent with hastate 

 angular leaves, soon widely scandent with ovate-elliptical leaves, 

 twining ; stems 3 to 6 ft. long ; leaves all softly hairy ; flowers 

 greenish ; petals bifid. In rocky places composed of red sandstone 

 near Boca do Bero, not frequent, in young male flower in July 1859. 

 No. 2315. 



Benguella. — A decumbent ascending little shrub, subscandent ; 

 petals bifid. In sandy stony thickets between the rivers Cavado and 

 Cotumbella, in young male flower in June 1859. No. 2316. 



Bumbo. — Stem-leaves mostly angular-lobed. In high bushy places 

 on a red clayey soil near Bruco, at the base of Serra da Xella, fl. and 

 fr. Oct. 1859. No. 2319. 



7. CISSAMPELOS L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. i. p. 37. 



1. C. Pareira L. Sp. PI. edit. 1, p. 1031 (1753); Oliv. Fl. Trop. 

 Afr. i. p. 45. 



A very variable plant, comprising, in the opinion of Miers, 

 many distinct species. 



Barra DO Bengo. — An undershrub, 2 to 8 ft. long, widely climbing 

 but not high, much twining ; flowers pale yellowish green ; drupes 

 sparingly pilose. Frequent in palm groves and by crops of Euphorbi- 

 aceae, etc., from Quifandongo to Barra do Bengo, fl. and fr. Dec. 1853. 

 No. 2310. 



GoLUNGo Alto. — An ashy green herb, 4 to 7 ft. long, much twining, 

 dioecious ; male flowers yellowish ; drupes scarlet, hirsute, globose, as 

 big as a pea, 4-furrowed at the base ; seed solitary, horseshoe-shaped, 

 striate-rugose on the margin. Very frequent in exposed places at the 

 margins of thickets, throughout the whole district, and flowering a3 



