Ampelocissus] xl. ampelide^. 155 



2. A. leonensis Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Jan. 1885, 

 p. 30 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 387. 



Vitis Leonensis Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. Cissus 

 Leonensis Hook. f. in Hook, Niger El. p. 264 (1849). 



Sierra Leone. — A widely climbing shrub with reddish stem, 

 numerous and extensive branches, and blood-red shining fruits. 

 Frequent in wooded mountainous situations above Freetown ; with 

 ripe fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1500. 



3. A. salmonea Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Jan. 1885, 

 p. 31 j Monogr. Ampelid, p. 395. 



Vitis salmonea Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 394. 



Sierra Leone. — In wooded mountainous places above Freetown ; 

 without either fl. or fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1498. 



4. A. platanifolia Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 47 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 397. 



Vitis platanifolia Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. 



HuiLLA. — A shrubby herb or an undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high or in 

 poor ground scarcely H ft. high, strictly erect and rigid, with numerous 

 stems and without tendrils ; flowers reddish. In the open rather dry 

 and sandy woods consisting of Protea, etc., between LopoUo and the 

 river Monino, with young fl. Feb. 1860. No. 1447. A suffruticose 

 herb or an undershrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, erect or oblique, channelled, 

 very tough, without tendrils ; leaves softly coriaceous, very bright- 

 green above, ferruginous-hoary beneath ; flowers closely clustered, red ; 

 fruit violet-red, obovoid-oblong, nearly glabrous, more than half an 

 inch long, edible. In the thinner parts of the forest, between LopoUo 

 and the river Monino, amongst small trees of Pi'otea, Eugenia^ Dodoncea, 

 Parinarium, etc. ; fl. and young fr. (the latter not preserved) end of 

 Dec. 1859. No. 1505. 



5. A. heracleifolia Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 397. 



Vitis heracleifolia Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. 



PuNGO Andongo. — A climbing undershrub, sometimes standing 

 erect ; stems numerous from a woody root-stock. In open woods, com- 

 posed of Panda near the fortress ; sporadic ; fl. and flower-buds, 18 Oct. 

 1856. No. 1457. An undershrub of 2 to 3 ft. and more, with reddish 

 flower-buds. In sparingly grassy sandy places between the fortress and 

 Luxillo, sporadic ; not yet in full fl. Oct. 1856. No. 1457&. 



The same species occurs also at Caconda in the interior of Angola. 



6. A. dissecta Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885. 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 398. 



Vitis dissecta Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



PuxGO Andongo. — An undershrub 3 to 5 ft. high ; stem sub-erect, 

 firm, tough, striate, white-tomentose ; leaves compound, palmatipartite, 

 white-tomentose beneath ; flower-buds purplish. Not common in 

 wooded bushy places between Cazella and Luxillo ; not yet in full fl. 

 Oct. 1856. No. 1459. 



HuiLLA.— An erect undershrub, 3 to 5 ft. high ; stems several ; 

 cymes compact, small ; flowers reddish. In sandy-earthy woods com- 

 posed of Panda, near the great lake of Ivantala ; scarcely in full fl. 



