156 XL. AMPELiDEJE. [Ampelocissus 



Feb. 1860. No. 1444. A sub-erect undersbrub, 3 to 5 ft. high. In 

 bushy places at the borders of woods near Catumba ; without either fl. 

 or fr. Feb. 1860. No. 1445. _ 



Some of the leaves are digitately compound while others are simple 

 and palmately lobed ; they show that this probably belongs to 

 A. heradei/oUa Planch., as regarded by Welwitsch and suggested by 

 Baker. 



7. A. angolensis Planch, in Jonrn. la Yigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 400. 



Vitis angolensis Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 410. 



Cazengo. — A widely climbing herb, with very densely clustered 

 blood-red flowers. In bushy places along the river Luinha near 

 Aguas Doces, and in Serra de Muxaula ; fl. Dec. 1854, fr. June 1855. 

 No. 1488. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A widely climbing undershrub. Leaves 5- 

 f oliolate, herbaceous but rather fleshy ; flowers yellow-reddish. In 

 high thickets in Serra de Alto Queta, sporadic ; fl. and fr. March 1856. 

 No. 1467. 



The following No. may be a state of the same species ; it differs 

 by having trif oliolate leaves : — 



PuxGO Andongo. — Herbaceous, widely scandent ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, deep-green ; tendrils flowering. Sporadic, by dense thickets 

 along the banks of the river Cuanza, near Candumba ; in young 

 flower-bud Jan. 1857. No. 1462. 



8. A. concinna Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 400. 



Vitis concinna Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 413. 



LOANDA. — Rather rare at the borders of bushy woods composed of 

 Acacia, at Mutollo, near Quicuxe ; fl. March 1854. No. 1491. 



9. A. obtusata Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1855, 

 p. 48; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 401. 



Vitis obtusata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



Pungo Andongo. — A robust undershrub climbing far and widely ; 

 stems angular, very tender ; leaflets 5, unequal, very obtuse, becoming 

 rigid ; flowers dark-red ; young fruits red, a little juicy. In the more 

 elevated thickets of the mountains of Pedras de Guinga, and less 

 common on the rocks of the fortress of Pungo Andongo ; fl. and young 

 fr. March and April 1857. No. 1461. A subscandent undershrub, 

 sometimes erect and nodding at the apex, or decumbent ; flowers 

 red. In sandy-earthy thickets, at the borders of woods composed of 

 Panda, near Luxillo, not far from the fortress, sporadic ; fl. Dec. 1856. 

 No. 1504. 



10. A. arcuata Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 402. 



Vitis ai'cuata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



Pungo Andongo, — An undershrub, almost a shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; 

 stems at first straight, at length arching-deflexed ; branchlets and 

 leaves secund. In wooded sandy-earthy thickets near Luxillo, in woods 

 composed of Panda ; with badly developed fl. and young fr, April 1857. 

 No. 1460. 



