26 MR. H. N. RIDLEY ON THE 



trifoliolata glabra joolita la^te viridia coriacea ; petioli l|-unciales 

 f oliola subsiniilia ovata utrinque acuminata acuta, ferme Integra, 

 marginibus obscure sinuatis, lamina 3 uncias longa, 1| unciam 

 lata. Eacemi simplices in axillis foliorum superiorum, nutantes, 

 1| unciam longi, rhacbide pubescenti, basi nudi. Flores laxi 

 parvi virides, pedicellis brevibus pubescentibus. Bracteae bre- 

 vissima) ovatse obtusse. — d flores. Sepala 4, insequalia lata ovata 

 rotundata obtiisa, margine pubescenti. Petala sepalis suba3qualia, 

 uuguiculata, obcuneata, truncata, pubescentia. Stamina 8 ; fila- 

 menta quam sepala paiillo longiora, basi incrassata pubescenti, 

 antbersD ovoidese. Discus rotundatus insequilaterus, marginibus 

 incrassatis involutis. 



This large bushy shrub was very plentiful in the Sapate, espe- 

 cially in the more open spots. Its leaves are bright green and 

 somewhat hard and polished. The flowers are small and green, 

 borne on short racemes in the upper axils. The plant only com- 

 menced to flower shortly before we left the island ; and although 

 we sought carefully and took specimens from numerous buslies, 

 we were unable to find any female flowers ; nor is there the least 

 trace of a pistil visible upon the disk in the male flowers. 



Cardiospermum Halicacabum, L. Sp. PI. ed. 1, p. 366. 



Common on the main island in the thickets, especially in the 

 Sepate. Baskets are made of its stems. Elowers white, very 

 sweet-scented. 



Distribution. Most tropical countries. 



AMPELIDE^. 



ViTis viNiFERA, L. Sp. PI. cd. 1, p. 202. 



There are a few Vines cultivated here which produce good 

 fruit, but not in large quantity. 



V. SICYOIDES, Baker in Mart. Fl. Bras. xiv. 2. p. 202. — Cissus 

 sicyoides, L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, p. 170. 



Abundant, climbing over the bushes in the main inland in the 

 more open parts. In a small wood of Burrain the centre of the 

 island the stems of large size hung down from the trees like 

 lianes. The flowers are cream-coloured ; the berries black and 

 sweet. In the thickets of the Sapate we frequently found the 

 remarkable monstrous tufts looking like some parasitic plant on 



