332 DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF VITIS. 
Clutha, in the interior of the province; probably what Dr. Hooker 
subsequently called in honour of that active local botanist 4. Buchanani, 
though it may be A. adscendens, Vahl, or A. microphylla, Hook. f., 
both of which also occur in the central lake districts of Otago. 
DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW SPECIES OF VITIS FROM 
CENTRAL AMERICA. 
By BerTHOLD SEEMANN, Pu.D., F.L.S. 
Vitis (Cissus) Chontalensis, sp. n., Seem. mss.; glabra, ramulis an- 
gulatis ; foliis 3-foliolatis, foliolis lateralibus oblique ovato-acuminatis, 
terminali elliptico, omnibus dentatis ; cymis compositis, cymulis 10-12- 
floris, pedicellis calycibus corollisque coccineis, petalis 4 triangulari- 
ovatis acuminatis (deciduis); staminibus 4, antheris ovatis (filamen- 
tisque flavis) ; ovario ovato-acuminato (viridi), stylo elongato (coc- 
cineo), stigmate punctiformi. 
his elegant climber is very abundant in the wooded mountains of 
Chontales, Republic of Nicaragua, Central America, where it covers 
rocks and trees, and by its graceful habit, lovely green foliage, and 
bright scarlet flowers (which appear about Christmas), forms a con- 
spicuous object of the scenery of that region. It was introduced by 
me, together with two other species of Vitis, and handed over to Mr. 
William Bull, of King’s Road, Chelsea. 
Vitis (Cissus) Javalensis, n. sp., Seem. mss. ; ramulis teretibus striatis 
petiolisque glabris; foliis simplieibus cordatis acuminatis mucronato- 
dentatis, supra pulehre pubescente-velutinis viridibus, costa venisque 
purpurascentibus, subtus glabris purpurascentibus; cymis compositis 
(coccineis). 
This is another apparently undescribed Vitis from the Chontales 
mountains, where it grows about the Javali gold and silver Mine, but 
it is not so abundant as V. Chontalensis, nor does it flower so freely. 
The flowers, however, are of as bright or even brighter scarlet than 
aoris—as occurring in Otago, where its wood is said to be commonly used 
for fencing. The flower, he sb is like that of our Honeysuckle. But, ac- 
cording to ag "Handbook (p. 241), this is geom bud a North Island tree. 
If so, M. in does not yoa e 
follow that the * : Handbook is Hat. ngs he wrong; sarm I have shown 
pus paper at least one consp error—in citing a a 
ew Zealand plant, the Tode: angustifolia, as exclusively pE in 
distribution to the North Island! (Vide also Pimelea prostrata.) 
