Fitis.] XLiii. AMPELiDEiE (baker). 389 



Petals 5 ; buds oblong. 



Inflorescence cymose ; leaflets distinctly stalked , . t>i. V . angofemit. 

 Inflorescence thyrsoid; leaflets siibsessiie . . . .05, V. muUulnala. 

 Petals 4 ; buds cyliudrical, constricted. 



Inflorescence cymose 06, T. oryphylla. 



Inflorescence thyrsoid 07. V. bororenMU. 



Petals 4 ; buds oblong, not constricted 68.1'. arahoidet. 



Petioles and leaves beneath more or less downy and 

 matted. 

 Stems herbaceous. 



Leaflets distinctly stalked. 



Leaves sessile 09. T. eongetta. 



Leaves stalked 70. V. Mannii. 



Leaflets sessile. 



Fruit naked 71. V.aerfenx. 



Fruit densely glandular 72. V.Jlavicatu. 



Stems terete, quite woody. 

 Leaflets all distinctly stalked. 



Petals and stamens 4 ; leaves slightly downy . . 73. V. curvipoda. 

 Petals and stamens 5 ; leaves matted beneath . . 74. V. concinna. 

 Side-leaflets sessile or subsessile ; terminal one short- 

 stalked ; petals 5. 

 Leaflets not pinnatifid. 



Leaflets faintly toothed 75.1". oUusata. 



Leaflets deeply inciso-dentate 76. V. arcuata. 



Leaflets deeply pinnatifid 11. V. dUsecta. 



1. V. producta, Jfzel. ; DC. Prod. i. G29. Stem wide-climbing, 

 slender but woody, naked, angular. Petioles naked, \-\ in. long. Stipules 

 ovate, membranous. Tendiils slender, firm, branched. Leaves ovate-oblong, 

 3-4 in. long by less than half as broad; the base rounded ; the apex acumi- 

 nate ; the edge slightly and distinctly ciliato-denticulate ; texture subcoria- 

 ceous, both sides quite glabrous. Flowers in leaf-opposed, subsessile, simple 

 cymes of 9-12 flowers each. Pedicels naked, ultimately \ in. long. Calyx 

 cyathiform, naked, entire, \ a line deep. Corolla whitish-red, oblong, a line 

 deep ; the 4 petals separating or cohering. Style subulate. Fruit turbinate, 

 naked, black, 3 lines long. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Bon ! and gathered again, recently, by Dr. 

 "Welwitsch. 



This description is taken from the original specimens at the British Museum. They have 

 a copious ramified growth of abortive branches, similar to that often seen in the common 

 Birch. 



2. V. Afzelii, Baker. Stem firm, woody, moderately stout, naked. 

 Petioles \ in. long, naked. Leaves simple, oblong, 4-5 in. long, IJ-iJ in. 

 broad ; the apex acuminate ; the base broadly rounded, edge distantly denti- 

 culate, both sides glabrous. Tendrils firm, slender, branched. Flowers in short- 

 stalked, subcorymbose or thyrsoid panicles, made up of several cymes of C-12 

 flowers each; the ultimate' pedicels 2-2^ lines long, naked or nearly so. 

 Calyx cyathiform, naked, not lobed, about \ a line broad. Corolla oblong, 

 a line deep ; petals 4, coherent ; style subulate. Fruit naked, turbinate. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelhis ! Don ! 



Closely allied to the preceding, but more robust, the stems thick, but not so Mrone. and 

 the inflorescence copiously compound. This may be Cissus denliculata. Turn. Bull. .Mo»c. 



