392 XLiii. AMPELiDEiE (baker), [Fitis. 



and distantly toothed, texture subcoriaceous, both surfaces glabrous, the veins 

 beneath not prominent. Tendrils long, copious, firm. Flowers in copious com- 

 pound lateral cymes. Peduncles y-f in, long, firm, naked. Clusters 6-10- 

 flowered ; pedicels }-^ in, long, villose. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, f line 

 broad. Petals 4, f line long, greenish, cohering at the point. Stamens 4. 

 Style subulate. Pruit globose, about the size of a pea, black when mature, 

 1-celled, l-seeded.— Hook./. FL Nigrit, 262. 



Vpper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel! Mann! Eppah, Barter! 

 A wide-climbiug shrub, trailing over low bushes, with stems sometimes 30 ft, long, 

 flowering in September. 



10. V, arguta, Hook.f. FL Nigrit. 261 (Cissus). Stem wide-climbing, 

 much branched, firm, woody, naked, subterete, the nodes about 2 in, apart. 

 Petioles about 1 in. long, slender, glabrous. Leaves cordate-ovate, 3-4 in. 

 long, 2-2^ in. broad, the basal lobes rounded, ^-^ in. deep, the broadest part 

 of the leaf two-thirds of the distance from the apex to the base, the point 

 acute or acuminate, the edge sharply but not deeply toothed, the teeth point- 

 ing upwards, texture crisp, membranous, both sides green and glabrous, 

 the lower on"e rather shining. Tendrils . long, copious, firm. Flowers in 

 copiously compound lateral cymes. Peduncles y-f in. long, firm, rather 

 hairy. Clusters 6-10-flovvered; pedicels ^-|- in. long, ferrugineo-tpmentose. 

 Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, f line across. Petals 4, a line long, cohering 

 at the apex. Stamens 4, glandular at the base. Style subulate, nearly as 

 long as the petals. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country ; Quorra and Ibu, T. Vogel ! 



A copiously-branched, wide-climbing shrub, flowering in August and September. Fruit 

 not known. In habit and the shape and cutting of its leaves, this comes near the E. Indian 

 v. parvifiora^ Roxb. 



- 11. v.* suberosa^ Welio. mss. Stems woody, wide-climbing, the main 

 ones with 4 thin corky wings, |— f in. broad, not present on the young 

 branches, which are naked, subquadrangular, almost herbaceous,'finely striated. 

 Stipules broadly ovate, rather fleshy. Petioles 1^-2 in. long, herbaceous, 

 glabrous. Leaflets rotundato-cordate, 3-4 in. each way, the point acumi- 

 nate, the margin conspicuously and irregularly inciso-dentate, texture firmly 

 membranous, both sides quite glabrous. Tendrils woody.. Flowers in 

 copiously compound irregular cymes, on peduncles 2-4 in, long. Clusters 

 6-12-flowered, the pedicels \-\ in. long, slightly downy. Calyx cyathiform, 

 not lobed, i line broad. Corolla a line long. Petals and stamens 4. Style 

 subulate, equalling the petals. 



Ziower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Flowers like those of V. arguta, and leaves similar in shape but more deeply cut. The 

 stem very pecuHar. 



12. V. glaucophylla, Hook.f. M. Nigrit. 263 (Cissus). Stem wide- 

 climbing, slender, firm, woody, subterete. Petioles 2-3 in. long, firm, naked. 

 Leaves rotundate-cordate, 4-6 in. each way when fully developed, the basal 

 lobes broadly rounded, the point subacute, the edge slightly ciliato-denticu- 

 late, texture firmly membranous, both sides glabrous. Tendrils few, slender. 



