^iiis.] XLIII. AMPELIDE.E (baKER). 393 



Flowers in copiously compound cymes ultimatelv 4-0 in. broad, on firm 

 spreading peduncles, 2-3 in. lono^. Flowers 6-1 2* in an umbel, the pddicels 

 at first a little downy, ultimatelv } in. long. Calyx cvathiform, not lobe<l, 

 glabrous or nearly so, ^ line broad. Buds ovoid, naked, under a line deep. 

 Stamens and petals 4, the latter pale, with a red tinge. Style subulate, un- 

 developed ; fruit oblong-lanceolate, naked. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel ! banks of the Niger, at Eppah, Darter! 

 Camaroons mountain, Mann! 



13. V. "Welwitschii, Baker. A wide-climbing shrub, with copiously 

 branched, naked, woody stems. Petioles 2-3 in. long, naked, slender. 

 Leaves broadly ovate-cordate, 4-5 in. long, 3-3| in. broad, the apex acute, 

 the edge denticulate, both sides glabrous, texture succulent and consider- 

 ably fleshy, colour light green when recent. Flowers in slightly compound 

 cymes of about 6 flowers each, on short woody leaf-opposed' peduncles. 

 No tendrils seen. Pedicels naked, |-f in. long ultimately. Calyx cyathi- 

 form, naked, subentire. Petals and stamens not seen. Fruit globose, naked, 

 about half an inch long when dry, green when unripe, then reddish, edible. 



Ijower Guinea. Golnngo Alto, Angola, Br. Welwitsch ! 



Closely allied to V. pallida^ but more woody and scaadent and the leaves different in 

 texture. 



14. V. pallida, Wight and Am. Prod. Fl. hid. i. 125. Stem stout, almost 

 woody, naked, finely striated, trailing or slightly climbing. Stipules ovate, 

 scariose, deciduous. Petioles 2-3 in. long, slightly downy when young, 

 naked when mature. Leaves rotundate-cordate, 4-8 in. each way, the basal 

 lobes rounded, \-^ in. deep, with an open sinus, the point bluntish or cus- 

 pidate, the edge faintly and distantly denticulate, texture papyraceous or 

 membranous, both sides quite glabrous when mature. No tendrils seen. 

 Flo,wers in slightly compound, 6-12-flowered, leaf-opposed cymes, on short 

 woody peduncles. Ultimate pedicels \ in. long in fruit. Calyx cvathiform, 

 glabrous, entire. Petals and stamens 4, the former short, nearly white, 

 cohering. Fruit obovate, under \ in. long; naked, slii^htly pointed. — Ci*»u* 

 populnea, Guill. et I^err. Fl. Seneg. 134. Cmus peiiolata, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, 

 i. 109; Hook. f. Fl. Nigrit. 262. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Leprieur ! Perrottet ! Niger country, T. Vogel ! 

 I«ower Guinea. Puugo Andongo, Angola, Dr. IFelwitsch ! 



Nile Dand. Gallabat, Schweinfurth ! mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper ! DiUon ! 

 A common Asiatic species. 



A plant gathered by Barter at Nupe may be the same, but the inflorescence is more com- 

 pound, and the fruit considerably larger (the size of a Muscat grape). 



15. V. nymphseifolia Wdw. vm. Stems 3-4 ft. high, stout, sub- 

 erect, sparingly branched, woody below, almost herbaceous upwards, densely 

 clothed, when young, with short brown pubescence. Petioles 1^2 in. 

 long, firm, suberect, clothed like the young stems. Leaves rotundate-cor- 

 date, measuring 6-8 in. each way when fully mature, the basal lobes 1-2 

 in. deep, with a narrow sinus, the* edge slightly repand and finely but sharply 

 ciliato-denticulate, textui'e membranous, both sides pale green, thinly raatlcd 



