396 XLiir. AMPELiDE^ (baker). [VUis. 



late lobes. Petals purplish, subpuberulous, cohering. Stamens purplish, 

 glabrous. Ovary glabrous, striated, dark purple. Style nearly obsolete. 

 Fruit not seen. 



Nile Iiand. Nubia, Figari. 



This we have not seen. 



22. V. corylifolia. Baker. Stems suberect, firmly hel-baceous, densely 

 clothed with fine grey hairs. Petioles 1-H i"- loi^g> stout, herbaceous, densely 

 villose. Leaves rotundate-cordate, attaining 6-8 in. each way, the basal lobes 

 rounded, i— | in. deep, the broadest part about halfway between the apex and 

 the base, the upper half slightly lobed on each side, the point bluntish, the edge 

 all round slightly toothed with irregular, shallow, spreading, mucronate teeth, 

 texture membranous, upper surface glabrous, lower densely clothed all over 

 when young, upon the veins principally when mature, with stiff, spreading, 

 grey hairs. Flowers in compound cymes. Peduncles 1-4 in. long, villose. 

 Pedicels, when the plant is in fruit, slender, naked, j-f in. long. Calyx cya- 

 thiform, villose, \ line broad, not lobed. Petals 4, connivent at the point, 

 villose, ciliated. Stamens 4. Style subulate. Fruit roundish or subturbi- 

 nate, \ in. deep, whitish when ripe. 



Upper Guinea. Niger country, Nupe, Barter ! 



Scarcely more than herbaceous, attaining a height of about a yard. 



23. V, asarifolia^ Baker. Stem wide-climbing, slender but firm, 

 naked, subterete, striated, rough, with raised points. Petioles 1-2 in. long, 

 firm, slender, nearly naked. Leaves rotundate-cordate, 2-4 in. each way, 

 the basal lobes rounded, ^-f in., the sinus deeply rounded, the edge fur- 

 nished with decided, spreading, irregular, triangular teeth, the point bluntish, 

 very slightly lobed about one- third of the distance from the apex to the base, 

 texture membranous, both surfaces green, glabrous or the underside slightly 

 pubescent .upon the principal nerves when young. Tendrils firm, slender, 

 copious. Flowers in slightly compound lateral cymes. Peduncles firm, 

 spreading, naked, ^1 in. long. Ultimate pedicels very short. Calyx cya- 

 thiform, \ line across, distinctly 4-lobed. Petals 4, very short, connivent at 

 the point. Stamens 4. Fruit globose, about the size of a pea. 



Nile Iiand. Banks of the White Nile, Petherick ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Zanzibar, Bojer ! ' Banks of the Rovuma river,' 20 miles from 

 the coast. Dr. Meller ! 



24. V. csesia, Afzel.; DC. Prod.i. 628 (Cissus). Stem wide-climbing, 

 firm, woody, glabrous, terete, with a deciduous glaucous bloom. Petioles 

 ^-1 in. long, firm, slightly pubescent. Leaves subrotundate-cordate, 3-6 in. 

 long by rather less broad, the basal lobes rounded, ^ in. deep, the point 

 bluntish, the edge slightly bluntly lobed and ciliato-denticulate, texture mem-, 

 branous or when mature subcoriaceous, upper surface naked or nearly so, the 

 lower csesio-glaucous, principally pubescent on the prominent reddish-brown 

 nerves. Tendrils copious, firm, often branched. Flowers in copiously com- 

 pound cymes on firm w^oody peduncles, 2-3 in. long. Umbels 6-8-fioWered ; 

 pedicels l|^-2 lines long, more or less pubescent. Calyx cyathiform, pubes- 

 cent, f line across, not lobed. Petals 4, a line long, united at the point. 



