402 XLur. AMPELiDE^ (baker). [FUis. 



like the shoots. Tendrils few, firm, glabrous. Leaves constantly with only 

 3 leaflets, the terminal one obovate-cuneate, 2-3 in. long, 1-1|- in. broad, the 

 apex cuspidate or blunt, the edge distantly not deeply inciso-crenate, the 

 lower half cuneate, subentire, the petiolule i-f in. long, the lateral ones 

 spreading, subsessile, often broadly rounded on the lower side, texture sub- 

 coriaceous, upper surface deep green, glabrous, lower clothed with fine grey 

 pubescence. Flowers in small lateral cymes. Peduncles firm, villose, not 

 more than ^-^ in. long ; pedicels ^ in. long, firm, villose. Calyx ^ in. broad, 

 villose, grey, cyathiform, scarcely lobed. Petals 5, scarlet, ovate-acuminate, 

 about 1 line broad and long, ultimately spreading or even deflexed. Sta- 

 iTfiens 5, equalling the subulate style and petals. Fruit globose, -^ in. each 

 way, 2-celied, each cell 1-2-seeded. — A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, i. 113. 



Nile Ii and. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Roth! Billon and Petit ! 



liower Guinea. Pungo Andongo, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, near Moramballa, at 3500 ft., Dr. Kirk! 



Var. ^. ferruginea. Stem and leaf beneath more silky and the pubescence bright-ferru- 

 ginous ; leaflets larger. 



Iiower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch ! 



Very near the Cape C. cuneifolia, E. and Z., from which it differs principally by the pu- 

 bescence of the lower side of the leaves. 



40. V. pannosa. Baker. Stems firm, wide-climbing, terete, finely 

 striated, thinly clothed with fine purplish setae and grey pubescence. Pe- 

 tioles 1|~2 in. long, firm, clothed like the stem but more densely. Tendrils 

 firm, slightly setose. Leaves with 3 sessile, much-imbricated leaflets, tlie 

 terminal one broadly ovate, 3-4 in. long, 2-|-3 in. broad, the point bluntish, 

 the edge irregularly repand, the base rounded, the lateral ones nearly as 

 large, the lower side cordate, texture thin, upper surface green with very fine 

 grey pubescence, the lower densely matted ill over with white cottony to- 

 mentum. Inflorescence a subcymose panicle, 3 -4 in. broad. Peduncle 1-2 

 in. long, firm, pubescent, and setose ; pedicels 1 line or less long, villose. 

 Calyx ^ line broad, cyathiform, not lobed, villose. Corolla 1 line deep, vil- 

 lose. Petals and stamens 4. Style nearly equalling the corolla. Young 

 fruit pendulous, ovoid, densely villose. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



41. V. Ibuensis, Hooh. f. FL Nigrit. 265 (Clssus). Stems slender 

 but firm, very wide- climbing, angular, deeply striated, tomentose when young, 

 becoming glabrous when mature. Petioles ^-1 in. long, slender but firm, 

 pubescent. Tendrils copious, firm. Leaves with 3 leaflets, the terminal one 

 ovate or oblong, 2-3 in. long, about 1 in. broad, the apex pointed, the edge 

 furnished with shallow but sharp distant teeth, the base rounded, the pe- 

 tiolule |-f in. long, the lateral ones similar, spreading, not imbricated, tex- 

 ture membranous, both sides covered with fine grey tomentum when young, 

 becoming glabrous when mature. Flowers in copiously compound cymes, 

 lj-2 in. broad. Peduncles 4-6 in. long, firm, slender, erect, pubescent. 

 Pedicels 1 line long, pubescent. Calyx cyathiform, pubescent, not lobed, ^ 

 line broad. Corolla subglobose, greenish. Petals and stamens 4. Disk 



