Vilis.] XLIII. AMPELlDE.f: (HAKEU). 



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conspicuous, nearly 1 line broad, reddish. Style very short. B( rrl. s irmn.I 

 glabrous, green, reaching ^ in. each way. 



Upper Guinea. Banks of the Niger, T. Vugef, Ihatfr ! 

 Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, belwocii Scuna aud Lupatn, Dr. Kirk ! 

 "A climber 12 ft. long." 



42. V. amplexa. Baker. Stem very widc-dimbinir, inm, -in, .i.r, an- 

 gular, not striated. Petioles about I in. long, glabrous, Hrni. Tendrils /ong, 

 firm, very slender. Leaves with 3 sessile Icatlets, the central one oblong or 

 obovate, 1^-2 in. long, f in. broad, the apex pointed, the edge indistinctly 

 dentate, the lower half subcuneate, the 2 lateral ones shorter and more 

 rounded at the base ; texture membranous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in 

 lax compound glabrous cymes, 3-4 in. broad. Peduncle 2-3 in. long, tirm ; 

 pedicels ^~\ in. long, slender, naked. Calyx \ line broad, cyathiform. 

 Corolla not seen. Style short. Berry turbinate, naked or slightly setose, \ 

 in. deep when dry. 



Mozamb. Distr. Banks of the Rovuma river, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Comes very near the E. Indian V. avr/nstifolia^ Roxb. 



43. V. adenantha, Fresen. i?i Mus. Senck. ii. 283 (Cissus). 6uui 

 moderately tirm, wide-climbing, copiously branched, terete, deeply striated, 

 finely villose when young. Petioles about l in. long, spreading, slender, 

 densely villose. Tendrils copious, finely branched. Leaves with from 4-7 

 leaflets (in our specimens), all stalked, and when there are 7 the lateral 

 petioles forked again ; terpiinal leaflet oblong-acuminate, cordate or rounded 

 at the base, the edge irregularly but not deeply inciso-crenate, the lateral 

 leaflets smaller, often unequal- sided ; texture membranous; upper surface 

 slightly villose, the lower more so, especially on the nerves. Flowers in co- 

 piously compound cymes about 2 in. broad. Peduncles spreading, about 

 2 in. long, villose like the stem ; ultimate pedicels | in. long, glandular and 

 villose. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, \ line broad, villose. Corolla cylin- 

 drical, constricted, 1 line long, glandular. Petals and stamens 4. Style 

 subulate, f line long. Fruit turbinate, glabrous, ^ in. long, 2-celled. — Cmus 

 adenantha, A. Kich. Fl. Abyss. 110. 



Nile Iiand. Abyssinia, Schimper ! 



Native name Asserkocha. One of the most wide-trailing species, flowering in Juno. 



44. V. debilis. Baker. Stem weak, herbaceous, slender, wide-trailing, 

 glabrous, quadrangular, deeply sulcate. Petioles 2-3 in. long, slender, herba- 

 ceous, glabrous. Tendrils long, very slender. Leaves quinatc, the secondary 

 petioles slender, glabrous, 1 in. long, the lateral ones branched about the 

 middle, terminal leaflet 2-3 in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, broadly ovate, pointed, 

 the edge entire, the base cuneate, the lateral ones similar, but rather smaller, 

 texture thinly membranous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copiously com- 

 pound glabrous cymes, 3-4 in. broad. Peduncles 2-3 in. long, slender, 

 herbaceous. Ultimate pedicels \ in. long, slender. Calyx eyathiforni, not 

 lobed, green, under \ line broad. Petals 4, white. Style not more than \ 

 line- long. Ovary round, glabrous. 



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