408 XLiii. AMPELiDE^ (bakee). \_Fitis. 



cylindrical, pubescent. Petals and stamens 4. Style subulate, ^ in. long. 

 Berry unknown. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! (Abyssiuian name " Halenke temen ") ; Unyoro 

 plateaux, Speke and Grant ! 



56. V. pruriens, Welw. mss. Stems stout, herbaceous, wide-climbins:, 

 finely striated, finely clothed throughout with short grey hairs tipped with 

 brownish glands. Stipules lanceolate, 1 in. or more long, scarious, glandular. 

 Lower petioles 4-6 in. long, like the stem in texture and glandulosit3^ 

 Leaflets 5, the three upper ones on petiolules l^-lf in. long, rotundate-cor- 

 date, 2-3 in. broad by rather more deep, the basal lobes broadly rounded, 

 the point acute, the edge with shai-p subdeltoid teeth, the lower pair smaller 

 and the stalks much shorter, textm'c considerably fleshy, both sides pale green 

 and glandular all over like the stems, especially on the veins beneath. Flowers 

 in lax copiously compound cymes, ultimately 6-9 in. broad, on glandular 

 herbaceous peduncles 3-4 in. long. Ultimate pedicels 1-|~2 lines long, very 

 glandular. Calyx cyathiform, entire, ^ line broad. Petals and stamens 4, 

 the former oblong, blood-red, soon spreading, 1 line long, glandular on the 

 outside. Style subulate, equalling the stamens. Berry oblong, watery, \ in. 

 long when mature, red, densely glandular like the rest of the plant. 



Iiower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Br. Welioitsch ! 



57. V, stipulacea^ Baker. Stem stout, angular, herbaceous, weak, 

 densely clothed, when young, with spreading, grey, woolly hairs, some of 

 them gland-tipped. Petioles 4-6 in. long, stout, herbaceous and woolly like 

 the branches. Leaflets 5, subsessile, lanceolate-obovate, the central one 5-6 

 in. long by half as broad, the point acute, the base cuneate, the edge ii*regu- 

 larly and shai'ply inciso-dentate, texture rather fleshy and moderately thick, 

 upper surface glabrous when mature, lower finely grey-downy. Stipules cor- 

 date-ovate, membranous, downy, subpersistent, \-% in. long. Plowers in lax 

 copiously compound cymes ultimately 6-8 in. broad, on herbaceous peduncles 

 4-6 in. long. Pedicels 1-3 lines long, weak, glandular and grey-downy. 

 Calyx \ line broad, not lobed. Corolla 1 line deep. Petals and stamens 4. 

 Style subulate. Berries oblong, 4 lines long when dried, red, finely grey- 

 downy and glandular. 



LiOTeer Guinea. Ambaca, Cazengo, and Pungo Andougo, Angola, Dr. Welwitschl 

 In general habit and inflorescence resembling V. serpens and mollis, but the leaves arc 

 fleshy,, and calyx, corolla, and fruit glandular. 



68. V. stenoloba, Welw. mss. Stems erect or suberect, 1-2 ft. long, 

 stout, herbaceous, finely striated, finely grey- downy and glandular, without 

 tendrils. Stipules broadly cordate-ovate, fleshy, -l-f in. deep. Petioles 

 or very short, the leaves digitately 3- or 5-foliolate, the leaflets quite sessile, 

 linear or narrowly oblanceolate, 4-7 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, the point acute, 

 the edge distantly and iiTegularly faintly inciso-dentate, the base narrowed 

 into a winged petiole, texture considerably fleshy, both sides thinly grey- or 

 brownish-downy and glandular. Flowers in compound cymes not more than 

 1^2 in. broad, on terminal, finely downy and glandular, herbaceous peduncles, 

 2-3 in. long. Ultimate pedicels about 1 line long, downy and glandular. 



