FUis.] XLIII. AMPELIDEiE (BAKER). 409 



Calyx downy and glandular, cyatliiform, scarcely toothed, about \ line broad. 

 Stamens 4. Petals not seen. Style subulate.* Berries subglobose, ^| in. 

 each way, blood-red, naked, gratefully acid. 

 Lower Guinea. Huilla, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



59. V. constricta, Baker. Stem wide-climbing, firm, | in. thick 

 finely striated, naked, constricted at the nodes, rctioles herbaceous, spread- 

 ing, weak, glabrous, 1-2 in. long. Tendrils stout, firm, glabrous. Leaves with 

 5 leaflets, the terminal one obovate-elliptical, 3-4 in. long, ^-1 in. broad, the 

 point acute, the edge entire, the lower part cuneate, narrowed gradunlly'into 

 a petiole about | in. long, the lateral ones similar, short-stalked, ereoto- 

 patent, the basal pair small, deflexed, sessile, texture coriaceous when dry, 

 both sides glabrous. Flowers in a long thyrsoid glabrous panicle, wjth a zig- 

 zag axis. Peduncles 2-3 in., stout, succulent. Pedicels slender, often \ in. 

 long. Calyx 1 line broad, fleshy, cyathiform, not lobed. Petals 4, pale, 

 fleshy, cohering at the top, \ in. long. Stamens 4. Style nearly equallin'^ 

 the corolla. Young fruit ovoid, ereet, glabrous. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger country, Barter ! 



60. V. subciliata. Baker. Stems herbaceous, wide-climbing, terete, 

 finely striated, clothed with scattered deciduous set«. Tendrils glabrous, her- 

 baceous. Leaves sessile, with 3-5 leaflets, the terminal one oblong or obovate, 

 1|— 2 in. long, more than 1 in. broad, the point bluntish, the edge sharply 

 but irregularly and not deeply toothed, the base rounded, the secondary pe- 

 tiole \-\ in. long, the lateral ones nearly sessile and often more rounded at 

 the base, especially on the lower side, texture almost succulent, both sides 

 glabrous. Inflorescence in a lax subcymose panicle, 2-3 in. broad, the ulti- 

 mate, clusters of 1-3 flowers each. Pedicels \ in. long, glabrous. Calyx 

 cyathiform, not lobed, \ line broad. Corolla 1 line long. Petals and sta- 

 mens 4. Style nearly equalling the petals. Berries ^ in. long, oblong, 

 naked. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi-land, near Tette and banks of the Luabo river, Dr. Kirk ! 

 Closely allied to the E. Indian C. setosa, Roxb. 



61. V. Vogelii, Hook.f. Fl. Nigrit. 267 (Cissus). StCm wide-climbing 

 branched, stout, herbaceous, sulcate, deciduously setose. Petioles 4-6 in. 

 long, weak, herbaceous, slightly setose. Tendrils herbaceous. Leaves digi- 

 tate, with 5 leaflets, .the central one obovate, 2^ in. long, 1-1^ in. broad, 

 the apex acuminate or cuspidate, the edge sharply, not deeply toothed, the 

 lower half between cuneate and spathulate, the others similar, texture mem- 

 branous, colour bright green, upper surface glabrous, lower very slightly pubes- 

 cent on the veins. Flowers in copiously branched lax cymes, 6-9 in. broad. 

 Peduncles 5-6 in. long, stout, herbaceous. Pedicels :f-| in. long, slender, 

 glabrous. Calyx cyathiform, not lobed, glabrous or slightly pubescent, under 

 ^ line broad. Corolla under -|- in. long, pubescent. Petals and stamens 4. 

 Style subulate, equalling the petals. Berry glabrous, globose, black when 

 mature. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, T. Vogel ! 



Lower Guinea. Golungo Alto, Angola, Dr. Welwitsch I 



