FUis.] XLIII. AMPELIDE.Ii (BaKEH). 411 



glabrous, much and finely striated. Petioles 2-4 in. lonfr, firm, glabrous. 

 Tendrils long, copious, glabrous, mucli branched. Leaves with 5 subsessilc 

 leaflets, the terminal one ovate, S-H in. long, 2-3 in. broad wlien mature, 

 pointed, the edge sharply but not deeply toothed, the base cuncate, the lateral 

 ones nearly as large, imbricated, the lowest pair rounded at the base, U-xture 

 herbaceous, both sides glabrous. Flowers in copiously compound, short- 

 stalked, lateral, thyrspid panicles. Pedicels about 1 line long, slightlv viUose in 

 the early stage. Calyx \ line broad, naked, cyathiibnn, slightly 5-lobed. Pe- 

 tals 5, oblong, cream-coloured; 1 line long. Stamens 5. Ovary pentagonal, 

 crowned by the short style. Berry ovoid, | in. deep, 2-celle(i, each cell 1-2- 

 seeded. — V. peiitaphylla, Guill. et Perr. Fl. Seneg. 135. t. 33, no!i Tlmnberg. 



Upper Guinea. Nupe, Niger count ry, Barter! Senegambia, Ferrottet ! Ingram! 

 Heudelct ! 



Mozamb. Distr. Rovuma, Br. Kirk ! 



A large-growing woody climber, with clusters of fruit like those of V. vim/era, and leave* 

 not unlike tliose of Ampelopsis quinquefolia. 



66. V. oxyphylla, A. Rich.Fl. Abyss, i. 142. Stem firm, wide-climb- 

 ing, terete, striated, glabrous. Petioles 1-2 in. long, firm, glabrous. Tendrils 

 copious, slender, branched, glabrous. Leaves with 5 leaflets, all on short stalks, 

 the terminal one oblong-obovate, pointed, 2-4 in. long, |-1 in. broad, the 

 edge inciso-crenate, the lower half narrowed but the base rather rounded, 

 the lateral ones similar but smaller, the basal pair deflexed, texture firm-herba- 

 ceous, both sides quite glabrous, upper surface shining, lower paler. Flowers 

 in copiously compound cymes 2-4 in. broad. Pedicels -«- in. or more long, 

 naked or glandular. Calyx \ line broad, glabrous, cyathiform, not lobed. 

 Corolla \ in. long, cylindrical, constricted. Petals and stamens 4. Style 

 subulate, 1 line long. Berries turbinate, black, glnbrous, i-f- in. long when 

 dried. — Cissiis Schimperi, Hochst. in Schimp. PI. Abyss, n. 180. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper ! Billon and Petit ! 



67. V. bororensis^ KlotzscJi in Fc4ers' Mossamb. Bot. 179 (Cissus). 



Stem wide-climbing, slender, but firm, angular, sulcatc, glabrous. Petioles 

 1-2 in. long, slightly downy when young. Tendrils firm, copious. Leaves 

 with 5 leaflets, the terminal one oblong or obovate, the point acute, the edge 

 deeply sen-ated, the base narrowed gradually into a short petiole, texture 

 herbaceous, both sides glabrous when mature. Flowers in a copiously 

 branched thyrsoid panicle, 6 in. long, 4 in. broad, with the main branches 

 springing at right angles from the axis and the ultimate dusters subcymosc. 

 Pedicels 2-3 lines long, glabrous. Calyx cyathiform, I line broad, scarrt-ly 

 toothed, glabrous. Corolla 1 line long, cylindrical, constricted at the middle. 

 Petals and stamens 4. Style subulate. Fruit unknown. 



Mozamb. Distr. Zambesi, Boror, Peters! 



Like V. oxyphylla in habit and the shape and clothing of its leaves, but iu that the flower* 

 are cymose and the outer leaflets stalked. 



68. V. aralioides, Weho. wss. Stem climbing to a length of 30 fl., 

 ■woody below, scarcely more than herbaceous upwards, moderately stout, quite 

 glabrous, finely striated. Stipules soon deciduous. Petioles sh-nder, herba- 

 ceous, glabrous, 3-4 in. long. Leaflets 5, the petiolules of the terminal ones 



