690 



AMPELIDE^E. I. Cissus. 



broad, furrowed, blunt; cymes decompound ; berries 1-seeded. 

 ^2 . w . S. Native of Madagascar and the East Indies. Rheed. 

 mal.^7. t. 11. C. latifolla, Lam. diet. 1. p. 30. but not of Vahl. 

 C. compressa, Blum, bijdr. 4th number. Berries round, about 

 the size of peas, purple. 



Glaucous Cissus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



6 C. I'NDICA (Rottl. et Willd. nov. act. nat. cur. 4. p. 183.) 

 leaves roundish-cordate, acuminated, with bristly serratures, 

 pubescent beneath ; branches roundish, and are, as well as the 

 petioles clothed witli short down. ^ . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. 



Indian Cissus. Shrub cl. 



7 C. CORDIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 170.) leaves cordate, quite entire, 

 pubescent beneath ; peduncles trifid, dichotomous. Tj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of South America. Plum. icon. t. 259. f. 3. Berries blue, 

 1-seeded. 



Heart-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



8 C. ROTUNDIFOLIA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 19.) leaves cordate, 

 roundish, smooth, serrated ; umbels simple ; branches pruinose, 

 with swollen joints. Jj . w . S. Native of Java. Saelanthus rotun- 

 difolius, Forsk. descr. icon. t. 4. Berry 1-seeded, large, oblong. 



Round-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



9 C. BE' PENS (Lam. diet. 1. p. 31.) leaves cordate, ovate, 

 somewhat toothed, and are, as well as the branches, smooth ; 

 flowers umbellate ; stems creeping. If. . ^,. S. Native of Ma- 

 labar. Rheed. mal. 7. t. 48. C. cordata, Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 

 425. Stems succulent. Berries red, 1-seeded. Stipulas oval. 

 Flowers dull-purple. Taste of leaves very acrid. 



Creeping Cissus. Clt. 1821. PI. cl. 



10 C. PUNCTICULOSA (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 106.) leaves 

 broad-cordate, very blunt, with an abrupt, blunt point, and re- 

 mote, bristle-like serratures ; branches dotted. Jj . ^ IS. Na- 

 tive of Cayenne. 



DoMerf-branched Cissus. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



11C. TAMOIDES (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 342.) branches un- 

 armed, terete, scabrous ; leaves simple, cordate, acuminate, 

 sharply-denticulated, full of pellucid dots, scabrous ; pedicels 

 and flowers smooth. Tj . w . S. Native of Brazil in the pro- 

 vince of Minas Geraes. Flowers umbellate at the tops of the 

 branches. Petals yellow. 



Tamus-like Cissus. Shrub sarmentose. 



12 C. cvirERA (Afz. rem. guin. 69. ex Spreng. neue. entd. 3. 

 p. 235.) leaves somewhat peltately-cordate, quite entire, smooth, 

 spotted at the base ; shoots round, smooth. Tj . ,_,. S. Native 

 of Sierra Leone. Berries black, pulpy, with an austere, acid 

 taste, but are eaten by the natives. 



Graj.e- bearing Cissus. Shrub cl. 



13 C. TILIA'CEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. et spec. amer. 5. 

 p. 222.) smooth ; leaves roundish, ovate, cordate, sharply- 

 toothed, somewhat coriaceous ; branches tetragonal ; cymes 

 dichotomous. Tj . w . S. Native near the city of Mexico. 



Lime-tree-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



14 C. QUADRANGULA'RIS (Lin. mant. 39.) leaves cordate, 

 kidney-shaped, serrated, smooth, fleshy ; stem tetragonal, winged. 

 1 . w . G. Native from Arabia to Cochin-china. Root tuber- 

 ous. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 44. Saelanthus quadragonus, Forsk. 

 descr. 33. icon. t. 2. Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 426. Berries red, 1- 

 seeded, about the size of peas. 



Qaa(/rang-/ar-stemmed Cissus. Clt. 1790. PI. cl. 



15 C. COMPRESSICAU'LIS (Ruiz et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 64. t. 

 100.) leaves cordate, acutely-serrated, pubescent ; flowers um- 

 bellate ; partial peduncles dichotomous ; stem tetragonal, com- 

 pressed. T? . w . S. Native of Peru among rubbish near Chan- 

 cay. Berries dark-purple. 



Compressed-stemmed Cissus. Shrub cl. 



16 C. DI'SCOLOR (Blum, bijdr. 4th number.) leaves cordate- 



oblong, acuminated, discoloured, with bristly-serratures, and are, 

 as well as the angular branches, smooth ; cymes somewhat quin- 

 quefid, shorter than the leaves, fy . ^. S. Native of Java. 

 Discoloured-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



17 C. NODOSA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) leaves somewhat cordate, 

 oblong, pointed, with bristly serratures, smooth ; corymbs dicho- 

 tomous ; pedicels umbellate ; stem round, herbaceous, knotted. 

 3/. w . S. Native of Java. 



Knottcd-stemmed Cissus. PI. cl. 



18 C. JAVA'NA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 628.) leaves somewhat cor- 

 date, ovate-lanceolate, acuminated, smooth, somewhat serrated ; 

 serratures bristly ; branches roundish, furrowed ; peduncles tri- 

 fid, rather corymbose. T; . w . S. Native of Java. 



Java Cissus. Shrub cl. 



19 C. PENTAGO'NA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 426.) leaves cordate, 

 rarely somewhat lobed, serrulated, acuminated, smooth ; branches 

 shining, pentagonal, with roundish angles and furrowed sides. 

 If. . w . S. Native of the East Indies in the forests of Chittagong. 



Pentagonal-branched Cissus. PI. cl. 



20 C. SICYOIDES (Lin. spec. 170.) leaves cordate, ovate, 

 smooth, thickish, with adpressed, bristly serratures ; branches 

 round. Tf. . w . S. Native of Jamaica and Guadaloupe in waste 

 places, and by the sides of walls. Sloan, hist. 1. t. 144. f. 1 

 Brown, jam. t. 2. f. 1 and 2. Lam. ill. t. 84. f. 1. Jacq. amer. 

 22. t. 15. pict. 16. t. 20. The berries are black and oblong, 

 and are eaten by the natives, as well as several other of the 

 species, but are chiefly food for birds. 



Choco-like Cissus. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1768. PI. cl. 



21 C. FULIGI'NEA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 224.) the whole plant of a rusty-black ; leaves roundish-ovate, 

 deeply-cordate, remotely-toothletted, hairy above, and clothed 

 with soft down beneath ; lower leaves 3-5-lobed, upper ones 

 entire ; branches round, and are, as well as the peduncles, 

 clothed with hairy down, t; . w . S. Native of South America 

 on the banks of the river Magdalena. 



Blackish Cissus. Shrub cl. 



22 C. ANTA'RCTICA (Vent, choix. t. 21.) leaves ovate, some- 

 what cordate, loosely serrated, smoothish ; nerves glandular at 

 the base ; petioles and branches clothed with rusty-pubescence. 

 fy . w . G. Native of New Holland. Sims, bot. mag. 2488. C. 

 glandulosa, Poir. suppl. 105. Vitis Kanguruh, Hortul. C. Bau- 

 diniana, Brouss. 



Antarctic Cissus or Kanguruh Vine. Clt. 1790. Shrub cl. 



23 C. CAPE'NSIS (Willd. spec. 1. p. 655.) leaves somewhat 

 cordate, 5-angled, toothed, clothed with rusty down beneath ; 

 flowers somewhat capitate. Jj . w , G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Vitis Capensis, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 105. 



Cope Cissus. Clt. 1792. Shrub cl. 



24 C. RUGOSA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 629.) leaves cordate, trifid 

 or quinquefid, wrinkled ; flowers racemose. fj . w . S. Native 

 of Jamaica on the mountains. C. nov. sp. Lunan, hort. jam. 2. 

 p. 216. Berry black, large, 4-seeded. Leaves almost like those 

 of the common vine. 



Wrinkled-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



25 C. CANE'SCENS (Lam. ill. no. 1620.) leaves ovate, oblong, 

 unequally-cordate at the base, toothed, clothed with short, hoary 

 down ; branches angular ; peduncles and cymes villously-tomen- 

 tose. Tj . w . S. Native of Peru. H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 

 amer. 5. p. 223. 



Hoary Cissus. Shrub cl. 



26 C. UMBROSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 223.) 

 leaves ovate, unequal-sided, obliquely-cordate, sharply-tooth- 

 letted, hairy above, but clothed with hoary, downy pubescence 

 beneath ; branches rather tetragonal, hairy ; peduncles and cymes 

 smoothish. \i . W .-S. Native of South America on the shady 

 banks of the river Madalena. 



