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AMPELIDE/E. I. Cissus. 



Spinose-atemmeA Cissus. Shrub sarmentose. 



47 C. SYLVA'TICA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 345.) branches un- 

 armed, angular, smoothish ; leaves ternate ; leaflets unequal, 

 lanceolate, sharply serrated, smooth, full of pellucid dots ; 

 pedicels pilose ; flowers smoothish. Fj . w . S. Native of Brazil 

 in the province of Minas Geraes. Flowers umbellate at the 

 tops of the branches. 



Wood Cissus. Shrub sarmentose. 



48 C. A'LBIDA (St. Hil. fl. bras. 1. p. 344.) branches terete, 

 tomentose ; leaves ternate ; leaflets unequal, acute, unequally- 

 toothed, tomentose beneath ; pedicels tomentose ; flowers hairy. 

 Tj . ^ S. Native of Brazil in the province of Minas Geraes. 

 Flowers in umbels at the tops of the branches. Petals green. 



White Cissus. Shrub cl. 



49 C.OBOVA'TA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 19.) leaflets smooth, mem- 

 branaceous, obovate, quite entire, mucronated ; peduncles tri- 

 chotomous, longer than the leaves. %1 ^. S. Native of Santa 

 Cruz. 



Obovate -leaved Cissus. PI. cl. 



50 C. PAUCIFLORA (D. C. prod. 1. p. 630.) leaflets obovate, 

 almost entire, cuneated at the base, blunt at the apex, smooth, 

 stiff; peduncles few-flowered, shorter than the leaves. ^ . w . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Burch, cat. no. 3009. 



Fem-fiumered Cissus. Shrub cl. 



51 C. TERNA'TA (Gmel. syst. 1. p. 256.) leaflets smooth, stiff, 

 ovate, cordate, acute, serrated ; branches round. Fj . w . G. 

 Native of Arabia in corn-fields. Sselanthus ternatus, Forsk. 

 descr. 35. Common petioles wanting. 



Ternate-leaveA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



52 C. LU'CIDA (Poir. suppl. 1. p. 106.) leaflets smooth, shin- 

 ing, ovate, setaceously-toothletted ; branches compressed, tetra- 

 gonal, somewhat winged, glandular. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 Cayenne. Allied to C. alata. 



Shining-leaveA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



53 C. QUADRIALA'TA (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c.) leaflets smooth, 

 obtuse, crenate-toothletted, and full of pellucid dots, middle 

 ones ovate and acuminated at the base, lateral ones unequal- 

 sided ; branches tetragonal, 4-winged ; peduncles and cymes 

 hairy. Fj . w . S. Native of the Isle of Panumana in the mis- 

 sion of the Orinoco. 



Four-tvinged-stemmeA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



54 C. MICROCA'RPA (Vahl. eel. 1. p. 16.) leaflets oblong, 

 serrated, mucronulate, smooth, membranaceous ; branches an- 

 gular. F? . w . S. Native of the Caribbee Islands. Plum. icon, 

 ed. Burm. t. 259. f. 4. Berries oblong, black. 



Small-fruited Cissus. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. Sh. cl. 



55 C. ACUTIFOLIA (Poir. suppl. 1. p. 106.) leaflets ovate, 

 toothed, somewhat lobed, smooth, membranaceous ; lobes acute ; 

 branches angular, somewhat compressed. Tj . w . S. Native of 

 the East Indies. 



Acute-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



56 C. EROSA (Rich. act. soc. hist. nat. par. 106.) leaflets 

 membranaceous, smooth, oblong-ovate, rather acute at the base, 

 erosely-toothed ; petioles rather marginate ; cymes on long pe- 

 duncles. Fj . w . S. Native of Cayenne. 



.Erose-toothed Cissus. Shrub cl. 



57 C. TIMORIE'NSIS (D. C. prod. 1. p. 630.) leaflets mem- 

 branous, smooth, stalked, acute, broadly toothed ; panicles loose, 

 trichotomous. Tj . w . S. Native of Timor. 



Timor Cissus. Shrub cl. 



58 C. EMARGINE'LLA (Swartz. in act. holm. 1825. p. 427.) 

 leaflets obovate, emarginate, remotely crenated, smooth ; branches 

 and petioles quadragonal. Fj . w . S. Native of the Caribbee 

 Islands. 



Emarginate-\ea.veA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



59 C. PAPILLOSA (Blum, bijdr. 4th number,) leaflets ovate- 



oblong, acuminated, coarsely and sharply toothed, smooth, co- 

 riaceous ; corymbs axillary, divaricating ; stem woody, papillose, 

 much branched. Jj . w . S. Native of Java. 

 Papillose-stemmeA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



60 C. GENICULA V TA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) leaflets oblong, 

 acuminated, bluntly toothletted, membranaceous, pubescent on 

 the rib on both surfaces, lateral leaflets half-cordate ; corymbs 

 dichotomous, jointed ; stem suffruticose, roundish. T; . ^. S. 

 Native of Java. 



Jointed-stemmeA Cissus. Shrub cl. 



61 C. RHODOCA'RPA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) leaflets ovate-ellip- 

 tical, acuminated, membranaceous, smooth, coarsely and un- 

 equally toothed, lateral leaflets cordate ; corymbs dichotomous, 

 shorter than the leaves ; stem somewhat tetragonal, fj . w . S. 

 Native of Java. Fruit red, eatable. 



Red-fruited Cissus. Shrub cl. 



62 C. HIRTE'LLA (Blum, bijdr. 1. c.) leaflets ovate-oblong, 

 membranous, unequally serrated, downy beneath as well as 

 the petioles ; corymbs dichotomous, axillary. lj . w . S. Na- 

 tive of Java. 



Hairy Cissus. Shrub cl. 



63 C. ALA'TA (Jacq. amer. -23. t. 182. f. 10.) leaves hairy; 

 leaflets ovate, cordate, acute, serrated; branches with membra- 

 nous angles. Tj . w . S. Native of Jamaica and Carthagena, climb- 

 ing among trees and shrubs. Sloan, hist. 1. p. 233. t. 144. 

 C. trifoliata, Lin. spec. 170.? Petals red ; nectary yellow. 



Winged-stemmed Cissus. Clt. 1822. Shrub cl. 



64 C. PUBE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 5. p. 

 226.) leaflets acute, sharply toothletted, puberulous above, 

 hoary-pubescent beneath, middle one largest, stalked, ovate- 

 oblong, narrow-cuneatecl at the base ; branches quadrangular, 

 striated, hairy. F? . ^. S. Native of South America, plentiful 

 on the banks of the river Magdalena between Mompox and 

 Buenavista. Flowers and fruit unknown. 



Pubescent Cissus. Shrub cl. 



65 C. RHOMBIFOLIA (Vahl. eel. 2. p. 10.) leaflets pubescent, 

 serrulated, lateral ones semicordate ; middle one ovate-rhom- 

 boid ; branches angular. I? . w . S. Native of the Island of 

 Trinidad. 



Rhomb-leaved Cissus. Shrub cl. 



66 C. CINE'REA (Lam. ill. no. 1624.) leaflets thickish, pubes- 

 cent, ovate, toothed, lateral ones somewhat cordate ; branches 

 angular ; petioles round. F? . y S. Native of the East Indies, 

 particularly Java. C. pubinervis, Blum, bijdr. 4th number- 



Grey Cissus. Shrub cl. 



67 C. CIRRHOSA (Pers. ench. 1. p. 142.) leaflets fleshy, vil- 

 lous, ovate, serrated ; branches and petioles compressed ; ber- 

 ries hairy. Tj . w . S. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Vitis cirrhosa, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 106. There is a variety of 

 this totally smooth according to Thunberg, it may probably 

 prove a distinct species. 



Tendrilled Cissus. Shrub cl. 



68 C. CRENA'TA (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 19.) leaflets roundish, 

 crenated, young ones villous. Tj . w . S. Native of the East 

 Indies. Vitis trifolia, Lin. spec. 293. Rumph. amb. 5. t. 166. 

 f. 2. C. obtusifolia, Lam. diet. 1. p. 31. ? 



CVenaie-leafletted Cissus. Shrub cl. 



69 C. ANGUSTIFOLIA (Roxb. fl. ind. 1. p. 427.) flowers dioe- 

 cious ; leaflets smooth on both surfaces, lanceolate, serrated ; sti- 

 pulas ovate, acute ; cymes shorter than the petioles ; stem much 

 compressed. Tj . w . S. Native of Sumatra. Berries white, 

 round, 1-2-seeded, about the size of peas. 



Narrow-leaved Cissus. Fl. Feb. Clt. 1818. Shrub cl. 



* * * Leaves palmate, with 5 leaflets. 



70 C. QUINA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. ed. 2. vol. 1. p. 260.) leaflets 



