Cissus] XL. AMPELIDE.E. 159 



7. C. farinosa Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 488. 



Vitis farinosa Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. PI. Trop. Afr. i. p. 394. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A weak rigid shrub, cHmbing to a great height ; 

 stems glaucous-mealy ; leaves fleshy-coriaceous, rather glossy, turning 

 paler and at length reddish-velvety beneath, blade occasionally 6 in. 

 broad and 5^ in. long. In the elevated primitive woods of Cungu- 

 lungulo and of Serra de Alto Queta near Zengas de Queta ; without 

 fl. or fr. Feb. and August 1855. No. 1485. 



Cazexgo. — Stem wholly farinaceous with a white powder, climbing, 

 very tall ; flowers white, rather small. In the primitive coffee-woods 

 near Cambondo and Dalatanda ; fl. and young fr. June 1855. No. 1489. 



8. C. Welwitschii Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 489. 

 Vitis Welwitschii Baker in Oliv. PI. Trop. Afr. i. p. 393. 

 GoLUNGO Alto. — A tall climbing shrub, rather fleshy, apparently 



without tendrils ; stem juicy-fleshy ; leaves rather fleshy, coriaceous, 

 bright green ; fruits when nearly ripe green-reddish, edible but little 

 tasty. Rather rare in the primitive forests of Sobato de Quilombo 

 Quiacatubia ; with nearly ripe fr. middle of July 1856. No. 1480. 



The following No., with subglabrous leaves nigro-punctulate on 

 both surfaces and nearly entire margin, should be compared with 

 this species and with C farinosa Planch. : — 



GoLUXGO Alto. — Stem branched, glaucous-mealy ; leaves coriaceous, 

 glaucous ; Quibolo, without fl. or fr. July 1856. No. I486. 



9. C. Smithiana Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 490. 

 Vitis Smithiana Baker in Oliv. Fl, Trop. Afr. i. p. 390. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Climbing far and widely ; leaves of a deep and 

 bright green colour. In shady tall-bushy parts of the mountains of 

 Serra de Alto Qaeta ; not yet in fl. Jan. 1856 ; in fl. Feb. 1856 ; Queta 

 Central in unripe fr. April 1856. No. 1483. 



10. C. diffasiflora Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 496. 



Vitis diffitsiflora Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 390. V. 

 proclucta Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 389 pro parte, non 

 C. productus Afzel. Rem. Guin. p. 63 (1815). 



Sierra Leone. — A slender undershrub, climbing far and widely, 

 smooth, with curious ramification, sometimes resembling a species of 

 Smilax ; leaves thinly coriaceous, rather glossy, much paler on the 

 lower surface ; stipules ovate, rather fleshy ; flowers white-reddish ; 

 petals in most flowers free, but in some flowers on the same plant 

 cohering at the apex. In the wooded thickets of Sugar-loaf Mountain 

 above Freetown, at an elevation of about 1500 ft., adorning the region 

 around the waterfall ; fl. Sept. 1853. No. 1501. 



11. C. quadrangularis L. Mant. (i.) p. 39 (1767); Planch. 

 Monogr. Ampelid. p. 509. 



Vitis quadrangtdarisV^SiW. List, n. 5992 (1831-32); Wight & 

 Arn. Prodr. p. 125 (1834) ; Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 399. 



LOANDA. — Primary joint of the stem cylindrical ; the succeeding 

 joints all prismatic, with 4 wings, or scarcely winged but ferruginous- 

 margined, undulate at the angles and there purplish, deeply furrowed 

 on each side, constricted at the bends, fleshy-fibrous, long-lived ; the 

 stem, the leaves, and especially the petioles rather rough and sub- 

 pubescent with rather rigid whitish-hyaline hairs ; adult leaves broadly 



