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obscurely 4-dentate or nearly entire or very narrowly fimbriate- 

 denticulate ; petals 4 or rarely 5 (in the same cluster), broad, rather 

 fleshy, cohering at the inflexed hooded apex, falling together ; disk 

 yellow, with 4 raised tubercles. Eare and sporadic, in rocky bushy 

 places in the more elevated parts among the gigantic rocks on the 

 western side of the fortified region of Pungo Andongo; fl. and young fr. 

 Feb. 1857. No. 1463. 



21. C. pendula Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 594. 



Vitis pendula Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 407. 

 Pungo Andongo. — A low widely climbing perennial herb, from IJ 

 to nearly 3 ft.; stem thick, juicy, fleshy, covered as well as the petioles 

 and peduncles with blood-red glandular pilose hairs, viscid ; leaves 

 herbaceous-fleshy, not coriaceous, rather rigid, bright-green above, 

 white- or whitish-tomentose beneath ; flowers whitish or yellowish, 

 reddening outside ; fruit ovoid, blood-red, pendulous. In rocky 

 thickets and stony bushy pastures and less abundantly on rocks, at 

 Caghuy and in other parts of the fortified region of Pungo Andongo ; 

 fl. and"fr. from Oct. 1856 to April 1857. No. 1472. 



22. C. pruriens Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 595. 



Vitis 2Jruriens Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 408. 

 HuiLLA. — An erect perennial herb, 2 to 3 ft. high, viscid-glandular 

 throughout ; hairs as well as the leaflets bright-green, terminating with 

 red glands ; stems several, sparingly branched ; petals whitish at the 

 base, blood-red from the middle to the apex ; fruit when ripe h in. in 

 diam., bright red, with a pleasant acid-sweet taste, somewhat pendulous, 

 covered with stinging hairs which after mastication afflict for hours 

 the palate with a painful burning sensation. In wooded stony 

 meadows near Lopollo, in the direction of Monino, sparingly ; fl. and 

 fr. middle of Dec. 1859. No. 1454. 



23. C. VogeUi Hook. f. in. Hook. Niger Fl. p. 2G7 (1849); 

 Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 59G. 



Vitis Vogelii Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 409. 



GoLUNGO Alto. — Climbing to a considerable height ; leaves mem- 

 branous, with a velvety gloss ; unripe fruit blood-red. In thickets at 

 the base of the western mountains of Serra de Alto Queta, in the 

 direction of Quibolo ; fl. and unripe fr. March and June 185G. 

 No. 1482. An undershrub, climbing far and widely ; fruit grape- 

 shaped, black, as large as a good-sized pea, eaten by the negroes. 

 Sange ; fr. and seeds April 1855. Determination doubtful. Coll. 

 Carp. 339. 



24. C. stipulaeea Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 597. 

 Vitis stijmlacea Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 408. 



Cazengo. — Inflorescence very viscid throughout ; fruit ellipsoidal, 

 of a vinous-red colour. In the more arid stony thickets amongst 

 shrubs of Stryclmos, at the left bank of the river Luinha, near 

 Muxaula ; fl. and fr. Dec. 1854. No. 1490. 



Ambaca. — A widely climbing herb ; leaves 5-foliolate, paler beneath ; 

 flowers red. Sporadic, in thickets at the borders of woods, between 

 Zamba and the stream Lutete ; without fl. or fr. Oct. 1856. No. 1475. 



Pungo Andongo. — In damp tall-grassy places between the fortress 

 and Caghuy ; fl. and young fr. March 1857. No. 1471. 



Planchon, /.r., quotes Welwitsch No. 1450 for this species, probably 

 by error for 1490 



