Cissampelos. . 297 



6. C. truncata Engl, in Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1839) 398. — Species gracillima 

 nonnunquam subherbacea. Rami tenues pilis albis patulis hirtuli vel glabri, atropurpurei. 

 Foliorum petiolus tenuis 3,5 — 6 cm longus, laminae juxta marginem inserlus; lamina 

 tenuiter membranacea, supra parce pilosa vel glabra, sublus ad nervorum confluxum 

 hirto-barbata ceterum glabra pallidior, e basi levissime emarginata vel truncata latissime 

 triangularis, apice obtusangula vel subrotundata, 3 — 6 cm longa, 4 — 8 cm lala, nervi 

 Primarii 5-palmati subtus prominuli, secundarii et nervuli colore saturatiore conspicui 

 reticulati. Cymae qj* axillares solitariae vel binae, corymboso-ramosae longe pedunculatae 

 rarius parvae subsimplices in ramulis laleralibus tenuibus e foliorum reductorum axillis 

 ortae; pedunculi 2 — 3 cm longi et pedicelli capillaceo-filiformes; sepala 4 — 5 glabra, 

 ^nguste ovato-elliptica utrinque angustata, 1,5 mm longa, 0,7 mm lata; corolla depresso- 

 cupuliformis vel saepe in pelala libera 2 — 4 subrolundala marginibus inflexa concava 



soluta; synandrium 5 8-loculare. — [Flores Q et drupae adhuc ignota.] — 



Fig. 91 M— 0. 



Ost- Afrika: Usambara: Nguelo, Lichtung im immergrünen Regenwald 900 — 



1000 m, <J blüh, im September (Engler n. 656!); Amani, an Waldrändern und in 



lichten Waldungen, 900 m, q? blüh, im Juli (Warnecke n. 460 !); Pangani-Thal bei 



xWnijugi, Q? blüh, im April (Busse n. 2 255.'). — Uluguru, (j* blüh, im Oktober 



(Stuhlmann n. 8831 — Original der Art!). 



7. C. hirta Klotzsch in Peters' Reise nach Mossambik I. (1862) 174 non Miers 

 (1866). — G tamnifolia Miers in Ann. Nat. Hist. 3. ser. XVII. (1866) 137 n. n., 

 Contrib. Bot. III. (1871) 185. — G Pareira var. hirta et var. Klotzschii Dur. et 

 Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. I. 2. (1898) 51; var. mucronata (A. Rieh.) Engl, subvar. hirta 

 (Klotzsch) Engl, in Engler's Bot. Jahrb. XXVI. (1899) 395. — Ramuli tenues sulcati 

 hirto-pilosi. Foliorum petiolus circ. 1,5 cm longus, hirto-pubescens, laminae juxta mar- 

 ginem insertus; lamina membranacea demum coriacea, subtus pallidior saepe glaucescens, 

 supra parce pilosa demum glabra lucida, subtus ad nervös et marginem hirto-pilosa 

 vel cito glabrata, e basi obtusangulo-excisa late triangulari-cordata vel -ovata, apice 

 minute mucronulata, 2 — 4,5 cm longa, 3 — 4 cm lata, nervi primarii 5-palmati subtus 

 parum prominuli. Cymae (J 1 graciles axillares, solitariae vel fasciculatae corymboso- 

 ramosae, ad ramificationes bracteis minutis subulatis ciliatis praeditae, cum peduneulo 

 1 — 2,5 cm longae, pedunculi et pedicelli graciles subglabri; sepala 4 glabra obovata 

 unguiculata sicca nigro-maculata, 1 mm longa, 0,7 mm lata; corolla patelliformis eodem 



modo nigro-maculata 1 mm diamet. ; synandrium 4 6-loculare. Rami floriferi Q 



demum 10 — 12 cm longi, bracteae foliis conformes demum aecrescentes mucronatae; 

 pedicelli 1,5 mm longi; ovarium glabrum semiovoideum. Drupae compresso-obovoideae 

 parcissime pilosae, 5 — 6 mm longae, 5 mm latae ; endocarpium utrinque dorso fascia 

 transverse costulata atque in latere costa altera verrucosa ornatum. 



Südost- Afrika: Sofalagasa: Inhambane, an Hecken, q? blüh. (Peters — 

 Original der Art!). — Delagoa Bay, q 1 blüh. (Forbes n. 1 1 — Original der C. 

 tamnifolia Miers!); ebendort, Q blüh, und frucht. (Schlechter n. 11548!, Junod 

 n. 45!, n. 478!, Bolus n. 7635!, L. Scott!). 



8. C. torulosa E. Mey. ex Harv. Fl. capens. I. (1859) 11; Miers in Contrib. Bot. 

 III. (1871) 185; Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. I. (1868) 46. — Menispermum capense Thunb. 

 Fl. Gap. ed. Schultes (1823) 402: Eckl.-Zeyh. in Enum. (I 836) n. 3; Zeyh. in Linnaea 

 XIX. (18 47) 601 nom. nud. — G Wildemaniana v. d. Bossche in PI. Nov. Herb. 

 Hort. Then. I. (1904) 5, pl. II. — Rami tenues hirto-pilosi vel subglabri. Foliorum 

 petiolus sulcatus parce pilosus vel glaber, 2 — 5 cm longus, laminae juxta marginem 

 insertus: lamina membranacea, subtus pallida, utrinque parce pubescens vel glabrescens 

 non nisi subtus ad nervorum confluxum subbarbatum pilosa, subreniformis, basi ad 

 petioli insertionem breviter euneato-decurrens ideoque bisinuata, apice obtusa vel bre- 

 vissime acuminata nonnunquam mucronulata, 2 — 6 cm longa, 3,5 — 9 cm lata, nervi 



primarii 3 5-palmati cum seeundariis nonnisi colore saturatiore subtus conspicui. 



Cymae q? axillares solitariae vel binae corymboso-ramosae cum peduneulo 2 — 3 cm 



