Ampelocissus] xl. ampelide^e. 155 



2. A. leonensis Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Jan. 1885 r 

 p. 30 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 387. 



Vitis Leonensis Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. Gissus 

 Leonensis Hook. f. in Hook. Niger Fl. p. 264 (1849). 



Siekka Leone. — A widely climbing shrub with reddish stem, 

 numerous and extensive branches, and blood-red shining fruits. 

 Frequent in wooded mountainous situations above Freetown ; with 

 ripe fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1500. 



3. A. salmonea Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Jan. 1885 r 

 p. 31 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 395. 



Vitis salmonea Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 394. 



Sierea Leone. — In wooded mountainous places above Freetown ;. 

 without either fl. or fr. Sept. 1853. No. 1498. 



4. A. platanifolia Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 47 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 397. 



Vitis platanifolia Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. 



Htjilla. — A shrubby herb or an undershrub, 2 to 4 ft. high or in 

 poor ground scarcely 1 J ft. high, strictly erect and rigid, with numerous 

 stems and without tendrils ; flowers reddish. In the open rather dry 

 and sandy woods consisting of Protea, etc., between Lopollo and the 

 river Monino, with young fl. Feb. 1860. Ho. 1447. A suffruticose 

 herb or an undershrub, 3 to 5 ft. high, erect or oblique, channelled, 

 very tough, without tendrils ; leaves softly coriaceous, very bright- 

 green above, ferruginous-hoary beneath ; flowers closely clustered, red ; 

 fruit violet-red, obovoid-oblong, nearly glabrous, more than half an 

 inch long, edible. In the thinner parts of the forest, between Lopollo 

 and the river Monino, amongst small trees of Protea, Eugenia, Dodoncea, 

 Parinarium, etc. ; fl. and young fr. (the latter not preserved) end of 

 Dec. 1859. No. 1505. 



5. A. heracleifolia Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 397. 



Vitis heracleifolia Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 398. 



Pungo Andongo. — A climbing undershrub, sometimes standing 

 erect ; stems numerous from a woody root-stock. In open woods, com- 

 posed of Panda near the fortress ; sporadic; fl. and flower-buds, 18 Oct. 

 1856. No. 1457. An undershrub of 2 to 3 ft. and more, with reddish 

 flower-buds. In sparingly grassy sandy places between the fortress and 

 Luxillo, sporadic ; not yet in full fl. Oct. 1856. No. 14576. 



The same species occurs also at Caconda in the interior of Angola. 



6. A. disseeta Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885,. 

 p. 48; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 398. 



Vitis disseeta Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



Pungo Andongo. — An undershrub 3 to 5 ft. high ; stem sub-erect, 

 firm, tough, striate, white-tomentose ; leaves compound, palmatipartite, 

 white-tomentose beneath ; flower-buds purplish. Not common in 

 wooded bushy places between Cazella and Luxillo ; not yet in full fl. 

 Oct. 1856. No. 1459. 



Huilla.— An erect undershrub, 3 to 5 ft. high ; stems several ; 

 cymes compact, small ; flowers reddish. In sandy-earthy woods Com- 

 posed of Panda, near the great lake of Ivantala ; scarcely in full fl. 



