156 xl. ampelide^e. [Ampelocissus 



Feb. 1860. No. 1444. A sub-erect undershrub, 3 to 5 ft. high. In 

 bushy places at the borders of woods near Catumba ; without either fl. 

 or fr. Feb. 1860. No. 1445. 



Some of the leaves are digitately compound while others are simple 

 and palmately lobed ; they show that this probably belongs to 

 A. heracleifolia Planch., as regarded by Welwitsch and suggested by 

 Baker. 



7. A. angolensis Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 400. 



Vitis angolensis Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 410. 



Cazengo. — A widely climbing herb, with very densely clustered 

 blood-red flowers. In bushy places along the river Luinha near 

 Aguas Doces, and in Serra de Muxaula ; fl. Dec. 1854, fr. June 1855. 

 No. 1488. 



Golungo Alto. — A widely climbing undershrub. Leaves 5- 

 f oliolate, herbaceous but rather fleshy ; flowers yellow-reddish. In 

 high thickets in Serra de Alto Queta, sporadic ; fl. and fr. March 1856. 

 No. 1467. 



The following No. may be a state of the same species ; it differs 

 by having trifoliolate leaves : — 



Pungo Andongo. — Herbaceous, widely scandent ; leaflets mem- 

 branous, deep-green ; tendrils flowering. Sporadic, by dense thickets 

 along the banks of the river Ouanza, near Candumba ; in young 

 flower-bud Jan. 1857. No. 1462. 



8. A. concinna Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 400. 



Vitis concinna Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 413. 



Loanda. — Rather rare at the borders of bushy woods composed of 

 Acacia, at Mutollo, near Quicuxe ; fl. March 1854. No. 1491. 



9. A. obtusata Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1855, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 401. 



Vitis obtusata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



Pungo Andongo. — A robust undershrub climbing far and widely ; 

 stems angular, very tender ; leaflets 5, unequal, very obtuse, becoming 

 rigid ; flowers dark-red ; young fruits red, a little juicy. In the more 

 elevated thickets of the mountains of Pedras de Guinga, and less 

 common on the rocks of the-fortress of Pungo Andongo ; fl. and young 

 fr. March and April 1857. No. 1461. A subscahdent undershrub, 

 sometimes erect and nodding at the apex, or decumbent ; flowers 

 red. In sandy-earthy thickets, at the borders of woods composed of 

 Panda, near Luxillo, not far from the fortress, sporadic ; fl. Dec. 1856. 

 No. 1504. 



10. A. arcuata Planch, in Journ. la Vigne Amer., Feb. 1885, 

 p. 48 ; Monogr. Ampelid. p. 402. 



Vitis arcuata Welw. ex Baker in Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. i. p. 414. 



Pungo Andongo. — An undershrub, almost a shrub, 4 to 6 ft. high ; 

 stems at first straight, at length arching-deflexed ; branchlets and 

 leaves secund. In wooded sandy-earthy thickets near Luxillo, in woods 

 composed of Panda ; with badly developed fl. and young fr. April 1857. 

 .No. 1460. 



