. 163 



Zizyphus Spina-Christi, Willd. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 380. 



Vernac. name. — Ailb (Hadramaut, Lunt). 



Nupe Rabba ; banks of Komadugu Waube, Dumjiri, N. Bornu. 



Fruit edible, with an agreeable flavour (Moloney, For. W. Afr. 

 p. 300). 



The wood is hard, compact and heavy, considered a cabinet 

 wood of the first quality (Grisard & Vanden Berghe, Les Bois 

 Indust. Indig. Exot. p. 338). 



AMPELIDEAE. 

 Vitis, Linn. 

 Vitis aralioides, Welw. ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 411. 

 \_Cissus aralioides, Planchon, Monogr. Ampelid. p. 513.] 

 Nupe. 



Fruit edible ; a remarkable ornament when in fruit ; grows in 

 damp, dense, primitive woods, and favours especially riverside 

 trees (Hiern, Cat. Welw. Afr. PI. i. p. 160). 



Vitis bombycina, Baker ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 399. 

 [Ampelocissus bombycina, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 383.] 

 Niger ; Nupe. 

 Fruit eatable. 



Vitis caesia, Sabine ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 396. 



[Cissus caesia, Afzel. ; Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 485.] 



Vernac. name. — Abekau Maru (Lagos, Phillips), 



Nupe ; Lagos. 



Country Grapes (Sierra Leone, Don, Moloney). 



The ripe fruits are acid and not very agreeable to Europeans, 

 but are eaten by Negroes (Don, Hist. Dich. PI. i. p. 710 ; Moloney, 

 For. W. Afr. p. 301). 



Vitis cornifolia, Baker ; Fl. Trop. Afr. I. p. 390. 

 [Cissus cornifolia, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 492.] 

 III. — Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. t. 22. 



Vernac. name. — Rigar biri (Katagum, Dalziel) ; M'pungee- 

 pungee (Madi, Grant). 

 Nupe ; Katagum. 



Fruit edible (Fl. Trop. Afr. 1 c.) but not pleasant to eat (Grant, 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. p. 47) ; flowering in November ; ripe at 

 Madi in December. 



Vitis Lecardii, Carriere, Rev. Hort. 1881, p. 456. 

 \_Ampelocissus Lecardii, Planch. Monogr. Ampelid. p. 386.] 

 III.— Rev. Hort. 1881, p. 455 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 2452-3. 

 Soudan Vine ; La Vigne de Nigritie (Carriere, Rev. Hort. 1881, 

 p. 205). 



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