[pomeea. | XC. CONVOLVULACE& (BAKER AND RENDLE). 139 
Leaves varying greatly in size, especially in width, from narrowly linear-lanceolate, 
through linear-oblong to narrowly ovate, from 1}~3} in. long, and from 3-1} in. 
broad. Sepals densely hairy on back, ciliate on margin.—Schweinf. Beitr. Fl, 
Aethiop. 95; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 346 ; Hallier f, in Engl, Jahrb. xviii. 
124, 
Nile Land. Gallabat: near Matamma, Schweinfurth, 2145! Kordofan. 
Pfund. Eritrea: Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 500! Keren, Steudner, 963, 
Abyssinia : near Selassaquilla, towards the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1245! near 
Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 164, 2320! Hamedo Plain, 4200 ft., Schimper, 851! 
8. I. kotschyana, Hochst. ex Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 354. Annual. 
Stems very slender, trailing, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves orbicular, 
pubescent, 1—2-pinnatifid, 1-14 in. in diam.; lobes linear; petiole 
very short. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile. Calyx pubescent, 3 
lin. long ; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla funnel-shaped, half as long 
again as the calyx. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam. 3-celled, 
6-valved. Seeds small, sparsely pubescent to glabrous, triquetrous. 
—Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 125. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: Dagana, Perrottet/ and without precise 
locality, Heudelot, 734! Lepriéur, 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kofschy, 13! 51! Darfur: Barkin, Pfund, 493! 
Eritrea: Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 149! 
9. I. eurysepala, /Hullier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 125. Annual. 
Erect, dwarf, branched, hairy all over. Habit closely resembling that of 
I. coscinosperma, but the leaves are larger, elongate-ovate, acute, 
rounded at the base, pale green, the longest nearly 2 in. long, and above 
lin. broad. Sepals larger and much broader than in the species 
mentioned, broadly ovate with a less deep green point, 5 lin. long and 
2} lin. broad at the flowering time, densely shortly pilose. Corolla 
scarcely longer than the calyx. Capsule glabrous. Seeds 4, pale 
yellow, finely punctate. 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Pfund. 
_ 10. I. commatophylla, 4. Rich. Tent. Pl. Abyss. ii. 65, Peren- 
nial, Stems tufted, suberect, pubescent, up to 14 ft. long. Leaves 
rhomboid, cuneate at the base, 3-lobed, the mid lobe ovate and much 
exceeding the lateral lobes and irregularly grossly dentate, pubescent, 
1}-2 in, long, narrowing to a subacute base; petiole under | in. long. 
F lowers solitary, subsessile in the axils of the leaves. Calyx barely 6 
an. long ; sepals abruptly acuminate from a lighter-coloured ovate base. 
Corolla tubular-campanulate, back hairy, margin densely ciliate, half 
ey long again as the calyx. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin, in diam., 
“—4-valved. Seeds small, covered with a short dense brown pubescence. 
— Convolvulus commatophylius, Steud. in Schimp. Exsic. No. 783. 
_ Mile Land. Abyssinia: Hamedo Plain, 4600 ft., Schimper, 172! near Gapdia, 
Schimper, 783! and without precise locality, Quartin Dillon. 
Var. angustifolia, Oliver in Trans, Linn. Soc. xxix. 116. Leaves narrower, with 
4 lanceolate terminal lobe. 
