164 XO, CONVOLVULACE® (BAKEK AND RENDLE). | poms. 
with a dark purple eye at the base of the tube, glabrous. Capsule 
globose-conical, glabrous, about 6 lin. long and 5 lin. in diam., tipped 
with the persistent hard style-base. Seeds large, dirty brown, pulveru- 
lent, 24 lin. long.—Hallier f, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 139 and xxviii. 41; 
Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1901, 55; Capua in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 
vili. 225. J. ochracea, Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 737, as to Nos. 
6174-6, not of Don. J. ophthalmantha, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 
141 partly. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia: near Rio Nunez, Heudelot, 868. Sierra 
Leone: Bananas and Camarancas, Afzelius; near Kambia, Scott-Elliot, 4367! 
Kakuna, Scott-Elliot, 4679! Togo: Bismarckburg, Bittner, 391; Misahohe, 
Baumann, 427. Lagos, interior, Rowland ; Ikirun, Milison ! and without precise 
locality, Mortensen. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Mensa, 4500-6000 ft., Terracciano & Pappi. Keren, 
Steudner, 948! Abyssinia: near Dochli, Schimper, 1420! Schahagenne, Schimper, 
368! Alia Amba, Roth, 421! Uganda : between Nandi and Mumias, 4400 ft., Whyte! 
British East Africa: Kikuyu ; Kidung (Kedang), Scott-Elliot, 6526! 
Lower Guinea. Angola; Ambriz; near Quibanga, Welwitsch, 6174! Go- 
Inngo Alto; by the Ambaca road, Welwitsch, 6175! and Menhalula, Welwitsch, 
6176! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lomami River, Pogge, 1216; valley of 
the Mukalue, a tributary of the Lubudi; between Samba and Lake Mussolo, and at 
Mtowa, Descamps. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ugalla River, Bihm, 253. British 
Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Blantyre, Buchanan, 12! 
I. acutiflora, A. Rich. Tent. FI. Abyss, ii. 71 may be a synonym of this species. 
69. I. obscura, Kerin Bot. Reg. t. 239. Annual? Stems slender, 
twining, more or less pubescent. Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, mem- 
branous, green and obscurely pubescent on both surfaces, 14-2 in. 
long and broad; petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncle short, 1—3-flowered ; 
pedicels thickened, }—1 in. long ; bracts ovate, minute, Calyx glabrous 
or sometimes hairy, 24-3 lin. long; sepals ovate, acute, equal. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, 1 in. long, white with a purple base ; limb 1-1} 
in. in diam. Capsule globose, glabrous, 4 lin. in diam. Seeds pubescent. 
—Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 370; Kotschy & Peyr. Pl. Tinn. 24; Engl. 
Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 345 ; Franchet, Sert. Somal. 41; Hallier f. 1» 
Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 140, and xxviii. 38 (var. abyssinica) ; in Jahrb. Hamb. 
Wissensch. Anst. xv. 44, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 230 ; Baker & 
Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 62; Capua in Ann. Bot. Istit. Roma, vil. 
226. TJ. saltiana, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894,178. Convolvulus gona- 
todes, Steud. in Schimper, Herb. Abyssin. 801. C. pilosus, R. Br. in Salt 
Abyss., App. Ixiv. 
Nile Land. Eritrea: Dahlak Archipelago, Hotha, Terracciano, 346 ; below 
Gheleb, 5000 ft., Schweinfurth, 1486 ; Acrur, 600 ft, Schweinfurth & Riva, 1005 - 
Dogali, Terracciano § Pappi, 31; Emberemi, Pappi, 1149; Sabarguna, Ragaz*t, 
292; Habab, Terracciano & Pappi, 652, 753, 813; Hildebrandt, 502; Assaorta, 
Terracciano, 50; Ghedem Mountain, Terracciano & Pappi, 6; Mensa, 6000-8000 oF 
Terracciano & Pappi, 1594, 1595, 881, 1072, 1457, 1156 ; near Keren, Steudner, 948! 
Ginda, 3300 ft., Ragazzi, 136. Abyssinia: Worrhey district, 16,000 ft., Schimper”: 
