Lponwea. | XC, CONVOLVULACEH (BAKER AND RENDLE), 199 
beneath ; petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncle 5} in. long; Howers several 
(6) in a dichasial cyme ; pedicels 2 lin. long; bracts minute, lanceolate. 
Flower-buds ovoid, densely strigose. Calyx 4—5 lin. long, hirsute on 
back and margin. Sepals subcoriaceous, lanceolate to ovate, acute, 
Corolla funnel-shaped, 24 in. long, whitish with a purple throat ; mid- 
petaline areas strigose. Fruit and seeds not seen.—Rivea Hartmanni, 
Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 156. 
Nile Land. Brtish East Africa: Ndi Mountain, Hildebrandt, 2564 ! 
148. I, Mahoni, (. /. Wright in Gard. Chron. 1908, xxxiii. 257. 
A large erect shrub. Stem terete, at first pubescent. Leaves oblong, 
obtuse at base and apex, entire, 1} in. long, 1 in. broad, glabrous above, 
pubescent beneath, ciliate; petiole ? in. long, hairy at first, channelled 
above, Flowers solitary, peduncle short, thick ; bracteoles 2, lanceolate, 
+ in. long. Sepals lanceolate, acute, unequal, pubescent. Corolla 
campanulate, funnel-shaped, more than 3 in. in diam., red-purple below 
and on the ribs, white or very pale purple above. Stamens very 
unequal. Style shorter than the stamens. 
Nile Land. Uganda, Mahon, 83. 
Described from small specimens raised from seed at Kew, which formed flowers 
when only 4 inches high. Unfortunately no specimens were preserved, and at 
present the plant is leafless. As the plant is described as a large floriferous shrub, 
the cultivated specimen perhaps represen‘s a starved form. 
149. I. setifera, Poir. Hncycl. vi. 17. Perennial. Stem slender, 
twining or trailing, the younger portions clothed with long spreading 
bristly hairs. Leaves entire, glabrous, cordate to ovate-cordate, sub- 
acute or blunt, 3-5 in. long, with a deep or broad open basal sinus, 
rarely orbicular emarginate ; petiole as long as the blade. Flowers 
solitary on short pedicels from the axils of the leaves or 2—3-nate on a 
long peduncle, with several large ovate foliaceous bracts at the base of 
the pedicels, which are 1-1} in. long. Calyx glabrous, reaching 1 in. 
long; sepals ovate, apex obtuse, setiferous, back prominently longi- 
tudinally 5-veined and plicate, the two inner much smaller. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, bright red, 23-4 in. long. Seeds blackish, glabrous in 
African specimens (described by Choisy l.c. as tomentoso-puberulis).— 
Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 359; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 143. 
I. ter etistigma, var. setifera, Choisy, l.c. ix. 373; Benth. in Hook. Niger 
ML AG7,. 7: Lesteri, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1892, 83. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 750! South bank of the Gambia 
River, Brown- Lester, 9! Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! Don! Scott-Elliot, 5902! 
Also in Tropical America. 
150. I. fimbriosepala, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 359. A herba- 
ceous annual. Stem glabrous, twining. Leaves cordate-ovate, sub- 
acute, entire, glabrous, 14 in. long; petiole of the upper leaves 
generally shorter than the blade, of the lower as long as, or longer 
than, the blade. Peduncles very short, 1—-2-flowered ; pedicels longer 
