Argyreia. | XC. CONVOLVULACEH (BAKER AND RENDLE). 201 
orbicular, 3}—7 in. long and broad, thin, glabrescent above, permanently 
densely pubescent beneath, becoming sparsely pubescent later ; petiole 
about 3 in. long. Cymes very lax; peduncles and pedicels pubescent 
like the stem, nearly 1 in. long; bracts deciduous. Calyx 4 in. long, 
slightly pubescent ; sepals suborbicular, subequal, much imbricate. 
Corolla 3-4 in. long, suddenly dilated just above the calyx, campanulate, 
with spreading mouth, 1 in. in diam. at the centre. Stamens unequal, 
the longest half the length of the corolla; anthers } in. long. Fruit 
not seen.—Stictocardia laxifloru, Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 
OAS, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, 
Buchanan, 388! 
2. A. (?) Grantii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 67. Rootstock 
globose, as large as a man’s head. Stem suberect. Leaves elliptic- 
ovate, with retuse base, membranous, obtuse, 8 in. long, 6 in. broad, 
obscurely pilose beneath; petiole 24 in. long. Peduncle much longer 
than the petiole, 43 in.; cymes dense, dichotomous, 4-flowered ; pedicels 
short, densely pubescent, 4 in. long; bracts oblong, ? in. long, 
persistent, foliaceous, pubescent on back and margin. Calyx densely 
pubescent ; outer sepals oblong to oblong-lanceolate, resembling the 
bracts, blunt ; inner sepals up to 3 in. long, much shorter than the 
outer, ovate, subacute, pubescent along the middle line. Corolla 
regularly funnel-shaped, not lobed, delicate mauve-purple, about 3 in. 
long and about the same in diam. at the mouth. Stamens unequal, 
the longest above 1 in. long. Fruit not seen.—A. populifolia, vav. 
africana, Oliver in Trans. Linn, Soe. xxix. 114. Zpomea populifolia, 
Hallier f. in Engl. Jabrb. xxviii. 53. 
Nile Land. Uganda: Chopeh (Unyoro) district, near Karuma Falls, Speke S 
Grant, 627 ! 
The natives first propagate this plant in water, then plant it at the doors of 
pe huts. A branch held in the hand is believed to insure success in hunting.— 
rant, 
3. A. (?) beraviensis, Baker. A woody climber with finely 
pubescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, about 
3 in. long and broad, thin, finely pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes 
few-flowered, sessile or shortly peduncled ; bracts deciduous ; pedicels 
short. Sepals orbicular to orbicular-oblong, obtuse, much imbricate, 
finely pubescent, }—} in. long. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, bright 
violet, 2-22 in. long ; base of stamens densely hairy. Fruit not seen.— 
Tpomeea bera viensis, Vatke in Linnea, xliii. 514. Stictocardia beraviensis, 
Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 159, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 
XXXvii. 102, 
Upper Guinea. Gold Coast: Aquapim, Johnson, 789! Lagos, Millen, 55! 
South Central. Congo Free State: Lomani River, Pogge, 1143; valley of 
the Buleschi, a tributary of the Luina River, Descamps. 
Mozamb. Dist. (German East Africa: Usukuma; Nyangusi, Stuhlmann, 
4118, 
