﻿56 CONVOLVULACE^ (Baker & Wright). [fyomcea. 



nate from a lanceolate base; corolla twice as long as the caljx, 

 lunnel-shaped, rosy-purple ? pilose on the parts outside in bud. 

 Kalahabi Region : Transvaal; Aapies River, Burlce, 347 ! Zeyher, 1213 ! 



23. I. crassipes (Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4068) ; a climber, softly 

 hairy in all its parts ; stems terete, wiry ; leaves lanceolate, oblong- 

 lanceolate or ovate, acu1e, 1-3 in. long, 3-12 lin. wide; petiole up 

 to 5 lin. long; flowers usually solitary ; peduncle 1 (rarely up to 4) 

 in. long ; bracts usually remote from the calyx ; sepals unequal, 

 ovate or lanceolate, 8 lin. long, 3 lin. wide ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 2 in. in diam., purple above and paler below outside or yellow above 

 and purple at the base ; stamens half as long as ihe corolla; capsule 

 globose, glabrous. HaUier f. in Bull. Herh. Boiss. vii. 44 partly, 

 inch tar. genuina ; Bendle in Journ. Bot. 1901, 14, /. calys- 

 iegioides^ E. Meyer in Drege, Zicei PJianzengeogr. Documenie, 145, 

 153; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrh. xviii. 127, partli/. Aniseia 

 calystegioides, Choisy in DC. Prod. ix. 431, partly. 



Vae. jB, longepedunculata (Hallier f. in Ball. Herb. Boiss. vii. 45) ; whole 

 plant (except the corolla) densely clothed with long soft hairs ; leaves ovate- 

 oblong, acute or obtuse, up to 2 by 1;^ in.; peduncle longer than the leaves; 

 bracts lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, 6-8 lin. long. Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1901, 

 16, and 1902, 190. 



Var. 7, thunbergioides (Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 47) ; branches 

 almost herbaceous, terete, slender, prostrate ? ; It^aves ovate or sometimes reni- 

 form, about 1 in. lone;, obtuse ; peduncle shorter than the leaves, 1-flowered; 

 bracts remote from the calyx, linewr, ovate, or almost reniform ; sepals ovate, 

 acute or obtuse, 7 lin. long; corolla 15 lin. long, 15 lin. in diam., purple or some- 

 times yellow or wliitish in the upper part. I. crasxipes, var. ovata, subvars. 

 transvaalensis and natdlensis, and forma hrevipes, HaUier f. I.e. 48. I. oblon- 

 gata, var. auriculata, Engl, in Engl. Jahrh. x. 246. 



Vab. 8, Btrigosa (Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 4^) ; suffruticose, 

 densely hoary strigose all over; stems terete, robust, prostrate; leaves ovate, 

 rather acute, 9 lin. long, 4 lin. wide, truncate at the base ; peduncle as long as 

 the leaves, robust, straight, 1-flowered ; bracts remote from the calyx, small, 

 narrowly ovate-lanceolate; pedicels 3-7 lin. long; corolla 14 lin. long, limb 

 rosy-purple. 



Vab. 6, volubilis (Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 48) ; branches almost 

 herbaceous, much elongated, terete, filiform, twining ; leaves ovate- or liuear- 

 lanceolate, 1^-2^ in. long, 4-9 lin. wide; peduncle usually shorter than the 

 leaves, usuiiUy 2-flowered ; bracts near to the calyx or more or less remote, 

 4-9 lin. long; outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, conspicuously acuminate; corolla 

 14-19 lin. long, pink with a dark centre. 



Vae. C, graadifolia (Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 49); branches almost 

 herbaceous, elongate, terete, filiform, prostrate (or ascendiug ?) ; leaves ovate, 

 obtuse or emarginate, truncate or subcordate at the base, 1^-2 J in. 'long 9-24 (?) 

 lin. wide, dull gr.en, with sparse pubescence but finally glabrous above, pale 

 glaucous green marked with darker green pubescent nerves beneath ; peduncles 

 shorter than the leaves, l-flowered ; bracts near to the calyx ; outer sepals 

 broadly cordate-ovate, acute, 7 lin. long, 4 lin. wide; corolla about 1 in. loug, 

 deep purple. 



Coast Region : Queenstown Div. ; plains near Queenstown, 3500-3600 ft., 

 Galpin, 1700! Var. 7: Queenstown Div.; Shilob, 3500 ft, Baur ' British 

 Katfraria, Cooper, 2781 ! 



Kalahari Region: Transviial ; Magalies Berg, Burke, 177! Zcvher, 1209! 

 1212 ! Wouderboom Poort, near Pretoria, Rehmann, 4539 ! Saddleback Range, 



