﻿76 coNVOLVULACE.E (Baker & Wright). [Convolvului^. 



acuminate, 2 lin. broad ; corolla white, 9 lin. long, glabrous except 

 on the outside of the central areas ; lobes short, acute ; style 5 lin. 

 long ; capsule globose, glabrous ; seeds puberulous. 



Coast Region : Queenstown Div. ; mountain sides, Queenatown, 4300-6000 ft., 

 Qalpin, 2110 ! 



15. C. ornatus (Engl, in Engl. Jahrb. x. 247) ; stem much 

 branched from the base ; branches terete, slender, silky tomentose 

 as well as the leaves, pedicels and calyx ; lower leaves shortly 

 petioled, lanceolate or elongate-hastate, upper longer petioled, 

 5-lobed, 1 in. long; lateral lobes very much shorter than the central, 

 all linear and shghlly wavy at the margins ; nerves impressed above, 

 prominent beneath; peduncle very short; bracteoles 2, linear; 

 pedicel!) about 2 lin. long; sepals narrowly lanceolate, 4 lin. long, 

 1\ lin. wide; corolla about 7 lin. in diam., .5-toothed ; filaments 

 dilated at the base ; anthers oblong -sagittate ; capside ovoid, acute, 

 about 2\- lin. long. C. multifidus, Hallier f. in Engl. Jalirh. xviii. 

 W2, not of Thunb. 



Cextbai, Begion: Carnarvon Div. ; at Buffi-Ia Bout, BurcheU, 1601 ! 



Kalahari Rkgiox : Griqualand West ; siindy places uear Kimberley, about 

 40C0 It.. Marloth, 716 (ex Enrjler), between the Orange and Vaal River;', li"e in 

 Herh. Bolus, 2078! Oraiipfe River Colony, Burke.' Bet-huanaland ; Pellat 

 Plains, near Takun, Bv,rchell, 2232 ! between Moshowa River and Kuru, 

 Burchell, 2412 ! 



16. C. multifidus (Thunb. Prodr. 35) ; stem herbaceous, filiform, 

 prostrate, tomentose like the rest of the plant ; leaves 3-12 lin. 

 long ; lobes 5-9, linear, obtuse, the central one longer than the 

 lateral and sometimes undulate : petiole short ; peiiuncle 6-9 lin. 

 long, 1-flowered; bracts subulate; pedicel 2-4 lin. long; calyx 

 3 lin. long ; sepals broadly ovate, membranous at the edges ; 

 corolla about 9 lin. in diam., glabrous inside; lobes rotundate ; 

 stamens 4 lin. long ; capsule ovoid-globose, glabrous. Fl. Cap. ed. 

 Sehulf. 170. 



Coast Rkgion: Uitenhasre Div.; near Lnris (Loeri) River, Thunherg ! 

 Gi-nsrug (Giass Ridge), near Uitenliage, Baur, 1020! 



17. C. boedeekeriauus (Peter in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenfam. 

 iv. 3A. 36); stems slender, prostrate, finely silky, glabrescent ; 

 leaves shortly petioled, pinuately 5-lobed, i-l in. long ; basal lobe.s 

 dichotomous ; lateral linear, entire or slightly toothed ; central lobe 

 much the largest, irregularly toothed or pinnatifid ; flowers small, 

 folitary, shortly peduncled ; bracts subulate, minute ; sepals ovate, 

 acute, densely silky ; corolla twice the length of the calyx, 5 lin. in 

 diam., white, silky outside ; lobes triangular, acute. Hallier /. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 102. 



CENTBAt. REGION: Colesberg: Div.; near Colesberg, S?iaiy, 123 ! 123A! 

 Hnpetown Div.; near Hopetown, Shaw ! 



Kat.ahaki Ri:aio.\: Griqualaud West; near the Yaal River, Shaw, 1221 



