﻿82 C0NV0LVULACEJ5 (Baker & Wright). \_Falhia. 



Vab. 0, diflfasa (Ohoisy in DC. Prod. ix. 451) ; nearly glabrous ; hubit more 

 robust than in the type; leaves cordate-ovate, J-^ in. long; flowers rather 

 larger than in the type, on lom^er peduncles. 



Yak. y, villosa (Baker) ; stature and size of flowers of the tvpe, but stem and 

 leaves densely clothed with soft spreading pubescence. F. villosa, Hallier f: in 

 Engl. Jalirh. xviii. 85. 



South Africa: without precise locality, Foster! Harvey, 576! I>regeJ 

 Var. y, Bergius (ex Hallier) Herb. Harvey, 245 ! 



Coast Region: Cape Div. ; Green Point, MacGillivray, 646! Flats near 

 Zeekoe Vley, Wolley Bod, 8f^9 ! between Cape Town and Suit Eirer, Burchell, 

 896! near Ciipe Town, Tlmnherg .' Tulbagh Div.; Vog-el Vallcv, Dregs' 

 Riversdale Div. ; Zwart Valley and near Vals River, Tfninherg ! Mossel Bay 

 Div. : hills on the ciist side of Gauritz River, Burchell, 6431 ! between Duyker 

 River and Gauritz River, Burchell, 6375! near the landing-place at Mossel Bay, 

 Burchell, 6277 ! George Div. ; between Malgat Riyer and Great Bi-nk River, 

 Burchell, 6145 ! Uitenhage Div. ; by the Zwartkops River, Brege ! Zeyher, 163! 

 Port Elizabeth Div. ; near Port Elizabeth, Wilms, 2454! Bathurst Div.; near 

 Theopolis, Burchell, 4143 ! between Port Alfred and Kaffir Drift, Burchell, 

 3857 ! East London Div. ; near Shelly Beach, 50 ft., Schonnherg, 2797 ! Var. fi : 

 Cape Div.; marshy ground by a salt-water lake, Simons Bay, Miln'', 201! 

 Albany Div.; Mrs. Barber! Var. y: Cape Div. ; near Constantia, Bergius (ex 

 Hallier f.)- Uitenhage Div. ; Zeyher ! Ecklon ^^ Zeyher, 19 (ex Hallier f.). 



Kalahari Region: Var. 7: Orange River Colony; NieuwjaHVs Spruit, 

 between the Orange River and Galedon River, Zeyher {Ecklon ^ Zeyher, locality 

 number 114, ex Hallier f.). 



I have not seen any specimen agreeing with F. repens, var. mimda, Choisy in 

 DC. Prod. ix. 451, Th* description of the calyx is much like that of F. oblonga, 

 Berub. 



^ 2. F. oblonga (Bernh. m Flora, 1844, 830) ; subglabrous or 



/ silky ; habit more robust than in typical F. repens and flowers a 



f little longer ; leaves about twice as long as broad, never more than 



simply rounded, not cordate at the base. Walp. Rep. vi. 543 ; 



Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 84 ; Bull. Herb. Boii^s. vii. 41, 



partly. 



Var. /3, minor (C. H. Wright) : leaves shorter than in the type ; calyx 

 tuhular-campanalate, shortly toothed, silky outside. F. abyssinica, Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsjl. Trap, Afr. 344. F. oblonga, Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vii. 41, 

 partly. F. diffusa, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 85, partly. 



Coast Region : Var. /8 : Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 323 ! Queenstown Div. ; 

 Qamata, Baur, 536 ! 



Kalahari Region : Var. 3 : Griqualand West; by the Vaal River near Pniel, 

 Roei7i Herb. Bolus, 2072! Transvaal; near Lydenburg, Wilms, 1077! 



Eastern Region : Tembuland ? Engotina, Baur, 15 ! Natal ; hills near 

 Umlazi River, SraMsSj359! Coast, Wood, 318! near Dnrban, Wood.'dQl Wilms, 

 2178 ! Gerrard,'i52o] Mount Edgecumbe, Wood, 1122, ! Var. ^ : Tembuland ; 

 Qumaucu and Umgwali, Baur, 536 ! 



Also in Tropical Africa. 



3. F. dichondroides (Baker); stems very slender, firm, trailing 

 sometimes to a length of 1 ft., clothed when young, like the leaves 

 and calyx, with short pubescence; leaves entire, round-cordate, 

 i-1 in. long and broad ; basal lobes always rounded and distinctly 

 produced ; petiole usually longer than the blade ; peduncle short, 

 1-flowered, at first erect, soon coriaceous; calyx {- in. long, pubes- 



