810 H. Handel-Mazzetti: Anthophyta 



ad 3 cm longus, saepe curvulus. Bracteae ramulorum infimae parvae, lanceo- 

 latae vel lineares, pedicellorum minutae. Pedicelli racemosi, tenues, 3 — 4 mm 

 longi. Bracteolae 3, subulatae, 1 j 2 mm longae, calyci adpressae. Calyx sub 

 anthesi l 1 ^ mm longus ; sepala sublibera, extus tomentosa, exteriora 3 ovata, 

 interiora 2 breviora lanceolata. Corolla alba (e Maire), 4 mm longa, late in- 

 fundibularis, breviter öcrenata, extus tubo et striis 5 latis limbi illum paulo 

 superantis tomentella. Filamenta supra basin inserta, inferne longe ciliata; 

 antherae cordato-ellipticae, albidae, 3 / 4 mm longae, summae limbum attingentes. 

 Discus annularis, obsolete gibbosus. Ovarium subsessile, angulato-ovatum, 

 apiculatum, glabrum vel superne tantum puberulum, uniloculare ; Stylus crassus, 

 1 / 2 mm longus; stigmata 2, globosa, sessilia; ovula 4. Calycis fructiferi sepala 

 interna immutata, externa e basi cordata orbicularia, 12 — 15 mm diametro, 

 intra margines ad dimidium connata, membranacea, calvescentia, violascentia 

 et venulis violaceis prominulis dense reticulata. Capsula crasse obovata, 5 mm 

 longa, glabra, membranacea, longitudinaliter venosa, indehiscens. Semen uni- 

 cum, magnum, globosum, fuscum, albido-papillosum, opacum. 



Y.: In der str. St. der Schlucht des Djinscha-djiang („Yangtse") n von 

 Yünnanfu, 900 — 1100 m, im Tälchen ober der Herberge Lagatschang, 19. III. 

 1914, fr. (751, Typus) und in Gebüschen um Homendschang, 28. X. 1914, bl. 

 (5663). Im NE am Ufer des Yangtse bei Hsiaoho, 450 m, XL 1910 (Maibe, 

 distr. Bonati B 3452, 6393). 



Florifera Porariae paniculatae Roxb, simillima, sed tomento crassiore caly- 

 cisque lobis linearibus styloque breviore distinguenda. Cardiochlamys Thorein 

 Gagnep. ex Indochina indumento parciore albido, inflorescentia racemosa, pedi- 

 cellis longioribus, sepalis et corolla utrinque tomentosis, Ulis ad fructum pubes- 

 centem multo maioribus, stylo gracili, Capsula pubescente differt. Species mada- 

 gascarienses longius distant. 



Convolvulus L. 



** C. steppicola Hand.-Mzt. 



E radice %. lignescente, crassa, perpendiculari multicaulis, totus dense 

 flavido-tomentellus. Caules diffusi et volubiles, ad \ l f 2 m longi, tenues, basi 

 sublignescentes, paulum ramosi, teretes, aequaliter et dissite foliati. Folia sub- 

 sessilia vel inferiora petiolis usque ad 5 mm longis, infima lineari-oblonga, usque 

 ad 32 mm longa, longitudine c. triplo angustiora, cetera linearia, omnia basi 

 sagittata, lobis retrorsum falcatis leviter et obtuse lobulatis, ceterum remote 

 undulato-crenata vel subintegra, acutiuscula, crassiuscula. Pedicelli axillares 

 singuli, l!/ a — ßi/, cm longi, supra medium bracteolis 2, lanceolatis, l x / 2 — 3 mm 

 longis obtusis instructi. Sepala 5 — 6 mm longa, exteriora ovato-lanceolata, 

 interiora late ovata, illa demum, haec ab initio praeter cilia glabrescentia, omnia 

 apiculata et demum scarioso-crustacea. Corolla infundibularis, c. 12 mm longa, 

 lobis 5 late triangularibus, medio dorso usque ad apices adpresse pilosis, ceterum 

 glabra. Stamina basalia, filamentis filiformibus deorsum paulum dilatatis, 

 glabris, antheris linearibus 2 1 /, mm longis, tubum non superantibus, basi breviter 

 sagittatis. Discus annularis. Ovarium glabrum, stylo tenui 7 mm longo ad 

 quartum superum bifido, biloculare, ovulis 1— 2 nis . Capsula globosa, c. 8 mm 



