58 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 



East Tropical Africa ; Nyanza, Berkeley Bay, G. F. Scott Elliot, 

 no. 7068, 1893-4. West Tropical Africa; Congo, Christian Sviith, 

 nos. 10, 27. 



I. Hierniana, sp. nov. Sufitrutex caulibus volubilibus robnstis 

 velut tota plauta cinereo-puberulis ; foliis exacte cordatis acuminatis 

 apiculatis, lamina petiolum sub^equante, in pagiiia siiperiore sparse, 

 in inferiore, praecipue in venulis prominulis, densius puberula : 

 pedunculis brevibus cum floribus panels superadditis laminam vix 

 attingentibus, ut in bracteolis parvis cadncis pedicello et calyce 

 albido-puberulis; sepalis snb?equalibus ellipticis obtiisis subcoriaceis 

 niargine membranaceis ; corolla calycem 4-plo excedente, glabra 

 super basin tubulosam infundibuliforme, areis mesopetalis 5-nerviis 

 bene limitatis; antlieris sub ore corollas, filamentis elongatis asquali- 

 bus ; fructu .... 



The ribbed soft woody shoots reach 3 mm. in thickness in the 

 specimen, which, up to the backs of the sepals, bears a fine covering 

 of very short soft curled whitish hairs, densest on the leaf-stalks, 

 the backs of the leaf-veins, and the flower-stalks and exposed backs 

 of the sepals. Leaves papery in consistence, blade 7-13 cm. long 

 by 5-5-9 cm. broad. Peduncles -5 cm. long; flowers subumbellate, 

 geminate in the specimen, pedicels 6 mm. long, bracteoles lanceo- 

 late, mostly fallen, 2 mm. long. Sepals 8-9 mm. long by about 

 4 mm. broad. Corolla 4 cm. long, including a tube of about 8 mm., 

 stamens 3*5 cm. long. 



Near I. fra<jrans Bojer, but distinguished by the very short 

 peduncle and the shortly puberulous iufioresceuce. 



Hab. Cameroons, Bipinde, Urwaldgebiet, Zenker, no. 1614, 1898. 

 ^^ Ipomcea spec. aff. paiucuiat((." 



The specific name recalls Mr. Hiern's connection with the 

 West Tropical African Flora in the elaboration of Dr. Welwitsch's 

 collections, the account of which is now complete. 



I. Hovarum, sp. nov. Snffrutex caulibus elongatis prostratis 

 tortis, siccis compressis, plus minus cinereopuberulis ; foliis ovato- 

 cordatis acuminatis cum margine subundulato, utrinque minute 

 puberulis ; petiolo velut pedunculis cinereo pubernlo quam lamina 

 paullo breviore; pedunculis quam petioli 3-plo brevioribiis, dichasiis 

 paucifloris, bracteolis oblongis ; sepalis chartaceis late ellipticis 

 obtLsis, glabridis ; corolla rosea ad medium late tubulosa turn late 

 infundibuliforme, calycem 6-plo excedente. glabra, areis mesopetalis 

 5-nerviis ; genitalibus tubo inclusis ; fructu .... 



The specimen consists of a long trailing shoot more than 80 cm. 

 long, hollow, and bearing a sparse whitish pubescence, denser in 

 the yoiuiger part ; greatest thickness 3 mm. Leaves papery when 

 dry, reaching 8 or 9 cm. in length by 7 in width at the base, and 

 the petioles 6 cm. Peduncle 2*5 cm. long, pedicel -5 cm. or less, 

 bracteoles caducous, 4-6 mm. long by 1-5-2 mm. broad. Calyx 

 12 mm. long ; corolla 6 cm. lont;, the lower half tubular-campauu- 

 late, then broadly funnel-shaped, with a spread of 6 cm. 



Approaches /. paniculata var. iuilivisa Hall. f. (/. cameninensis 

 Taub.) in the shape of the leaf and corolla, but is distinguished by 



