738 LXXXVII. CONVOLVULACES. [Jpomea 
bearing 4- to 8-flowered cymes ; corolla funnel-shaped, pale sulphur 
in colour, purple inside towards the base ; stigma capitate. 
Loanpa.—A widely climbing, handsome plant, with very beautiful 
flowers. At Represa grande de Quicuxe; fl. April 1858; also in 
flooded places, about to dry up, near Imbondeiro dos Lobos, rather 
rare; fl. 8 June 1858. No. 6239. 
23. I. aquatica Forsk. Fl. Agypt.-Arab. p. 44 (1775); 
Britten, Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 169 (1894). 
Convoloulus reptans L. Sp. Pl. edit. 1, p. 158 (1753). J. 
reptans Poir. ex Roem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. p. 244 (1819); 
Hall. f., l.c., p. 143. 
Barra po Danpe.—A bright green herb, apparently perennial, 
sometimes creeping far in damp muddy places, in other cases always 
floating on sufficiently deep water ; stems purple, broadly fistulose ; - 
leaves sometimes bright green, sometimes more or less glaucescent ; 
flowers campanulate-funnel-shaped, handsome, violet-purple. Near 
Bombo, plentiful, but only about lakes on both the right and left 
banks of the river Dande ; fi. end of Sept. 1858. No. 6187. 
Punco ANDOoNGO.—In chasms near Sansamanda; fl. No. 6186. In 
deep pools between Lombe and Quibinda ; fl. March 1857. No. 6171. 
24. I. stolonifera Gmelin, Syst. Nat. ii, p. 345 (1791); Britten, 
Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 169 (1894). 
Convolvulus littoralis L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 924 (1759). 
C'. sinuatus Petagna, Instit. Bot. ii. p. 353, n. 71 (1787). 
C. stoloniferus Cyrill. Pl. Rar. Neapol. i. p. 14, t. 5 (1788). J. 
incisa Br. Prodr. p. 486 (1810). J. littoralis Boiss, Fl. Orient. 
iv. p. 112 (1879); Hall. f., Zc, p. 144. J. sinuata O. Kuntze, 
Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. p. 442 (1891). 
Ampriz,—At the shore of the mouth of the river Ongo, Mosul ; 
after the fall of the fl., Nov. 1853. No. 6251. 
Lisonco.—A herb ; root tuberous ; stems subterranean, very long, 
emitting here and there tufts of leaves and a solitary flower above the 
ground ; leaves rather fleshy, glossy ; flowers white, turning yellow 
towards the base and red inside at the bottom. In sandy places, at a 
distance of 1 to 3 miles from the ocean, by the banks of the river 
Lifune ; fl. end of Nov. 1853. No. 6248. 
CaLumpBo.—A persisting herb ; root tuberous ; stems subterranean, 
sarmentose for a considerable length, whitish, fibrillose, occasionally 
developing narrow tufts of leaves and white flowers ; leaves fleshy, 
rather rigid, bright green, decidedly glossy above ; flowers whitish, 
purplish inside at the bottom, at length limp and yellowish. In 
maritime gravelly places between Cape Palmieria and the mouth of 
the river Cuanza, rather rare; fl. April 1854. No. 6250. In sandy 
places near Tanza ; without fl. or fr. Feb. 1858. No. 6249. 
25. I. asarifolia Roem. &Schult., Syst. Veg. iv.251; Hall.f.,/.¢.,145. 
Convolwulus asarifolius Desrouss. in Lam, Encycl. Méth. iii. 
p. 562 (1789). 
GoL_uNnGo ALTo.—A decumbent, glaucous-green herb ; root tuberous; 
sarmentose branches 6 to 8 ft. long ; leaves fleshy-coriaceous ; flowers 
of a pleasant purple colour, with whitish glaucous folds. On bushy 
slopes at the river Delamboa, rather rare; fl. April and July 1855 
and Aug. 1856. No. 6202. A herb, with a perennial tuberculate root, 
