740 LXXXVII. CONVOLVULACEX. | Jpomea 
Punco Anponco.—An annual prostrate herb; corolla tubular- 
campanulate, white, very fugacious. In sandy moist pastures on the 
right bank of the river Cuanza, near Sansamanda, 7 Feb. 1857, in 
company with Portulaca foliosa Ker (Welw. no. 1105) and an orchid 
(cf. Welw. no. 688, Habenaria?). No. 6170. 
30. I. palmata Forsk. Fl. AXgypt.-Arab. p. 43 (1775); non 
Kotsch, Exsice. n. 177. 
Convolwulus cairicus L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 922 (1759). J. 
cairica Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 1, pt. ii, 287 (1827); Hall. f., Zc., 148. 
PrINCE’s ISLAND.—At the coast, without fl.orfr.Sept.1853. No. 6208. 
IcoLo E BENGO.—In the palm-groves of Santo Antonio by the river 
Bengo ; fl. Dec. 1853. No. 6205. 
Lisonco.—A herb, climbing widely and high, with its numerous 
twining stems embracing chiefly herbaceous bushes of Malvacee and 
Sesban (cf. Abutilon intermedium Hochst., Welw. no, 4978 ; and Sesban 
spherocarpus Welw., Coll. Carp. 388); flowers very prettily violet- 
purple. In damp bushy places about lakes on the left bank of the 
river Lifune, plentiful ; fl. and fr. Sept. 1858. No. 6206. 
Gotunco ALTo.—A perennial herb, sometimes twining and climb- 
ing, sometimes (in hot situations) prostrate, elongate-sarmentose, 
quasi-czespitose ; flowers very prettily violet-rosy. By the stems of 
tall grasses and in sunny thickets, near Sange, not uncommon ; fl. and 
fr. March 1855. No. 6207. 
MossaMEDEs.—A herb, climbing far and widely, twining, exceed- 
ingly pleasing and highly ornamental with its very crowded deep- 
violet-purple flowers. At rocks by the banks of the river Bero, very 
plentiful ; fl. July and August 1859. No. 6117. 
The following should be compared with this species :— 
GoLunGco ALTo,—Creeping on the ground, with 10 to 12 shoots, 
7 to 9 in. long ; capsule 2-celled, the cells 2-seeded, the seeds hirsute 
with chestnut-brown hairs. Before Rodrigo’s house ; fr. April 1856. 
Cou. Carp. 771. A perennial herb, widely diffuse ; sarmentose branches 
4 to 8 ft. long, not rooting ; flowers violet-purple, handsome ; fl. and fr. 
May 1856, Co... Carp. 772. 
MossaMEDEs.—Boca do Rio Giratil ; fr. July 1859. Cou. Carp. 775. 
31. I. digitata L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 924 (1759). 
Convolvulus paniculatus L. Sp. Pl., edit. 1, p.156 (1753). 7. pani- 
culata R. Br. Prodr. p. 486 (1810); Hall. f., le. p. 149. Batatas 
paniculata Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Genéve vi. p. 436 (1834). 
AmpBriz.—A_ beautiful, widely climbing, floribund plant, with very 
pretty rosy-purple flowers. By thickets near the river Quizembo in 
Sobato Quizembo ; fl. Nov. 1853. No. 6241. 
BarRA DO BeNnGo.—A tall-climbing herb, with rosy handsome flowers. 
In the forest at the river Bengo ; fl.and fr. Dec. 1853. No. 6242. 
Punco ANponGco.—A climbing, twining plant, almost woody at the 
base ; stem angular; leaves membranous but rather fleshy ; corolla 
campanulate-funnel-shaped, violet purple. By the thickets of Mata de 
Pungo, sporadic; fl. middle of Dec. 1856. No. 6163. At Condo ; 
fl. and fr. 1857. No. 6222. 
32. I. Arenicola Rendle & Britten in Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 176. 
Punco ANpoNGo.—A perennial herb, not tuberous ; stem decum- 
bent, fleshy, purple ; flowers from whitish to violet-coloured, purple 
