Plate 2437. 



IPOMCEA CBINIGERA, OUv. 



C0NV0LVULACE.E. 



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I. (§ Orthipomoea) crmigera, Oliv, (sp, nov.) ; frutlculosa ramulis 



cortice sub ieute minutissime ruguloso atque fojiis carnosn]is lineari- 

 oblongis pinnatim dentatis mavguiG revolutis glabrls, floribuS axillari- 

 bus breviter peduncu^atis Sijepins solitariis interdum geiiiinis ternisve, 

 sepalis ovatis acutis intus gJabris 2 interioribus dorso etiam glabris sed 

 3 exterioribus (marginibus tectis exceptis) extus dense et longe setoso- 

 pilosis, corolla ealjcem 2-3-plo excedente, filamentis basi dilatatis 

 incrassatis papillosJs, stigmatibus didymis lobis ovoideo^globosis papil- 



loso-rugulosis. 



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Hab, S. E. Arabia ; Dhofar MonntninSj Bent (No. 55). 



Fruticulus calyce excepto glaber verosimiliter 1-H ped. alius. Folia 

 6-8 lin. longa, 1-2 lin. lata, breviter petiolata. Fedunc^ili 2-3 lin. 

 longi. Flores \-\ poll. longi ; coroila flavescens deinde rubescens ; 

 discus brevis, aiinulatus. 



Very different fron> any fyomoea known to me, and much more sug- 

 gestive of a frutescejit Convolvulus. The stigma, however, is typically 

 that of Ipomcea. — I). Oliver. 



Fiff. 1, -*n outer, and *•, an ioner sepal. 3, Corolla laid open. 4. Pistil. 6. Stigma. 

 All enlarged. 



