■94 xc. convolvulace^: (baker and rendle). [Convolvulus. 



Wile Land. Eritrea: Assaorta, Terracciano, 16, 34, 42. Dablac Archipelago, 

 Terracciano, 264, 349; Terracciano of Pappi, 615 ; and Midir Island and Achil 

 Island, in Hamfila, Bay, Terracciano, 148. 



Not seen ; apparently closely allied to C. capitutiferus, but the seeds of the 

 latter are described as puberulous. 



13. C. glomeratus, Choisy in DC. Procir. ix. 401. Perennial; 

 stems many from the hard woody base, long, slender, terete, trailing or 

 twining, finely hairy, often scabridulous. Leaves lanceolate to oblong- 

 lanceolate, \-l in. long, base slightly cordate, flattened or obscurely 

 cuneate, apex obtuse to acute, mucronulate ; sparsely adpressed pilose on 

 both surfaces ; petiole very short. Flowers in dense globose bracteate 

 ferruginously hairy heads, on slender peduncles which are generally 

 shorter than the leaves ; outer bracts large, foliaceous, up to 8 lin. long, 

 inner smaller, lanceolate, acute, a little longer than the calyx. Sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate, up to 5 lin. long, the 2 outer much larger than the 

 inner, densely clothed with bright brown hairs. Corolla pinkish-white, 

 hairy, G lin. long. Capsule globose, glabrous, 2 1 - lin. in diam., pale 

 brown. Seeds blackish-brown, scabrid. — Wight, Ic. t. 1866 ; Yatke in 

 Linnsea, xliii. 518; Terrace, in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, v. 104. C. con- 

 gestus, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. lxiv. C. qrabicus, Hochst. ex 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 100 ; Capua in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 

 viii. 231. ? Ipomcea awicoma, A. Rich. Tent. Abyss, ii. 67; Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 94. 



M"ile Siand. Nubia : between Suakim and Hor Tamanib, Lord ! Gebel 

 Uaratab, near Suakiin, ScJiweinfurth, 2167 ! Macaur Island, Schiveinfurth, 2170 ! 

 Somaliland, Mrs. Lort Phillips ! Eritrea : Samhar, near Massowah, Sildebrandt, 

 723 ! Pappi, 1288, 1289. Habab, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 1290, 1291 ; Hildebrandt, 

 584 ; Assaorta, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 29. Ketumbal Island, JShrenberg. Island in 

 Howapel Bay, Salt ! Dablac Archipelago, Steudner, 940 ! Terracciano, 612, 613, 

 614. Hamfila Bay and Islands, Terracciano. Abyssinia : ascending to 4000 ft., 

 .Schimper, 341 ! 784. Dillon, Both, 425 ! 



Var. abbreviata, Terrace, in Ann. Bot. Istit. Roma, v. 105. Low growing. 

 Heads and leaves more crowded. 



K"ile X.and. Eritrea : Achil Island, in Hamfila Bay, Terracciano. 



Also in Socotra, and extending through Syria to North-West India. 



14. C. Raindii, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1902, 189. Erect, suffruti- 

 •cose, clothed with silvery silky pubescence; branched from the base; 

 branches slender, about 16 in. long, rising in a tuft less than 1 lin. in 

 diam., and densely leafy except at the base. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 f to 1 in. long, subobtuse, more densely pubescent beneath ; petiole 

 1 lin. long or less. Flowers usually solitary on slender axillary 

 peduncles 6-9 lin. long, beaiing a pair of small filiform bracts, 2-3 lin. 

 long about the middle. Sepals coriaceous, ovate, acute, 5 lin. long, the 

 two inner rather shorter ; pubescent like the leaves where exposed. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, twice the length of the calyx, silky outside on 



