96 XC. CONVOLVULACE.E (BAKER AND RENDLE). [Convolvulus. 



younger parts, glabrous or sparsely hirsutulous. Leaves hastate- 

 sagittate, exceeding H in. long, 1-2 lin. broad in the middle, 2^-5 lin. 

 at the base ; median lobe long, linear, entire, obtuse ; basal lobes short r 

 falcately decurved, obtruncate; petiole lh~-h lin. long. Peduncle 

 i in. to 1^ in. long, thin, rigid, bearing several (rarely only one) small,, 

 short-stalked, densely crowded, somewhat nodding flowers. Sepals 

 small, ovate-lanceolate, acute, apex herbaceous from a paler subcoria- 

 ceous base, green, crisped, recurved, the outer a little longer, 2A lin. 

 long, sparsely silky on the back especially at the apex. Corolla 4 lin. 

 long, white, with red-brown stripes, distinctly lobed. — G. hastalus, 

 Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 407, partly, not of Thunb. 



Lower Guinea. Damaraland, Pechuel-Losche, Hbpfner, 94. 



Also in South Africa. 



18. C. sagittatus, var. abyssinica, Hallierf. (as subvar.) in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. vi. 538. A somewhat more robust plant than the species,. 

 more or less glaucous green when dry. Stems long slender, prostrate, 

 more or less grey or brownish, sometimes silky pubescent. Leaves 1^ 

 to 2^ in. long, varying considerably in breadth, but larger and generally 

 broader than in the species, rarely reaching 6 lin. broad, basal lobes- 

 recurved, often toothed or multifid, pubescent like the stem. Flowers 

 1-2, rarely more, on slender more or less elongated peduncles. Bracts 

 narrow linear ; pedicels about as long as or longer than the calyx, some- 

 times shorter. Sepals 3-4 lin. long, broadly ovate, obtuse and apicu- 

 late or cuspidate, to subacute, bearing on the back the characteristic 

 pubescence. Corolla white or pink, 4-5 lin. long. Capsule globose,, 

 glabrous, about 3 lin. in diam. Seeds 4, browm, glabrous. — Renclle in 

 Journ. Bot. 1901, 61 G. penicillatus, Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 74; 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 103. G. Aschersoni, Engl. Hochge- 

 birgsflor. Trop. Afr. 349. G. sagittatus, var. macroglottis, Baker ex 

 Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 39. 



Nile Land. Eritrea: near Sagane'iti, 7000 ft., Sclav einfurih Sf Siva, 1739 ! 

 near Acrour, 6500 ft., Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 106L ! Bogos, Hilclebrandt, 498 ! 

 Habab, 6000 ft., Hildehrandt, 497, 499 ; Abyssinia : Misshall, 7000 ft., ScMwper, 

 660 ! Somak Efat, Roth, 424< ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1130. 

 Somaliland : Habrawal, Smith! British East Africa: Leikipia, Gregory! near 

 Nyanza, Scott- Elliot, 7145 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Ambaca, Welicitsch, 6204 ! Huilla, Welwitsch, 

 6116! 



Mozamb Hist. German East Africa: Lower plateau, north of Lake Nyassa, 

 Thomson ! British Central Africa : Rhodesia ; Salisbury, Rand, 510 ! Mrs. Evelyn- 

 Cecil, 74 ! Ngamiland ; near Kwebe, Lugard, 77 ! 



Var. villosa, Hallier f. (as subvar.) in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 533. Shoots up to 

 8 in. long, densely leaved, and (especially in the younger part) densely and softly 

 fulvous-villous. Leaves narrowly cordate-sagittate, less than 1 in. long, subacute, 

 margin obscurely sinuate : petiole very short. Peduncles 1-flowered, less than 1 in. 

 long, bearing a fulvous pubescence like the sepals. Corolla 4 lin. long. — C. Thoni- 

 soni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 67. 



Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Lower plateau, north of Lake Nyassa, 

 Thomson ! 



