Convolvulus.] xc. convolvulace,e (baker and rexdle). 99 



broad basal sinus ; petiole often as long as the blade. Flowers 1-2 on 

 short sparsely pubescent axillary peduncles, 9 lin. long or shorter ; 

 bracts short, filiform. Sepals subequal, 2\ lin. long, coriaceous, 

 obovate, with rounded apex ; pedicels shorter than the calyx. Corolla 

 less than 6 lin. long, hairy outside, white with brown stripes. Capsule 

 globose, 3 lin. in diam. Seeds glabrous. — Hallier f. in Engl, Jahrb. 

 xviii. 108. 



Wile Land. Korclofan, Pftind. 

 Also in North Africa and Arabia. 



24. C. Kilimandschari, Engl. Hochgebirgsji. Trop. Afr. 348. 

 Perennial. Stems climbing, clothed, like the leaves and peduncles, 

 with long hairs. Leaves oblong, 2-3 in. long, obtuse with a mucro, 

 deeply cordate at the base ; petiole 6 lin. long. Peduncles many- 

 flowered, longer than the petiole ; bracts ovate, acute, scariose. Sepals 

 ovate, ruucronate, scariose, densely pilose, 4 lin. long. Corolla broadly 

 campanulate, above 1 in. long. Filaments half as long as the corolla, 

 pilose, dilated at the base. — Hallier f, in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 109. Bonamia 

 althoffiana, Dammer in Engl. Pfl. Ost-Afr. C. 329. Heivittia Kili- 

 mandschari, Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. v. 1008. Ipomoza cepha- 

 lantha, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 69. 



ZVXozamb. Dist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 6009-9000 f t., Meyer • 

 Johnston, 184 ! above Marangu, Volkens, 1559 ; Uru, Vollcens, 1882. 



Var. glabratus, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. I.e. Stem and leaves glabrescent when 

 mature. — C. Schimperi, Engl. Hocligebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 347, not of Boiss. 



Wile Land. Abyssinia: Begemeder ; Gafat, 8200 ft., Schimper, 1465 ! 



17. CALYSTEGIA, R. Br.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ii. 874. 



Sepals subequal or the inner rather smaller. Corolla usually large 

 and showy, campanulate or funnel-shaped, slightly lobed. Stamens 

 inserted low down in the corolla-tube, not exserted ; filaments dilated 

 at the base ; anthers oblong. Disc prominent, annular. Ovary 1-celled 

 or with an imperfect septum ; style filiform ; stigmas two, flattened, 

 ovate or elliptic. Capsule usually 1-celled, 4-valved. Seeds 4, 

 glabrous ; cotyledons broad, plicate, often bifid. — Prostrate or twining 

 herbs. Leaves usually entire. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered ; bracts 

 foliaceous, usually large. 



Species 8 or more, inhabiting the temperate and subtropical zones of both 

 hemispheres. 



1. C. hederacea, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. (ed Carey) ii. 1824, 94 An 

 annual, with slender climbing stems. Leaves long petioled, deltoid- 

 hastate, 1-1 i va - l° n g> with large spreading or defiexed entire or toothed 

 basal auricles, membranous, glabrous. Flowers solitary ; peduncle long, 

 often exceeding the leaves ; bracts foliaceous, ovate, obtuse, enveloping 

 the calyx. Calyx glabrous, 3 lin. long ; sepals ovate, obtuse or minutely 

 mucronate, the two outer larger than the three inner and rounded at 



