Merremia.~\ xc. convolvulacevE (baker and kendle). 107 



petioles and peduncles. Leaves rather narrowly ovate in outline, 

 apex rounded, obtuse, deeply lyrate-pinnatifid, 1§— 2J in. long., rather 

 thick, upper surface subscabrid, lower prominently veined, with a 

 large elliptic end-lobe and two smaller ascending side-lobes, all 

 irregularly toothed ; petiole shorter than the blade, up to 9 lin. long. 

 Peduncle shorter than the leaf, f-1 in. long, 1-2-flowered ; bracts 

 small, ovate, obtuse ; pedicel thickened upwards, about as long as the 

 peduncle. Flower-buds conical. Sepals glabrous, oblong, obtuse, 

 6-9 lin. long, the two outer shorter than the inner, subelliptic. 

 Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, apparently about 1 lin. long, " orange, 

 variegated with yellow, dark purple at base of tube" (Wehvitsch). 

 Fruit and seeds not seen. — Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 728. 



lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, in sandy thickets near Quitage, 

 on the River Cnije, Welwiisch, 6172 ! 



11. M. Pes-Draconis, Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 537. A 

 herb densely covered except on the upper leaf-face with short yellowish 

 spreading hairs. Stem long, probably prostrate, reaching 1 line in 

 thickness, with internodes up to nearly 1-i in. long. Leaves shortly 

 petioled, palmately-pinnately 5-lobed up to 2i- in. long ; lobes linear- 

 acute, the median several times longer than the lateral, up to 2 in. 

 long by 2 lin. broad ; lateral lobes 1-8 lin. long, conspicuously re- 

 ticulately veined on the lower surface; petiole 1| lin. long. Peduncles 

 axillary, up to 2 J in. long, rigidly spreading with recurved apex ; bracts 

 rather larger, ovate-lanceolate, lowest up to 8 lin. long and half as 

 broad. Cymes subspicate ; pedicels very short. Calyx 6 lin. long ; 

 sepals ovate-elliptic, subacute, hairy, the inner shorter, glabrous. 

 Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, probably yellow, an inch long and 

 almost as broad ; midpetaline areas bearing yellow silky hairs with an 

 apical tuft, but not well defined. 



South Central. Congo Free State ; Kasai district ; by the Lutembue River, 

 a tributary of the Lubudi, Descamjps. 



12. M. pedata, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xvi. 552, and xviii. 116. 

 Rootstock woody. Stems long, slender, climbing, glabrous above the 

 hairy base. Leaves shortly petioled, glabrous, palmately cut nearly 

 to the base with 5 unequal linear segments, the central ones 1^ in. long, 

 J-l lin. broad. Peduncle as long as the petiole, usually 1 -flowered ; 

 bracts small, ovate. Calyx glabrous, 6 lin. long ; sepals lanceolate, 

 acute, the two outer sometimes ovate, shorter than the inner. Corolla 

 broadly funnel-shaped, 1 in. long, probably white, streaked with purple. 

 Stamens 6 lin. long ; filaments subulate, pilose towards the base. — 

 Hallier f . in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 537 (inch var. gracilis). M. Gregorii, 

 Bendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 39. I pomoea pedata, Hochst. & Steud. PI. 

 Exsicc. No. 918 ; Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 384. 



Wile Xiand. Sorualiland : Abdallah, Keller, 234. British East Africa : 

 Golbanti, on the lower Tana River, Gregory ! 

 Also in Arabia. 



