110 xc. convolvulace^e (baker ard eendle). [Merremia. 



short peduncles, sometimes geminate or ternate. Sepals oblong-ovate, 

 acute, the 3 outer densely clothed with long stimsh spreading hairs. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, |— 1 in. long, yellowish, becoming reddish. — 

 Convolvulus somalensis, Vatke in Linnaaa, xliii. 517, not of Franch. ; 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 110. C. hadramauticus, Baker in Kew 

 Bulletin, 1894, 337. Ipomcea penlaphylla, Vatke I.e. 509, not of Jacq. 

 I, crinigera, Oliv. in Hook. Ic. PI. t. 2437. 



Wile Iiand. Somaliland : Wodderi, on the coast plain, Hildebranclt, 883, a, 

 883, b. 



Also in Arabia. 



The identification of Convolvulus somalensis, Vatke, with the Arabian species, 

 Ipomcea crinigera, Oliv., is given on the authority of Hallier, who has seen Hildebranclt' s 

 specimens at Berlin. Previously (see Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 110) Hallier had suggested, 

 as the result of an anatomical examination of the somewhat imperfect material, that 

 the Somaliland plant might perhaps not be a member of the Order Convolvulacece. 



18. M. gallahatensis, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 113. Leaf 

 (one only present) large, long-petioled, ovate-oblong, acute, subcordate, 

 glabrous, 4 in. long, 2^ in. broad, the sides irregularly pandurately 

 lobed, pale green and scabrid above with prominent veins, glaucescent 

 below and finely rugulose. Peduncle very long, much exceeding the 

 leaf ; cyme dense, many-flowered ; bracts small, lanceolate, acute, pallid, 

 the lower slightly longer than the sepals. Flowers in two geminate, 

 shortened monochasial cymes ; buds ovoid, subacute. Sepals elliptic, 

 equal, coriaceous, pallid, glabrous, about 5 lin. long. Corolla twice as 

 long as the calyx ; midpetaline areas clothed with dense yellowish 

 pubescence. 



Ifile Land. Gallabat : near Matamma, Schweiwfurth, 2182. 



19. M. verecunda, Rendle. Stems procumbent, rather slender, 

 very thinly puberulous. Leaves deeply palmately 7-9-lobed, glabrous 

 above, thinly pubescent beneath and on the petioles ; lobes f-l| 

 in. long, 2-5 lin. broad, varying somewhat in shape, linear-oblong, 

 narrowly oblong-lanceolate or spathulate-obovate, acute or obtuse, 

 weakly apiculate, narrowing to a slender stalk-like base ; petioles J to a 

 little more than 1 in. long. Peduncles exceeding the petioles, one- 

 flowered, 1^-24; in. long, sparsely hairy like the stem ; bracteoles linear 

 or linear-lanceolate, acute, thinly pubescent, 3-4 lin. long ; pedicel 5-8 

 lin. long, stouter than the peduncle and more densely pubescent. 

 Flower-buds bluntly ovoid. Sepals herbaceous, ovate, obtuse to sub- 

 acute, about 4 lin. long, pubescent, pale green with 6-7 well-marked 

 purple-brown nerves. Corolla broadly campanulate, about 6 lin. long, 

 9 lin. broad at the mouth, white with a purple-brown or chocolate 

 centre, glabrous ; midpetaline areas not defined. Capsule apparently 

 globose ; pericarp very thin; seeds 4, 2 lin. in diam., blackish, smooth, 

 glabrous, ciliate on the angles with minute flattened hairs. — Ipomcea 

 quinquefolia, var. pubescens. Baker in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 66. 



