Ipomoea.] xc. convolvulace^e (baker and rexdle). 139 



Leaves varying greatly in size, especially in width, from narrowly linear-lanceolate, 

 through linear-oblong to narrowly ovate, from 1^-3| in. long, and from ^— 1± in. 

 broad. Sepals densely hairy on back, ciliate on margin. — Schweinf. Beitr. PI, 

 Aethiop. 95 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsn. Trop. Afr. 346 ; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 

 124. 



Wile Xiand. Gallabat : near Matamma, Schweinf urth, 2145 ! Kordofan. 

 Pfund. Eritrea : Habab, 6000 ft., Hildebrandt, 500 ! Keren, Steudner, 963, 

 Abyssinia : near Selassaquilla, towards the River Tacazze, Schimper, 1245 ! near 

 Gageros, 4000 ft., Schimper, 164, 2320 ! Hamedo Plain, 4200 ft., Schimper, 851 ! 



8. I. kotschyana, Hochst. ex Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 354. Annual. 

 Stems very slender, trailing, pubescent, 1-2 ft. long. Leaves orbicular, 

 pubescent, 1-2-pinnatificl, l-l-i in. in diam. ; lobes linear ; petiole 

 very short. Flowers solitary, axillary, subsessile. Calyx pubescent, 3 

 lin. long ; sepals ovate, acuminate. Corolla funnel-shaped, half as long 

 again as the calyx. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam. 3-celled, 

 (i-valved. Seeds small, sparsely pubescent to glabrous, triquetrous. 

 — -Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 125. 



Upper Guinea. Senegambia : Dagana, Perrottel ! and without precise 

 locality, Heudelot, 734 ! Leprieur. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Eolschy, 13 ! 51 ! Darfur : Barkin, Pfund, 493 ! 

 Eritrea : Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 149 ! 



9. I. eurysepala, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 125. Annual. 

 Erect, dwarf, branched, hairy all over. Habit closely resembling that of 

 /. coscinosjjerma, but the leaves are larger, elongate-ovate, acute, 

 rounded at the base, pale green, the longest nearly 2 in. long, and above 

 1 in. broad. Sepals larger and much broader than in the species 

 mentioned, broadly ovate with a less deep green point, 5 lin. long and 

 2ty lin. broad at the flowering time, densely shortly pilose. Corolla 

 scarcely longer than the calyx. Capsule glabrous. Seeds 4, pale 

 yellow, finely punctate. 



Nile Land. Kordofan, Pfund. 



10. I. commatophylla, A. Rich. Tent. PI. Abyss, ii. 65. Peren- 

 nial. Stems tufted, suberect, pubescent, up to lh ft. long. Leaves 

 rhomboid, cuneate at the base, 3-lobed, the mid lobe ovate and much 

 exceeding the lateral lobes and irregularly grossly dentate, pubescent, 

 Ii— 2 in. long, narrowing to a subacute base ; petiole under 1 in. long. 

 Flowers solitary, subsessile in the axils of the leaves. Calyx barely 6 

 lin. long ; sepals abruptly acuminate from a lighter-coloured ovate base. 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate, back hairy, margin densely ciliate, half 

 as long again as the calyx. Capsule globose, glabrous, 3 lin. in diam., 

 2— 4-valved. Seeds small, covered with a short dense brown pubescence. 

 — Convolvulus commatophyllus, Steud. in Schimp. Exsic. No. 783. 



Nile Land. Abyssinia : Hamedo Plain. 4600 ft., Schimper, 172 ! near Gapdia, 

 Schimper, 783 ! and without precise locality, Qi'.artin Dillon. 



Var. angustifolia, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 116. Leaves narrower, with 

 a lanceolate terminal lobe. 



