Ipom<m.~\ xc. convolvulacEjE (baker and kendle). 141 



anthers cordate, -J- lin. long. Ovary hairy ; annular disc conspicuous ■ 

 style 2 lin. long. Fruit and seeds not seen. — J. aff. leptocaidos, Hallier f . 

 in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 127. 



Wile Land. Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schtceinfurth, iii. 3 ! 



15. I. recta, Be Wild. Etudes Fl. Katanga, 114. Stems erect, 

 unbranched, 8-10 in. long, densely covered with short spreading hairs. 

 Leaves linear-lanceolate with cuneiform base and apex, apiculate, f-li 

 in. long, 1^-2^ lin. broad, upper surface thinly hairy, lower surface with 

 a silvery indumentum, margin ciliate ; petiole 1 lin. or less long. Flowers 

 axillary, solitary, erect ; peduncle hairy, 5 lin. long, bearing above the 

 middle two linear-lanceolate persistent bracteoles, 3|— 5 lin. long. Sepals 

 linear, about 2 lin. long and barely 1 lin. broad, hairy on the median nerve. 

 Corolla tubular-funnel-shaped, about \\ in. long ; tube slightly swollen 

 at the middle and \-\\ lin. in diam. at the base. Stamens alternately 

 long and short, hairy at the base. Ovary glabrous. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Katanga ,• Lukofu, Verdick, 306. 



16. I. mweroensis, Baker in 1 * Kew Bulletin, 1895, 291. Stems 

 wide-climbing, slender, purple, clothed with fine spreading hairs. 

 Leaves petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, 1^-1 h in. long, green, and hairy 

 on the main nerve on the upper face, thinly pilose and purple beneath ; 

 petiole about 6 lin. long. Cymes laxly few-flowered ; peduncle nearly 

 as long as the leaf, 1^-li in. long; pedicels long; bracts lanceolate. 

 Calyx 3 lin. long; sepals narrowly ovate-acuminate, slightly pilose. 

 Corolla white, with 5 pilose bands outside, broadly funnel-shaped, 1^ in. 

 long. Stamens -A- the length of the corolla. 



Mozamb. Hist. British Central Africa : Tanganyika-Moero Plateau, Carson, 

 23 ! 



Resembles /. mombassana , Yatke, but is distinguished by the shorter sepals 

 without the sagittate base. 



17. I. blepharophylla, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 125. 

 Rootstock woody. Stems slender, trailing, densely clothed with short 

 yellowish spreading hairs. Leaves linear to linear-oblong, obtuse, 

 mucronate, rounded at the base, li-2f in. long, to about J in. broad, 

 sparsely pilose on both sides, or often only on the nerves of the under 

 face, margin densely ciliolate ; petiole very short. Peduncle very short, 

 1 -flowered ; bracteoles minute, linear. Calyx shortly hairy and ciliate. 

 6 lin. long. Sepals, 3 outer lanceolate subobtuse, 2 inner narrower and 

 slightly longer. Corolla reddish, narrowly funnel-shaped, 2 in. long; 

 tube slender, cylindrical in the lower third. Capsule glabrous. — Hiern 

 in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 732. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Afrom plains, Johnson, 728 ! 



Nile Land. Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth. 1818! 



Lower Guinea. Angola : Ambaca, Welivitsch , 6193 ! 



Var. cordata, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1896, 37. — Leaves ovate-oblong, broader 

 than in the type, cordate at the base. 



Mozamb. Dist. British East Africa : Kikuyu ; Marungu, Gregory ! 



