164 xo. convolvulace<e (bakek and rendle). [Ipomcea. 



with a dark purple eye at the base of the tube, glabrous. Capsule 

 globose-conical, glabrous, about 6 lin. long and 5 lin. in diam., tipped 

 with the persistent hard style-base. Seeds large, dirty broAvn, pulveru- 

 lent, 2h lin. long. — Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 189 and xxviii. 41 ; 

 Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1901, 55; Capua in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, 

 viii. 225. /. ochracea, Hiern in Cat. Afr. PI. Welw. i. 737, as to ISTos. 

 6174-6, not of Don. /. ophthalmantha, Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviiii. 

 141 partly. 



Upper Guinea, Senegambia : near Rio Nunez, Hendelot, 868. Sierra 

 Leone : Bananas and Camarancas, Afzelius ,• near Kambia, Scott- El Hot, 4367 ! 

 Kakuna, Scott -Elliot, 4679! Togo: Bismarckburg, Biittner, 391; Misahobe, 

 Baumann, 427. Lagos, interior, Boivland ; Ikinin, Mills on ! and without precise 

 locality, Mortensen. 



Wile Land. Eritrea : Mensa, 4500-6000 ft., Terracciano Sf Bappi. Keren, 

 Steudner, 948 ! Abyssinia : near Dochli, Schimper, 1420 ! Schabagenne, Scliimpier, 

 368 ! Alia Amba, Both, 421 ! Uganda : between Xandi and Mumias, 4400 f t., Wliyte \ 

 British East Africa : Kikuyu ; Kidung (Kedang), Scott-Elliot, 6526 ! 



Lower Guinea. Angola; Ambriz; near Quibanga, Welwit.ich, 6174! Go- 

 1'ingo Alto; by the Ambaca road, Welivitseh, 6175! and Menhalula, Welwitsch, 

 6176! 



South Central. Congo Free State: Lomami River, Pogge, 1216; valley of 

 the Mukalue, a tributary of the Lubudi ; between Samba and Lake Mussolo, and at 

 Mtowu, Descamps. 



IVIozamb. SJist. German East Africa : Ugalla River, Bohm, 253. British 

 Central Africa : Nyasaland ,• Blantyre, Buchanan, 12 ! 



/. acutiflora, A. Bicb. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 71 may be a synonym of this species. 



69. I. obscura, Kerin Bot. Reg. t. 239. Annual ? Stems slender, 

 twining, more or less pubescent. Leaves cordate-ovate, acute, mem- 

 branous, green and obscurely pubescent on both surfaces, 1|— 2 in. 

 long and broad ; petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncle short, 1-3-flowered ; 

 pedicels thickened, ^-1 in. long ; bracts ovate, minute. Calyx glabrous 

 or sometimes hairy, 2|— 3 lin. long; sepals ovate, acute, equal. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped, 1 in. long, white with a purple base ; limb 1-lty 

 in. in diam. Capsule globose, glabrous, 4 lin. in diam. Seeds pubescent. 

 — Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 370 ; Kotschy & Peyr. PI. Tinn. 24 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 345 ; Franchet, Sert. Somal. 41 ; Hallier f. in 

 Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 140, and xxviii. 38 (var. abyssinica) ; in Jahrb. Hamb. 

 Wissensch. Anst. xv. 44, and in Ann. Istit. Bot. Roma, vii. 230 ; Baker &, 

 Wright in Dyer, Fl. Cap. iv. ii. 62 ; Capua in Ann. Bot. Istit. Roma, viii. 

 226. /. saltiana, Rendle in Journ. Bot. 1894, 178. Convolvulus yona- 

 todes, Steud. in Schimper, Herb. Abyssin. 801. C.jnlosus, R. Br. in Salt 

 Abyss., App. Ixiv. 



Nile Land, Eritrea : Dahlak Archipelago, Hotha, Terracciano, 346 ; below 

 Gheleb, 5000 ft., Schiveinfurth, 1486 ; Acrur, 600 ft , Schweinfurth Sr Biva, 1005 ! 

 Dogali, Terracciano Sf Bappi, 31; Emberemi, Pappi, 1149; Sabarguna, Bagazzi, 

 292; Habab, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 652, 753, 813; Rildebrandt, 502; Assaorta, 

 Terracciano, 50 ; Ghedem Mountain, Terracciano Sf Pappi, 6 ; Mensa, 6000-8000 ft., 

 Terracciano Sf Pappi, 1594, 1595, 881, 1072, 1457, 1156 ; near Keren, Steudner, 948 ! 

 Ginda, 3300 ft., Bagazzi, 136. Abyssinia : Worrhey district, 16,000 ft., Schimper ; 





