ArgyreiaA xc. convolvulace.e (baker and rendle). 201 



orbicular, 3|— 7 in. long and broad, thin,glabrescent above, permanently 

 densely pubescent beneath, becoming sparsely pubescent later ; petiole 

 about 3 in. long. Cymes very lax ; peduncles and pedicels pubescent 

 like the stem, nearly 1 in. long ; bracts deciduous. Calyx | in. long, 

 slightly pubescent ; sepals suborbicular, subequal, much imbricate. 

 Corolla 3-4 in. long, suddenly dilated just above the calyx, campanulate, 

 with spreading mouth, 1 in. in diam. at the centre. Stamens unequal, 

 the longest half the length of the corolla ; anthers ^ in. long. Fruit 

 not seen. — Stictocardia laxijiora, Hallier f. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. vi. 

 548. 



Mozarab. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Sliire Highlands,. 



Buchanan, 38S ! 



2. A. (?) Grantii, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 67. Rootstock 

 globose, as large as a man's head. Stem suberect. Leaves elliptic- 

 ovate, with retuse base, membranous, obtuse, 8 in. long, G in. broad , 

 obscurely pilose beneath ; petiole 2| in. long. Peduncle much longer 

 than the petiole, If in. ; cymes dense, dichotomous, 4-fiowered ; pedicels 

 short, densely pubescent, ^ in. long ; bracts oblong, § in. long, 

 persistent, foliaceous, pubescent on back and margin. Calyx densely 

 pubescent ; outer sepals oblong to oblong-lanceolate, resembling the 

 bracts, blunt ; inner sepals up to § in. long, much shorter than the 

 outer, ovate^ subacute, pubescent along the middle line. Corolla 

 regularly funnel-shaped, not lobed, delicate mauve-purple, about 3 in. 

 long and about the same in diam. at the mouth. Stamens unequal, 

 the longest above 1 in. long. Fruit not seen. — -A. populifolia, var. 

 africana, Oliver in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxix. 114. Ipomcea populifolia,. 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xxviii. 53. 



Nile land. Uganda : Cliopeh (Unyoro) district, near Karuma Falls, SpeJce Sf 

 Grant, 627 ! 



The natives first propagate this plant in water, then plant it at the doors of 

 their huts. A branch held in the hand is believed to insure success in hunting. — 

 Grant. 



3. A. (?) beraviensis, Baker. A woody climber with finely 

 pubescent stems. Leaves distinctly petioled, cordate-ovate, acute, about 

 ;! in. long and broad, thin, finely pubescent on both surfaces. Cymes 

 few-flowered, sessile or shortly peduncled ; bracts deciduous ; pedicels 

 short. Sepals orbicular to orbicular-oblong, obtuse, much imbricate^ 

 finely pubescent, i-^ in. long. Corolla broadly funnel-shaped, bright 

 violet, '2-2% in. long ; base of stamens densely hairy. Fruit not seen. — ■ 

 Ipomcea beraviensis, Vatke in Linnasa, xliii. 514. Stictocardia beraviensis, 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 159, and in Bull. Soc. Bot. Belg. 

 xxxvii. 102. 



Upper Guinea. Gold Coast : Aquapim, Johnson, 789 ! Lagos, Millen, 55 ! 



South Central. Congo Free State :. Loinani River, Pogge, 1143 ; valley of 

 the Bnleschi, a tributary of the Luina River, Desvamps. 



IVIozamb. Bist. German East Africa: Usukuma ; Nyangusi, Stuhlmann, 

 41 18. 



