(327) SGHINZ. BEITR.ËGE ZUR KENNTNIS DER AFRIKANISCHEN FLORA. 529 



COMÖLYULACEJ. 



H. HALLIER (München). 



Seddera capensis Hallier f. — Evolvulus Capensis E. Mey. ! in 

 DC. Prodr. IX (1845), p. 444; Hallier f. in Engler Jahrb. XVTII, 1-2 

 (22. XÜ. 1893), p. 86. 



Herba suffruticosa, e caudice brevi lignoso ramosa; rami longi, sim- 

 plices. prostrati, herbacei, tereles, sicut bractearum et sepalorum pagina 

 infera puis densiusculis subappressis fulvo-hirsuti, dense foliosi; folia 

 alterna, disticha, parva, breviter petiolata, elliplica, obtusa vel subacuta, 

 mucronala, herbacea, pinninervia, supra fulvo-sericea, sublus pallidiora et 

 glaucescentia puisque raris appressis obspersa, nervis lateralibus ulrin- 

 secus 2-3 ascendentibus; flores axillares, solitarii, brevissime pedun- 

 culati. pedicello carentes, parvi; bracteae 2 oppositae, sepalis similes, sed 

 minores, lineari-lanceolatae; sepala 5 lanceolata, acuta, foliacea, herbacea, 

 herbaceo-viridia, ad 3/5 imbiïcata, exteriora 3 longiora; corolla calycem 

 dimidio excedens, infundibularis, praeter fascias mesopetalas appresse 

 hirsutas glabra, albida (?); filamenta 5 sequalia, quam corolla dimidio 

 breviora, basi sensim dilatata nec dentala, eglandulosa; antherse parvee, 

 oblongœ, subcordatae; pollen ut in Convolvulis; discus subcupularis; 

 ovarium ovoideum. apice hirsutum; Stylus fere usque ad basin bifîdus, 

 ramis aequilongis corollam adeequantibus; Stigmata 2 parva, reni- 

 formia, palmato-crenata; capsula 4-valvis, 2-locularis, 4-sperma, valvis 

 tenuiter chartaceis ochraceis summo apice hirsutis, seepto tenuiter mem- 

 branaceo peilucido, seminibus fuscis glabris trigonis. 



Caudex usque 3 mm crassus; rami usque 25 cni longi, vix 2 mm 

 crassi; folii petiolus 1-2 mm longus, lamina usque 12 mm longa, 

 9 mm lata; pedunculus 1-2 mm longus; calyx 7 mm longus; 

 corolla 1 cm longa; capsula 5 mm diametro. 



var. glabrescens Hallier f. — Rami pilis sparsis patentibus lïa- 

 vescentibus hirsuti; folia, bracteee, sepala preeter marginem ciliatum 

 glabra; corolla praeter fascias mesopetalas summo apice tantum pilis 

 raris penicillatas glabra. 



