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sinu basali lobulo brevi obtuso, in sinu lalerali (postico) lobulo nunc 

 simili nunc longe lineari procurvo auctis (unde lamina fit palmatiflda), 

 herbacea, glauco-viridis, utrinque tenuissime puberula vel sericea, praeter 

 basin palmatinervem pinninervis; pedunculi axillares, solitarii, longi, 

 tenuiusculi, teretes, substricte divaricati, umbellatim 2-5-flori; bractée 

 bracteolaeque minutae, subulatae, ad pedunculi apicem congestse; 

 pedicelli brèves, subsequilongi, fructiferi quoque erecti, superne obso- 

 lete angulosi; sepala ovato-lanceolata, subaequalia, imbricata, margine 

 pellucide membranacea, superne rubescentia, exteriora extus tenuissime 

 puberulo-subsericea vel glabrescentia; corolla ca. dupla calycis longitu- 

 dine, acute 5-angula, fasciis mesopetalis in angulos excurrentibus fiaves- 

 cenübus extus superne tenuissime subsericeis non distincte limita tis: 

 capsula globosa, fusca, glabra, nitidula, styli residuis terminata, 2-locu- 

 laris; semina in loculis bina vel abortu solitaria, nigra, glabra, trigona. 

 dorso convexa, laleribus plana. 



Rami ultra 1 m longitudine, ca. 2 mm crassi, internodiis 3-5 cm 

 longis; petiolus 2-3 cm longus; lamina usque 8 cm longa, basi usque 

 45 mm lata, lobo intermedio usque 65 mm longo, 15 mm lato, basa- 

 libus 15-20 mm longis, posticis interjectis 2-15 mm longis, 2-3 mm 

 latis; pedunculus folium adsequans, usque 7 cm longus, vix 1 mm 

 crassus; bracteae bracteolaeque 2-3 mm longae; pedicelli usque 

 8 mm, calyces 5 mm, corollae 1 cm longi. 



Gross-Namaland, Keetmanshooper-Yeld (Fenchel 1891 n° 48, Hb. 

 Tur. — « Nom. indig. Owarub; wird gegen Leibweh gebraucht. ») 



Gapland (Drège n° 7829a u. 7829b. Hb. Kew.); Karroo, Draaikap 

 (Rehman.n n° 3042, Hb. Tur.); Karroo, Witteberge, Babians-krantz 

 (Rehmann n° 2876, Hb. Tur.) ; Yaal Region, near Hopetown and 

 Colesberg (John Shaw, Hb. Kew. partim; partim C. ulosepalus Hal- 

 lier f.); Somerset (Bowker n° 160, Hb. Kew.); District of Beauforl 

 (T. Cooper 1860, no 547, Hb. Kew.); Albany (Bowker, Hb. Kew.); in 

 cultis prope Graaff Reinet 2500 ped. (H. Bolus n° 252, Hb. Kew.); 

 Ongeluks River (Burchell n° 1220, Hb. Kew.). 



Gonvolvulus phyllosepalus Hallier f. 



Herb a prostrala, habitu etfoliorum forma Convolvulo arvensi L. haud 

 dissimilis, sed minor, sepalis subspathulatis foliaceis facile recognos- 

 cenda; rami tenues, elongati, simplices vel parce ramosi, teretes, sicut 

 petioli et pedunculi densiuscule et appresse puberuli; folia breviter 

 petiolata, parva, hastato-sagittata, acuta, ceterum forma variabili, nunc 



