180 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
(nos. 2375, ene The corolla, which was originally Dh ng 
from imperfectly open or withering specimens, is well shown, 
measures 14 in., or nearly 4 cm. in length. JI. ¢ crassipes var. hirta 
Hallier f., nolles ted by Baum in the same district, is scarcely 
distingui = 
p a gracilior, sp. nov. Herba scandens gracilis caule 
fulve lone: ; foliis ovato-cordatis acuminatis apiculatis glabris 
i) 
longa, alba vel pallide violacea tubo purpureo; polline t stig- 
mate Arie ; capsula globosa, lete brunnea, a a fuscis, 
scabridulis 
Hab. Uganda Protectorate: close to water, near Neusi River, 
a Albert, 3000 ft., fl. and fr. Dec. 20th, Bagshawe, no. 1385; 
nh 
Gazaland: in swampy ground, Mount Maruma, 3500 ft., Portu- 
guese Hast Africa, _Swynnerton, no. 782, Sept. 13th. Flowers 
white, with a pur 
elegant Aunber height not recorded; the specimens in- 
clude flower-bearing portions of shoots 80 cm. long 2 
in diameter; the shoots, petioles, and inflorescence bear lon 
sonaWich hairs, which occur also on the edges and back of the 
sepals, and very sparsely on the leaves. Leaves 5-8 em. long by 
em. broad ; petioles 25-5 cm. long : pesos to 9 cm. sr 
long ; bracts 3 mm. long or less; sepals 1 cm. long, the ae see 
pering from an ovate base 2:5 mm. broad, the three inner less 
broad at base; midpetaline areas on corolla fairly well-marked, 
ee two stamens appreciably longer than the other three, 
ut half the length of the corolla; sn adn 5-6 mm. in diameter, 
sate ge mm. long, valves stoutly membrano 
ri 
those of I. mombassana Vatke, in which, Pswrevet the outer sepals 
have a hastate base. 
I. crassirpes Hook. var. ee var. Suffrutex multi- 
eps canescens-hirsutus, ramis robustis et "Wehlicamsartben vel 
elongatis et subherbaceis, proatrabis s vel procumbentibus ; _foliis 
rvis oblongo-ovatis cordatis vel subcordatis ahice rotundatis, 
subsessilibus vel breviter petiolatis; floribus solitariis, pedunculi 
folia haud vel paullo excedentibus, bracteolis echt ovatis, a 
calyce remotis ; sepalis exterioribus ovatis subacuminatis basi vix 
cordatis, interioribus equilongis vel paullo brevioribus valde an- 
gustioribus ; — late campanulata, 
