182 THE JOURNAL OF BOTANY 
long, re from a short tuber, and bearing for 6-8 cm. from 
the apex 10 to 12 entire blunt leaves, about 2°5 cm. long and nearly 
as broad; leaf-stalk 3 mm .long; flowers axillary; peduncles 1 cm. 
long or less ; bracteoles elliptical, apiculate, 2°3 mm. long; sepals 
glabrous, about 8 mm. long, the two inner slightly shorter ; corolla 
n interesting species, nearly allied to I. Welwitschit Vatke, 
from which it is at once “Sot pea ae by the short roundish leaves; 
also by the elliptical blunt sepal 
Ipomcea Conceiroi, sp.nov. Suffrutex e rhizomate perenne 
multiceps, r ramis * virgatis sarmentosis adscendentibus szpe pro- 
ii ° .. .. 
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dorso tomentosis; sepalis coriaceis ovalibus obtusis longis 
accrescentibus; corolla late infun e, “externe pallide 
a interne violaceo-purpurea ” sula ovoidea glabra 
sordide brunnea ; seminibus late brane ie longis argenteo- 
sericeis indutis. 
ab. South-east Angola: rocky slopes of the Fort Conselheiro 
ey on the western bank of the River Cutchi, Gossweiler, 
=A in isats Dec. 24th; no. 3703, in fruit. A striking 
an 
ee in specimen reaching -5 cm. diam. in fruit; leaves 
to 7 cm. long and as broad; peduncles about 1 cm. long ; pedicels 
less than ‘5 cm., increasing to 2 em. and thickening a - 
a 
ng. 
A m r of the section Hriospermum near I. verbascoidea 
Choisy, net distinguished by the exactly cordate leaves, the 
smaller flowers, ovoid capsules and the pure white silky covering 
eeds. 
I have named this species in honour of Captain Henriques 
Paiva mre Governor-General of stgole. who has taken great 
interest in Mr. Gossw eal s agers 
omcea fin rtoi 
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velut umbellatis, bracteis parvis falliotieta aggregatis, 
pedicellis tenuibus ; — elliptieta g gbris Su su moet ae libus albido- 
viridibus; corolla alba campanulata, 2 cm. longa; staminibus 
zequalibus, filamentis filiformibus e basi triangulare crassa pilosa 
polline et stigmate generis. 
b. nguella: skirting the river-beds at Anha, March, 
Gossweiler, no. er 
Descri S a soft woody climber, ~~ 30 ft. high, with 
soft flaccid tikvee: The flower-bearing shoots are woody and 
