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broad on the long shoots ; in shape they are acuminate and ovate- 

 cordate or narrower, becoming almost lanceolate. The small some- 

 what coriaceous sepals are only 3 lines long, the shapely corolla 

 1| to nearly 2 in. The stamens are unequal, the narrow linear fila- 

 ments ranging from 4f to 7$ lines in length are inserted 2 lines above 

 the base of the tube by a broadened base, on which are long thick 

 jointed hairs, as observed in some other species described above ; 

 the filament is apparently adnate to the tube down to the base of 

 the latter, as it can be "easily separated without tearing. The 

 sagittate anthers are 1£ line long, the filiform style nearly 1 in. 



Apparently allied to I. asclepiddea Hallier ex descript. in Engl. 

 Jahrb. xviii. p. 142, a species from the Upper Congo region, which, 

 however, differs in having much smaller flowers collected in sub- 

 umbellate lax dichasia, dark sepals cinereo-pilosulose on the exterior, 

 exactly cordate leaves, and a climbing stem. 



Ipomoea Saltiana Rendle, sp. n. Volubilis caule tenui plus 

 minus pallide piloso ; foliis sparsis, longe petiolatis, triangulari- 



bus velut pedicelli pubescentibus, quam folia breviorFbus ; fioribus 

 axillaribus, ssepius solitariis, pedunculis quam petiola longioribus 

 supra bracteas minimas acuto -triangulares crassioribus ; sepalis 



2 interioribus glabris et obtusis; corolla pallida infundibuliformi (?) 

 specimine tabescente ; staminum 5 inclusorum 2 quam reliqua 

 multo longioribus, filamentis linearibus a basi latiori longe pilosa 

 supra tubi basin insertis ; stigmate capitato semigloboso ; disco 



Hab. Abyssinia, H. Salt. Convolvulus pilosus R. Br. nomen in 

 Salt, Itin. Appendix iv. p. lxiv. - 



A rather insignificant-looking plant, with a pilose sparsely-leaved 

 apparently climbing stem ; the dull green and triangular-cordate 

 leaves are If in. long by 1 in. broad, with a thin petiole of about 

 1 in. The flowers are solitary, or a second is present on the axillary 

 shoot ; the ovate sepals are 2| lines long ; the corolla 1 in. ; the 

 latter, which was either unopened or withered in the specimen, is 

 of a deep colour below, becoming suddenly paler above the sepals ; 

 the stamens are inserted 1£ lines above the base of the tube, the 

 two longer filaments being 4 lines long, the others 2£ lines ; they 

 bear the long thick hairs on their broadened base ; the anthers are 

 1 line long. 



Closely allied to /. obscura Ker, but distinguished by its more 

 pilose character, especially in the sepals, its triangular-cordate 

 leaves, and smaller flowers. 



Ipomoea Simonsiana Rendle, sp. n. Herba annua caule infra 

 ramoso, ramis longis tenuissimis diffusis volubilibus (?) vix pilosulis ; 

 foliis longe petiolatis, cordatis acuminatis, grosse dentatis, undique 

 sparse pilosis et minute scabridulis ; fioribus axillaribus solitariis, 

 pedunculis rigidis quam fios brevioribus ; sepalis subagqualibus 

 spathulatis, apiculatis, 3-nerviis, dorso minute pilosulis ; corolla sub- 

 hypocrateriformi pallide rosea (?) calycem triplo excedente, limbo 

 fasciis 6 3-nerviis lineato et sinubus 5 marginalibus ; stamiuibus 



