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hispid verrucose calyx, and its larger tomentose seed ; the capsule 



Ipomoea velutipes Welw. MS. Perennis late scandens, 

 canlibua inferioribus (?) cum petiolis lanugine pallide fulvescente 

 floccoso vestitis, floriferia ssepissime subglabris rare sparse tomen- 

 tosis ; foliis cordatis apice acuminatis, integris, longe petiolatis, in 

 caulibus tomentosis majoribus et plus minus pilosis, in floriferis 

 glabris sed venis et petiolis parce pilosis ; pedunculis longis robustis 

 rigidis axillaribus folia excedentibus, floribus subcapitals, sesqui- 

 pollicaribus ; pedicellis brevibus dense pilosis ; bracteis lanceolatis 

 longe acuminatis albo-ciliatis, exterioribus multo majoribus involu- 

 crantibus; sepalis bracteis consimilibus sed minoribus, et magis 

 pilosis ; corolla fugacissima infimdibuliformi-campanulata, limbo 

 subintegro 5-plicato, extus rosea intus prsecipue a fauce ad tubi 

 fundum usque intense sanguineo-purpurea verniceo-nitente ; sta- 

 minibus 5, 2 longioribus, inclusis, filamentis a fundo tubi oriundis, 

 tubo basi adnatis dein liberis, antheris sesquilineis ; stylo filiformi, 

 basi pilis densis circumdato ; stigmate globoso capitato ; capsula 

 tenui globosa, 4-valvata, sparse albo-pilosa, loculis monospermis, 

 semine bilineo breviter brunneo-hispido. 



Hab. Ad dumeta humida juxta oras sylvarum montibus de 

 Queta ast non frequens. Flor. med. Maii, Jul., fruct. Aug. Wei- 

 uritsch, Golungo Alto, Nos. 6226-8, 6142. 



A spreading perennial climber, the non-flowering and apparently 

 lower shoots covered with a thick flocculent pale straw-coloured 

 tomentum; the flower-bearing shoots almost glabrous. The exactly 

 cordate leaves have an acuminate apex, and on the tomentose 

 shoots are larger and more or less thickly pubescent on both 

 surfaces, in the floriferous shoots slightly hairy only on the veins 

 and petioles ; the larger leaves may be 5f in. long by 5£ broad, 

 generally between 4 and 5 in. long and 3£ and 4 broad ; in the 

 flowering portion they are generally about 3 in. long by 2-2| 

 broad; the petioles are about half the length of the blade. The 

 flowers are 1£ in. long, and borne in rather crowded heads at the 

 end of long stiff peduncles. The lanceolate-acuminate bracts are 

 about 8 lines long, the outer larger ones forming a sort of involucre, 

 1 in. long ; the sepals, similar in form, but smaller, are 5 lines long 

 by 1£ broad at the base, and sparsely pilose with a ciliate margin. 

 The corolla, according to Welwitsch's notes, is rosy outside, while 

 inside, especially in the lower half, it is a deep shining blood- 

 purple. Of the five stamens, two are longer than the rest ; the 

 filament is adnate at the base for a third or more of its length to 

 the corolla- tube ; the long filiform style is densely surrounded at 

 the base by the long (1 line) whitish hairs which cover the top of 

 the ovary. The densely papillose stigma is globose; in an un- 

 opened flower it was f line long, and already covered with germi- 

 nating pollen-grains from the dehisced anthers. The capsule is 

 roundish, thin -walled, with scattered white hairs ; it dehisces by 

 four valves, each containing a large seed ; the seed is 2 lines long, 

 and more or less covered with short stiffish brown hairs. 



The tomentose shoots are a striking feature of this new species, 



