738 LXXXVII. CONVOLVULACEiB. [IpOWKm 



bearing 4- to 8-flowered cymes ; corolla funnel-shaped, pale sulptur 

 in colour, purple inside towards the base ; stigma capitate. 



LoANDA. — A widely climbing, handsome plant, with very beautiful 

 flowers. At Represa grande de Quicuxe ; fl. April 1858 ; also in 

 flooded places, about to dry up, near Imbondeiro dos Lobos, rather 

 rare ; fl. 8 June 1858. No. 6239. 



23. I. aquatiea Forsk. Fl. ^.gypt.-Arab. p. 44 (1775); 

 Britten, Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 169 (1894). 



Gonvolimlus reptans L. Sp. PI., edit. 1, p. 158 (1753). /. 

 replans Poir. ex Koem. & Schultes, Syst. Veg. p. 244 (1819); 

 Hall, f., I.e., p. 143. 



Baeea do Dande. — A bright green herb, apparently perennial, 

 sometimes creeping far in damp muddy places, in other cases always 

 floating on sufficiently deep water ; stems purple, broadly fistulose ; 

 leaves sometimes bright green, sometimes more or less glaucescent ; 

 flowers campanulate-funnel-shaped, handsome, violet-purple. Near 

 Bombo, plentiful, but only about lakes on both the right and left 

 banks of the river Dande ; fl. end of Sept. 1858. No. 6187. 



PuNGO Andongo. — In chasms near Sansamanda ; fl. No. 6186. In 

 deep pools between Lombe and Quibinda ; fl. March 1857. -No. 6171. 



24. I. stolonifera Gmelin, Syst. Nat. ii, p. 345 (1791) ; Britten, 

 Journ. Bot. xxxii. p. 169 (1894). 



Convolvulus littoralis L. Syst. Nat., edit. 10, ii. p. 924 (1759). 

 C. sinuatus Petagna, Instit. Bot. ii. p. 353, n. 71 (1787). 

 C. stoloniferus Cyrill. PI. Ear. Neapol. i. p. 14, t. 5 (1788). /. 

 incisa Br. Prodr. p. 486 (1810). /. littoralis Boiss. Fl. Orient, 

 iv. p. 112 (1879); Hall, f., I.e., p. 144. /. sinuata 0. Kuntze, 

 Rev. Gen. PI. ii. p. 442 (1891). 



Ambriz. — At the shore of the mouth of the river Ongo, Mosul ; 

 after the fall of the fl., Nov. 1853. No. 6251. 



LiBONGO. — A herb ; root tuberous ; stems subterranean, very long, 

 emitting here and there tufts of leaves and a solitary flower above the 

 ground ; leaves rather fleshy, glossy ; flowers white, turning yellow 

 towards the base and red inside at the bottom. In sandy places, at a 

 distance of 1 to 3 miles from the ocean, by the banks of the river 

 Lifune ; fl. end of Nov. 1853. No. 6248. 



Calumbo. — A persisting herb ; root tuberous ; stems subterranean, 

 sarmentoae for a considerable length, whitish, fibrillose, occasionally 

 developing narrow tufts of leaves and white flowers ; leaves fleshy, 

 rather rigid, bright green, decidedly glossy above ; flowers whitish, 

 purplish inside at the bottom, at length limp and yellowish. In 

 maritime gravelly places between Cape Palmieria and the mouth of 

 the river Cuanza, rather rare ; fl. April 1854. No. 6250. In sandy 

 places near Tanza ; without fl. or fr. Feb. 1858. No. 6249. 



25. 1.asarifoliaRoem.&Schult.,Syst.Veg.iv.251; Hall.f.,?.c.,145. 



Convolvulus asarifolius Desrouss. in Lam. Encycl. M^th. iii. 

 p. 562 (1789). 



GoLUNGO Alto. — A decumbent, glaucous-green herb ; root tuberous; 

 sarmentose branches 6 to 8 ft. long ; leaves fleshy-coriaceous ; flowers 

 of a pleasant purple colour, with whitish glaucous folds. On bushy 

 slopes at the river Delamboa, rather rare ; fl. April and July 1855 

 and Aug. 1856. No. 6202. A herb, with a perennial tuberculate root. 



