Trailing herb with short yellowish spreading hairs. Leaves linear to
lin.-oblong, 1½-3 in. long, margins densely ciliolate. Fl. solitary,
axillary; cor. reddish, funnel-shaped, 2 in. long. Caps. glabrous.
Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas & Niamniam-land); Fung Prov. (Jongol’s
Post).
=I. coscinosperma= _Hochst._
Trailing, slightly hairy annual. Leaves lin.-lanceolate or
obl.-lanceolate, 1½-2½ in. long. Fl. 1-2, axillary; cor. red, ⅓ in.
long. Capsule glabrous, globose, ¼ in. diam.
Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol);
Kordofan Prov. (near Abu Gerad).
=I. kotschyana= _Hochst._
Pubescent twiner. Leaves orbicular, 1-2 pinnatifid, 1-1½ in. diam. Fl.
solitary axillary; cor. funnel-shaped, ab. ⅓ in. long. Caps. globose,
glabrous, ¼ in. diam., 3-celled.
Kordofan Prov.; Darfur Prov. (Barkin, in Suruj Dist.).
=I. cardiosepala= _Hochst._ HANTUD or KHANTUT—Arab; TABĀR—Hadendowa.
Creeping and twining, pilose herb. Leaves cordate, ovate, 1-2 in. long.
Peduncles axillary, 1-3 flowered; fl. 5-merous; 3 outer sepals ovate-
cordate, 2 inner lanceolate, ¼ in. long; cor. purplish, funnel-shaped, ½
in. long. Caps. globose, glabrous, ¼ in. diam., 2-celled; seeds densely
tomentose.
Red Sea Prov.; Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s
Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov.
=I. mombassana= _Vatke._
Laxly pilose trailing and climbing herb. Leaves ovate, cordate-
sagittate, 1-3 in. long. Fl. axillary, solitary or in few-flowered
cymes; cor. white with purple throat, funnel-shaped, 1-2 in. long;
sepals linear-hastate. Caps. glabrous.
Upper White Nile Prov. (Kaka & Meshra El Zeraf woodstations).
=I. cordofana= _Choisy._ TEBR or TIBR (White Nile)—Arab; KARA (Meshra El
Zeraf)—Dinka.
Hairy creeper. Leaves ovate-orbicular, broadly cordate, 1-3 in. long;
petiole 1-2 in. long. Peduncles 1-3 flowered; bracts ovate, foliaceous;
cor. white, funnel-shaped, 1-2 in. long. Caps. globose, ⅓ in. diam.
Blue Nile, White Nile & Upper White Nile Provinces (J. Arashkol, El
Dueim to Meshra El Zeraf); Kordofan Prov.
=I. pileata= _Roxb._
Pilose twiner. Leaves cordate-ovate, ab. 2 in. long. Fl. enclosed in a
large boat-shaped bract; cor. cylindrical, tube 1 in. long; limb
spreading, 1 in. diam. Caps. globose, small.
Fung Prov.; Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Jur Ghattas).
=I. chloroneura= _Hallier f._ LUAE (J. Eliri)—Nuba.
Erect branching herb with dense white and yellow hairs. Leaves
lin.-lanceolate to oval, 1-2 in. long. Fl. in small dense heads, outer
bracts foliaceous; cor. white or pale-yellow, funnel-shaped, under ½ in.
Caps. globose; seeds fawny, silky-pubescent.
Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri).
=I. involucrata= _P. Beauv._
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