Twiner, with fleshy, tuberous root. Leaves palmately 3-9 lobed, 4-8 in. long, shallowly cordate. Cymes compound, several to many-flowered; cor. bright red-purple, centre darker, campanulate funnel-shaped, 2-3 in. long. Caps. globose; seeds with tawny-white hairs. Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Niamniam-land: by the Nabambisso River, & Bongo- land: Kulongo). The tuberous roots are used medicinally in India. =I. near I. incomta= _Hallier f._ TUDU (J. Eliri)—Nuba. Stout twiner. Leaves cordate ovate, silvery pubescent or tomentose. Cor. white, funnel-shaped, 2½ in. long; sepals hairy. Seeds silky-hairy. Nuba Mts. Prov. (J. Eliri); Darfur Prov. (Kulme). 619 =Merremia kentrocaulos= _Rendle._ Twining perennial. Leaves palmately 5-7 partite, 3-6 in. long. Fl. laxly cymose; cor. yellow, red at base, funnel-shaped, 2-2½ in. long. Caps. ellipsoid, ½-¾ in. long, 2-celled; seeds 4, black. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (Mittu & Bongo lands); Bahr El Jebel (Nyangara). =M. pterygocaulos= _Hallier f._ Reddish herbaceous twiner; stem, petioles and peduncles winged. Leaves palmately 3-lobed, 2-4 in. long, deeply cordate. Cymes few to many- flowered; cor. white, or pale yellow with purple throat. Caps. globose, under ½ in. diam., seeds grey to blackish, size of a pea. Fung Prov. (Wadi El Gamalu); Bahr El Ghazal Prov. (mouth of Bahr El Arab); Mongalla Prov. (North of Gondokoro). =M. pedata= _Hallier f._ Twiner. Leaves pedately 5-lobed, segments filiform. Peduncle 1-flowered; cor. probably white, streaked with purple. Red Sea Prov. (Suakin & Khor Tamanib). =M. palmata= _Hallier f._ Climbing or trailing herb. Leaves palmately deeply 5-lobed, lowest pair sometimes unequally forked, 1½-2½ in. long. Peduncle 1-flowered, up to 3 in. long, thickened above; cor. probably pale-yellow, 1 in. long, funnel-shaped. Red Sea Prov. (Khor Gweb near Tamanib). =M. pentaphylla= _Hallier f._ ’ERG EL M’OTERASH, TĀTAMBA, SHEHER & TORFRID (Kordn.) & UM GEREISĀT (N. Kordn.), SHAG EL FIL—Arab. Slender twiner, hirsute with yellowish hairs. Leaves deeply 5-lobed, 2-4 in. long; petiole 2-4 in. long. Peduncle as long as leaf, few or many- flowered; cor. white or yellowish, 1 in. long, campanulate funnel- shaped. Caps. ½ in. diam.; enclosed in persistent hairy sepals; seeds brown, glabrous. Khartoum Prov.; Blue Nile Prov.; Fung Prov. (Jongol’s Post); White Nile Prov. (J. Arashkol); Kordofan Prov. =M. gallabatensis= _Hallier f._ Herb with only one long-stalked leaf, which is ovate-oblong, subcordate, 4 in. long, irregularly lobed. Peduncle longer than leaf; cymes dense, many-flowered; cor. about ⅔ in. long. Kassala Prov. (Gallabat: Matamma). =M. xanthophylla= _Hallier f._ Trailing or climbing herb, clothed with yellow-brown hairs. Leaves pinnately 5-9 lobed, 2½ in. by 2 in., shallowly cordate. Peduncle 1-2 in. long; cymes few-flowered; cor. whitish, ½ in. long, funnel-shaped. Mongalla Prov. (Mongalla). =M. angustifolia= _Hallier f._