93. CONVOLVULACER. 161 
northward (4. Henry, 1662, 4613!); Kwawaruwa (ford !); 
HonexKone (Urquhart !). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical and subtropical regions of both hemispheres. 
16. Ipomea muricata, Jacq. Hort. Schenb. ii. p. 40, t. 323, 
non Cav. ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 197. 
Ipomoea Bona-nox, 8. purpurascens, Bot. Reg. t. 290. 
Calonyction speciosum, var. muricatum, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 345, 
partim. 
HuPEm: cultivated, and seeds eaten (4. Henry!). Herb. 
Kew. 
India and Japan, and commonly cultivated. 
17. Ipomea obscura, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 239; DC. Prodr. ix. 
p. 970; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 207; Hance in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. p. 118. 
Convolvulus obscurus, Linn, Sp. Pi. ed. 2, p. 220; Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 
p. 107. 
Formosa: south side (Maries!), Takow (Playfair !); Hoxe- 
Kona (Hance). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, and Australia. 
| Ipomeea palmata, Forsk., syn. I. tuberculata, Roem. et Schult., 
a very widely spread species, is recorded by Hance (Journ. Linn. 
Soe. xiii. p. 113) as having become commen in Hongkong, though, 
as he believed, originally introduced ; and Mr. Playfair has lately 
sent it from Formosa. | 
18. Ipomoa Pes-tigridis, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. 1, p. 162; Choisy 
in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 363; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. i. 
p. 204, cum varietatibus; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. Or. t. 836. 
Ipomeea hepaticifolia, Linn. Sp. Pi. ed. 1, p. 161; DC. Prodr. ix. 
p. 363. ! l 
Ipomæa capitellata, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 365; Hance in Journ. 
Bot. 1885, p. 326. l 
Formosa: Takow and Taiwan (Playfair!); Hatnan (B. C. 
Henry, hb. Hance!). Mus. Brit.; Herb. Kew. 
Tropical Asia, Africa, and Polynesia. 
19. Ipomea philippinensis, Choisy in Mém. Soc. Phys. Gen. 
vi. p. 475, et in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 367. 
Cura: near Wangoo (Robertson !). Mus. Brit. 
This is perhaps the same, at least as to the Chinese specimens, 
as T. linifolia, Blume. 
Philippine Islands. 
