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too, it would appear that he had a different plant before him, or 
possibly a mixture of the two. 
Ipomæa petaloidea, Choisy, var.? foliis fere linearibus.—Shan 
hills at 4000 feet. 
Ipomea sepiaria, Kenig; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 209.— 
Meiktila. 
Throughout India and Malaya, and probably East Australia. 
Ipomea Turpethum, R. Br.; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 212 ; Forest 
Fl. Burma, ii. p. 218.—Meiktila and Yemethen, a variety with 
narrow lanceolate leaves. 
Tropieal Asia and Australia, the Mascarene islands, and 
Polynesia. 
Ipomea vitifolia, Sweet; Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 213; Forest Fl. 
Burma, ii. p. 419.—Shan hills at 3000 feet. 
Throughout tropical India and Malaya. 
Ipomæa ($ Euipomea) nana, Coll. et Hemsl., n. sp. 
Herba erecta vel adscendens, 6-12 poll. alta, undique strigoso- 
villosa, radiee fusiformi, eaulibus sepius simplicibus robustius- 
culis, internodiis quam folia multo brevioribus. Folia simplicia, 
breviter petiolata vel subsessilia, erassiuscula, obovato-lanceolata 
vel anguste oblonga, 11-21 poll.longa, obtusa vel acuta, basi 
cuneata, integra, utrinque longe strigoso-villosa. Flores pur- 
purei, axillares, solitarii, brevissime pedunculati, 22-3 poll. longi, 
ut videtur suberecti; sepala parum inequalia, anguste lanceolata, 
acuminata, 6-7 lineas longa, extus longe pilosa; corolla anguste 
tubuloso-eampanulata, obscure lobata, extus longe parceque 
pilosa; stamina inæqualia, longe inclusa, infra medium corolle 
affixa, filamentis infra medium dilatatis barbatis; ovarium gla- 
brum, 2-loculare, loculis 2-ovulatis; stylus filiformis, stamina 
superans, stigmate bigloboso. Fructus ignotus. 
Shan hills at 4000 feet; common on the grassy plateau. 
Not very closely allied to any Asiatic species, though the flowers 
strongly resemble those of I. popahensis, Coll. et Hemsl., and 
I. barlerioides, Benth. et Hook. f. 
Ipomea (§ Euipomea) popahensis, Coll. et Hemsl., n. Spe — 
Herba gracillima, volubilis, parce strigillosa, caulibus fere fili- 
formibus lignescentibus glabrescentibus, internodiis quam folia 
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