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leaves cordate, emarginate, fleshy, glandless, hardly an inch 
long; peduncles 1-2-flowered; sepals equal. ^t. S. Native 
of New Holland, within the tropic. Convólvulus carnósus, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 609. Flowers red. ? 
Fleshy-leaved Ipomeea. Pl. prostrate. 
9 I. ixcìsa (R. Br. prod. p. 486.) plant prostrate, rather 
villous ; leaves subcordate, dentately cut: upper ones hastate ; 
peduncles 1-flowered, glabrous, longer than the leaves ; sepals 
equal, lanceolate, acuminated. 2%. S. Native of New Hol- 
land, within the tropic, by the sea-side. Conv. incisus, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 609. 
Cut-leaved Ipomæœæa. PI. prostrate. 
10 I. crnzra’scens (R. Br. prod. p. 486.) plant creeping, 
tomentose ; leaves nearly cordate, ovate-oblong, cut, rather 
silky ; peduncles 1-2-flowered, villous, longer than the leaves ; 
sepals glabrous, equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute. 2t. S. Na- 
tive of New Holland, within the tropic. Conv. cineráscens, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 609. 
Greyish Ipomoea. Pl. creeping. 
11 1. nvcósa (Choisy in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 446.) stems 
creeping ; leaves cordately reniform, glabrous, obtuse, mucro- 
nulate ; peduncles usually not equalling the leaves in length ; 
sepals ovate : outer ones shortest, and rugosely plicate. %. S. 
Native of Mysore and Malabar. Convólvulus rugósus, Rottl. 
in Willd. am. act. berol. 4. p. 196. Roem. et Schultes, 4. p. 
273. 303. and 790. Convol. flagellifórmis, Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 
68. Conv. Beladámbu, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 608. Ipomcea 
répens, Lam. ill. no. 2134. Poir. dict. 6. p. 18. Ipomoe'a 
Beladámboe, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 233. Conv. mu- 
ricàtus, Russ. herb.  Beladámboe, Rheed mal. 11. p. 119. 
t. 58. Stems compressedly angular. Peduncles 3-8-flowered. 
Seeds black, glabrous. Flowers large, pure white. 
Wrinkled Ipomoea. Pl. creeping. 
12 I. renirérmis (Choisy, l. c.) creeping, glabrous; leaves 
reniform, with sinuately-toothed edges, emarginate ; pedicels 
very short, 1-flowered, rarely 2-3-flowered ; sepals small, ovate- 
roundish, ciliately jagged. 27. S. Native of the East Indies ; 
as of Bengal, Nopalry, Coromandel, and Island of Timor. Con- 
volvulus renifórmis, Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 67. Conv. Gangéticus, 
Lin. ameen. acad. 4. p. 506. no. 121.  Evólvulus emarginatus, 
Burm. fl. ind. 77. t. 80. £. 1. Evólvulus Gangéticus, Lin. spec. 
p. 391. Stem angular at top. Leaves 3-6 lines long. Corolla 
small, 5-cleft, yellow ; lobes acute. Seeds glabrous, reddish.— 
In some soils this species is found of a dark purple or rusty 
colour. 
Kidney-shaped leaved Ipomoea. 
creeping. 
13 I. nvwiciróLiA (Choisy, l. e. p. 447.) stems diffuse, hairy ; 
leaves cordately reniform, obtuse at top, also emarginate, gla- 
brous, with entire edges ; peduncles axillary, solitary, twin or 
tern, 1-2-flowered ; sepals linear-lanceolate, hairy. ©. S. 
Native of Travancore. Convólvulus hírtus, Wall. cat. no. 2254. 
and probably of Lin. Stem diffusely creeping, beset with retro- 
grade hairs, which rise from black glands. Leaves an inch long. 
Corolla tubular, exceeding the calyx, glabrous. 
Dock-leaved Ypomoea. PI. creeping. 
14 I. 1ncu’rva; creeping; stems erect, sarmentose; leaves 
broad, linear, emarginate, mucronate, subhastate: lobes linear, 
acute, curved in front; peduncles 1-flowered ; sepals nearly 
equal, lanceolate. %. S. Native of Guinea. Conv. incárvus, 
Schum. pl. guin. p. 99. Stem nearly a span high, with filiform 
creepers. Corolla white, larger than those of C. arvénsis ; with a 
dark purple bottom, and a usually mucronate 5-cleft limb ; lobes 
roundish. Capsule ovate-roundish, 4-valved, usually 1-seeded. 
Said to be related to Z. emarginata, and I. acetocefolia. 
pistOct? 61621828: 59PE 
CONVOLVULACEZ. XIV. Ipomaa. 
Incurved-leaved Ipomee'a. PI. creeping. 
Secr. II. Orruiroma’a (from opÜ0oc, orthos, straight; and 
Ipomo?a; in reference to the species contained in this section 
being erect or diffuse, but never twining.) 
* Plants herbaceous. 
15 I. rrmenta'ra (Roth. cat. 2. p. 19. Roem. arch. 3. p. 
38.) stems diffuse, filiform; leaves sessile, oblong-linear, trun- 
cate at apex, and often tridentate, but auriculately toothed at 
the base; peduncles 1-flowered, exceeding the leaves; sepals 
ovate, awned. ©. S. Native of the East Indies; at Paga- 
mew, Irrawaddi, Ceylon, &c. Convélvulus tridentatus, Lin. 
spec. ed. 1. p. 157. Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 56. Conv. viscidus, 
Roxb. hort. beng. p. 14. Evólvulus tridentàtus, Lin. spec, ed. 
2. p. 892. Burm. ind. 77. t. 16. f. 3. Conv. I’ndicus, &c. 
Plukn. alm. 117. t. 276. f. 5. Conv. minor, &c.  Plukn. 
mant. 117. t. 167. f. 5. Sendera-Claudi, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 
138. t. 65. Stem herbaceous, angular. Leaves hardly 3-4 
lines broad, and an inch long, quite glabrous. Peduncles downy. 
Calyx whitish-yellow. | Corollas small, yellow. 
Tridentate-leaved Ipomcea. FI]. June, July. 
Pl. diffuse. 
16 I. rmicav’tis (Blum. bijdr. p. 721.) stems diffuse, fili- 
form; leaves linear, or linear-lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate, on 
short petioles, somewhat hastately denticulated at the base; 
peduncles 1-2-flowered, length of the leaves; sepals equal, 
ovate, or oblong, acuminated, acute. (2. S. Native of the 
East Indies ; as of Travancore, Ceylon, Penang, Rangoon, banks 
of the Irawaddi, &c. ; also of China, Japan, New Holland, Java, 
Timor; Africa, at the Cape of Good Hope, and in Guinea; and 
of America, in various parts. Convólvulus filicaális, Vahl. 
symb. 3. p. 24. Schum. pl. guin. p. 92. Conv. hastatus, 
Desr. in Lam. dict 3. p. 542. Conv. simplex, Pers. ench. 1. 
p.178. Conv. médium, Lour. coch. p. 106. edit. Willd. 1. p. 
130. Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 328. Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 56. but not of 
Lin. Conv. filifórmis, Thunb. fl. cap. 2. p. 16. Conv. denti- 
culàtus, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 540. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 603. 
Conv. angustifólius, Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 547. Vahl. symb. 
3. p. 25. Conv. Japénicus, Thunb. jap. p. 85. ? Vahl. symb. 3. 
p. 25. Ipomoea denticulàta, R. Br. prod. 1. p. 485. Ker. 
bot. reg. 317. I. angustifolia, Jacq. coll. 2. p. 367. icon. rar. 
t. 317. I. Japónica, Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 245.? Pers. 
ench, 1. p. 184. "Tàla-Neli, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 118. t. 55. 
Conv. linifolius, Wall. cat. no. 1389. Stem branched, angular. 
Leaves sometimes 2-3 lines broad, sometimes very narrow ; hind 
lobes generally toothed. Pedicels clavate. Corolla pale yellow, 
or yellow. Seeds glabrous. 
Var. B, (Schum. pl. guin. p. 92.) leaves narrow-linear ; teeth 
of auricles subsetaceous. ©. S. Native of Guinea. 
Thread-stemmed Ypomoea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1778. 
1 foot, diffuse. 
17 I. Crapperroni (R. Br. in Denh. append. p. 35.) gla- 
brous, creeping ; leaves sagittate, having the hind lobes entire, 
and acute; peduncles 1-flowered. 2t. F. Native of Bornou. 
Clapperton's Ipomoea. Pl. creeping. 
18 I. BIDENTATA ; glabrous, erectish ; leaves linear- hastate, 
sessile, having the hind lobes bidentate ; peduncles 1-flowered ; 
stem furrowed. U.S. Native of Guinea, in fields ; common 
among grass. Stem furrowed. Flowers small, yellow. Nearly 
allied to I. filicaülis, and probably only a variety of it. 
Bidentate-leaved Ipomoea. Pl. 3 foot, nearly erect. 
19 I. Arunz'ssis; branched, glabrous, twiggy; leaves scale- 
formed ; peduncles 2-flowered, spicate ; sepals lanceolate, ob- 
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