128 XC. CONVOLVULACEEH (BAKER AND RENDLE). [| Quamoelit. 
Species about 8, in warm and tropical regions, chiefly American. Introduced in 
Tropical Africa. 
Leaves pinnatisect : : : : : : . Ll. Q. vulgaris. 
Leaves entire or angulate-lobed . : : : . 2. Q. coccinea. 
1. Q. vulgaris, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. 336. Annual, glabrous. 
Stem slender, twining. Leaves pinnate, 14$-2 in. long, pinnatisect 
with 8—10 pairs of linear spaced-out segments, all but the lowest simple; 
petioles slender, shorter than the blade. Peduncles long, generally 
much exceeding the leaves, 2—3-flowered; pedicels about 1 in. long, 
thickened in the fruiting stage. Sepals small, oblong, obtuse, mucronu- 
late. Corolla scarlet, hypocrateriform; tube cylindric, 1 in. long; 
limb patent, 9 lin. in diam. with 5 ovate subacute lobes. Ovary 
completely 4-celled with 1 ovule in each cell. Capsule ovoid, about 
4 lin. high. Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 743. Q. pinnata, Bojer, 
Hort. Maurit. 224; Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. xviii. 154, and in Bull. 
Herb. Boiss. v. 878. Ipomea Quamoclit, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 159; Bot. 
Mag. t. 244. 
Upper Guinea. Liberia: Monrovia, Whyte! Lagos, Dawodu, 85! 
Southern Nigeria: Sapele district, Darker! Fernando Po, Barter, 1265! Mana, 
400! Cameroons: Akwa, Dinklage, 153, and without precise locality, Braun. 
South Central. Congo Free State: Bangala, 1000 ft. Hews, C, 180 
Leopoldville, Duchesne. 
Lower Guinea. Prince’s Island: by thickets near Baixa de San Antonio, 
wild, but not indigenous, Welwitsch, 6209! 
A native of America now widely spread in the Oid World. 
2. Q. coccinea, Moench, Meth. 453. Annual, glabrous of 
sparsely hairy. Stem slender, terete, twining or trailing. Leaves 
cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or angulate-lobed, 14-5 in. long; 
petioles slender as long as or longer than the leaf. Peduncles about as 
long as or longer than the leaves, few- to many-flowered ; pedicels 
generally longer than the calyx; bracts minute. Sepals oblong, obtuse, 
with a subulate appendage, about 3 lin. long. Corolla salver-shaped, 
scarlet, about 1 lin. long; limb obscurely 5-lobed. Capsule globose, 
3 lin. in diam.—Choisy in DO. Prodr. ix. 335; Hallier f. in Engl. 
Jahrb. xviii. 154; Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 742 partly. Quamodlit 
phenicea, Choisy 1.c. 336. Ipomea coccinea, Linn. Sp. Pl. ed. i. 160. I. 
phenicea, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey, ii. 92. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Scott-Elliot, 3894! 3987! Johnston, 63! 
Gold Coast, Brown, 387! Lagos, Rowland! Fernando Po, Mann, 400! 
Lower Guinea. Island of St. Thomas, Welwitsch, 6212! Moller, 65. 
Widely spread in the warmer parts of both hemispheres; a native of Tropical 
America. 
26. IPOMGSA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 870. 
Sepals herbaceous or coriaceous, very various in shape, often ovate 
to lanceolate, or elliptic, obtuse or acute to acuminate or aristate, Un- 
equal or subequal, hairy or glabrous, persistent and often much enlarge 
in fruit. Corolla regular, usually funnel-shaped, rarely salver-shaped 
