Ipomea. } CI. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 201 
hastate. Stamens included. Ovary 2-celled, 4-seeded.—Not well distinguish- 
able from Eutpomea, in which the outer sepals are usually somewhat 
larger. 
11. I. uniflora, Roem. & Sch. Syst. iv. 247, not of Blume; glabrescent, 
leaves petioled oblong obtuse, peduncles 1-flowered, sepals ultimately enlarged 
decurrent, corolla 1 in. campanulate. I. lanceolata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 
282. Convolvulus uniflorus, Lamk. Ene. iii. 544; Burm. Fl. Ind. 47, t. 21, 
fig. 2. C. emarginatus, Vahl Symb. iii. 23. ©. Rheedii, Wall. Cat. 1358, and 
in Roxb, Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 70; Wight in Hook. Bot. Miscell. ii. 
106,t. 8. Aniseia uniflora, Chois. Convolv. Or. 101, t. 2, fig. 9, and in DC. 
Mode. ix. 431; Wight Ic. t. 850; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 163.—Rheede Hort. 
Mal. xi. t. 54. 
Throughout Ixpra, from Nepal, Wallich, and Khasia, J. D. H., to CEYLON, 
(Thwaites) and Malacca (Griffith, Maingay); not common, more frequent in the 
eccan Peninsula.—Distrim. Malaya to Fiji Islands; Tropical Africa. . . 
Creeping in wet places, twining. Leaves 3 by 1 in., often emarginate with a 
mucro, base cuneate; petiole % in. Peduncles 1) in.; bracts minute, persistent. 
Sepals in flower 4-} in., outer elliptic, acute; in fruit 1-1 in., 2 outer subcordate 
ovate scarious nervose, inner lanceolate. Corolla hairy without. Capsule 4 in., 
ovoid, glabrous. Seeds glabrous, margins minutely strigose. 
12. I. calycina, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 872; leaves ovate-cordate acute 
entire, peduncles short few-fld., sepals ultimately cordate or sagittate, corolla 
scarcely ] in. tubular. I. sagittata, Roxb. Ic. ined. not of Desf. I. cariosepala, 
Klotz. in Nub. Pl. Convolvulus calycinus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. 
i. 471, and ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 61; Wall. Cat. 2255, O. Hardwickii, Spreng. 
Syst. curae post. 60. Aniseia calycina, Chois. Convolv. Or. 100, and in DC. 
Ed. ix. 420; Wight IU. t. 168 b, fig. 5, and Ic. t. 833; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. 
. 163, 
_ Deccan PexiNsULA; frequent; extending to Banda (Edgeworth) and the W. 
Himalaya (Royle). — DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. . 
Stems much twining, villous. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply cordate, sparsely hairy or 
glabrate ; petiole li in. Peduncles 2 in. ; pedicels $ in. ; bracts }in., linear. Sepals 
In flower 4 in., unequal, ciliate ; outer in fruit 4 by 4 in., lanceolate, hastate. Corolla 
Tose or white; mouth funnel-shaped, narrow. Capsule } in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds 
villous, margins with long silky hairs. 
13. I. barlerioides, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 872; hirsute, leaves ovate- 
oblong scarcely acute, peduncles longer or shorter than the petioles 1-fld., 
corolla 2-34 in. funnel-shaped. Convolvulus barlerioides, Wall. Cat. 2256. 
C. oblongus, Wall. Cat. 1382. Aniseia barlerioides, Chois. Convolv. Or. 102, 
and in DC. Prodr. ix, 432. 
N. W, Ispra, Royle: Subsiwaliks, Edgeworth; Kumaon, alt. 4000 feet, Strachey 
4 Winterbottom. Gunn ; R. Thompson. Cuota Naarore; Clarke. W. DECCAN 
PryisscrA southward to Courtallam ; W ight, Dalzell, Ritchie, &c. . 
Twining. Leaves 2-3 in., base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole 0-14, very variable 
onthe same stem.  Pedwncles 1-4 in.; longer than the petioles in the N. Indian 
plant (Choisy's type), hardly any in other S. Indian examples ; bracts } in., linear. 
Sepals in flower 3 in., lanceolate ; in fruit much widene ,2 pw ovate. Corolla 
Purple or purplish-white, glabrous or sparsely hairy without; tube very narro 
the base ; mouth 21 in. diam. Capsule 4 in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds oblong, villous 
or pubescent, margins sometimes hirsute. 
Superyvs V. Batatas, Choi. in DC. Prodr. ix. 337 (genus). Corolla 
dely tubular-funnel-shaped. Stamens included. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. 
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