202 CI. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ipomea. 
14. I. digitata, Linn.; Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. vii. 278, with all syn. ; 
glabrous, leaves large palmately 5-7-lobed, peduncles many-fid. longer than 
the petioles, sepals elliptic shortly acute glabrous, seeds woolly with hairs 4 
in. long. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 389, char. emend. I. paniculata, Br. Prodr. 
486; Blume Bijd. 709; Bot. Reg. t. 62, not of Burm. I. mauritiana, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenb. ü. 39, t. 200. I. gossypifolia, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 208. 
I. eriosperma, Beauv. Fl. Owar. et Ben. ii. 73, t. 105. I. insignis, Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 635; Bot. Reg. t.75; Bot. Mag. t. 1790. I, tuberosa, GŒ. F. W. Mey. 
Esseq. 102. I. plantensis, Bot. Reg. t. 333; Bot. Mag. t. 3685; Chois. in DC. 
Prodr. ix. 387. Convolvulus paniculatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 223; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 
i. 478, and ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 63; Wall. Cat. 1350. C. digitatus, platensis, 
and insignis, Spreng. Syst. i. 591, 592. CO. roseus, Kunth. in Humb. & Bonpl. 
iii. 108, not of Mill. Batatas paniculata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 54, t. 1, fig. 2, and 
in DC. Prodr. ix. 339; Wight in Madras Journ. v. 4, t. 11; Dalz. § Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 167. B. edulis, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 339, var. y only. 
Tropicat Inpta ; common, from Bengal and Assam to Ceylon; not in the drier 
western portion.—Distris. Tropical Asia, Africa, America and Australia, in moist 
climates, 
A large, scandent perennial. Leaves 3-7 in. diam., often lobed nearly to the 
base ; lobes lanceolate or elliptic, often spathulate ; petiole 2-5 in. Peduncles often 
6 in.; bracts deciduous ; flowers not capitate. Sepals 1—] in., wider concave in fruit. 
Corolla 14-23 in., widely campanulate, glabrous, pink-purple. Anthers never twisted. 
Ovary completely 4-celled, unless perhaps near the top. Capsule 4 in., ovoid, com- 
pletely 4-celled to the apex, 4-valved, the long wool from the seeds exsert from the 
fissures. 
15. I. pentaphylla, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 319, not of Cav. ; thinly hirsute, 
leaves digitate, leaflets broad-lanceolate subsessile, peduncles long laxly 
dichotomous, sepals large elliptic outer patently hirsute, seeds glabrous. 
Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. vii. 287, with all syn. “I. pilosa, Cav. Ic. iv. 11, t. 
323, not of Sweet. Convolvulus pentaphyllus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 223. C. hirsutus, 
Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 479, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 65. C. 
munitus, Wall. Cat. 1354; Wight in Hook. Bot. Miscell. ii. 104, t. 7. C. 
nemorosus, Roem. § Sch. Syst. iv. 303. Batatas pentaphylla, Chois. Convolv. 
Or. 54, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 339; Wight Ic. t. 834; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fi. 
167. Spiranthera pentaphylla, Bojer Hort. Maurit. 226. 
W. Isna; Hindoostan, Gujerat, W. Deccan Peninsula, frequent.— DisTRIP- 
Africa, Polynesia, Tropical America ; often cultivated. 
A twining annual. Leaflets 2-4 in.; petiole 2 in. Pedunclzs 1-4 in. ; bracts 3 
in. linear; pedicels 4-2 in., fulvous-hirsute. Sepals 4 in, obtuse or subacute; !n 
fruit enlarged, sometimes nearly 1 in. Corolla 1} in., wide-funnel-shaped, glabrous, 
white or ochroleucous. Ovary completely 4-celled. Capsule 4-4 in., ovoid, papery, 
completely 4-celled; endocarp separating, with a hole opposite the back of each 
seed. 
16. I. Batatas, Lamk. Enc. vi. 14; glabrous or sparingly hairy, leaves 
ovate-cordate acute angular or more or less lobed, peduncles long many fid., 
sepals elliptic shortly acute glabrous, seeds glabrous. Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. 
vil. 282. I. Catesbei, G. F. W. Mey. Esseq. 103. Convolvulus Batatas, 
Linn. ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 483, and ed. Carey §& Wall. ii. 69; Blume Bid. 712; 
Wall. Cat. 1356. O. indicus, Moris. Hist. ii. sect. 1, t. 3, fig. 4. C. edulis, 
Thunb. Fl. Jap. 84. C. esculentus, Salisb, Prod. 123. Batatas edulis, Chots. 
Convolv. Or. 53, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 338. B. xanthorhiza, Bojer Hort. 
Maurit, 225.— Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. t. 1830. Rheede Hort. Mal. vii. t. 50. 
Cultivated in Innia, but not extensively.—Native of America. . 
Tubers red, white or rarely yellow. Stem usually hairy. Flowers 2 in. and 
