Ipomea. } CI. CONVOLVULACEX, (C. B. Clarke.) 205 
Deccan PreNINSULA ; Stocks. 
Stems prostrate, twining, patently hairy. Leaves 2 in., rhomboid, base obtuse or 
subcordate ; petiole 4-1] in. Bracts } in., hispid. Sepals 4-4 in., elliptic-lanceo- 
late, patently hispidulous. Capsule }-} in., ovoid, 2-celled, 4-seeded. Seeds furred, 
margins villous.— Near Z. eriocarpa. 
**. Flowers pedicelled, cymose, subracemose or solitary. 
T Leaves undivided or angular or somewhat lobed, rarely deeply. 
23. X. angustifolia, Jaco. Ic. Rar. t. 317, not of Chois.; glabrous, 
leaves sessile hastate-oblong or -linear acute, peduncles fong 1-3-fld., sepals 
ovate acuminate, corolla small yellow. Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 425. I. den- 
tieulata, Br. Prodr, 485; Bot. Reg. t. 317, not of Chois. I. filicaulis, Blume 
Bijd. 721; Chois. Convolv, Or. 66, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 853; Dalz. § Gibs. 
Bomb, Fl. 165; Bot. Mag. t. 5426. Convolvulus hastatus and angustifolius, 
Lamk. Enc. iii, 542, 547. C. filicaulis, Vahl Symb. iii. 94. C. simplex, Pers. 
Syn. i. 178, C, denticulatus, Spreng. Syst. i. 603. ©. linifolius, Wall. Cat. 
1389. C. medium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 474, and ed. Carey & Wall. 256; Wall. 
Cat 1340, not of Linn. C. Blumii, Dietr. Syn. Pl. i. 675.—Rheede Hort. Mal. 
Hills of the Deccan PexiNstLA and CEvrow; extending north to Bundeleund, 
eworth, Kuasia Mrs. alt. 0-3000 ft.; common, and thence to Malacca.— 
Disrian, S. E. Asia, Malaya, Australia, Tropical Africa. 
Diffuse, biennial, twining. Leaves 13-3 in., more or less toothed.  Peduncles 
often longer than the leaves; bracts minute, persistent ; pedicels long. Sepals 1-1 
in. Corolla 3 in., funnel-shaped, eye purple. Capsule 1 in., ovoid, papery, glabrous, 
2-celled. Seeds glabrous. 
24. X. tridentata, Roth, Cat. Bot. ii. 19; glabrous, leaves sessile has- 
tate-oblong or subquadrate obtuse truncate or 3-toothed, peduncles often as 
ong as the leaves 1-3-fld., sepals ovate acuminate, corolla small yellow. Chots. 
Convole, Or, 65, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 353; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165. 
Evolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. Pi. 392; Burm. Fi. Ind. 77, t. 16, fig. 3. 
Convolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 157; Rorb. Fl. Ind. i. 475, and ed. 
Corey & Wall. ii. 56; Wall. Cat. 1347.— Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 65. 
Deccan Pextxsvta and CEYLON ; frequent ; extending north to Chota Nagpore.— 
Distrig. Ava, Banca. 
Rootstock woody, giving off numerous, closely-prostrate, elongate stems. Leaves 
Usually less than 1 in., sometimes subemarginate, mucronate. Flowers, capsules and 
seeds, nearly as of 7. angustifolia, with which Thwaites (Enum. 211) unites it ; but 
It is a smaller plant with smaller flowers, never twining. 
25. X. linifolia, Blume Bijd. 721; sparsely hairy or glabrate, leaves 
Petioled narrowly oblong lower often subcondate ovate-oblong, peduncles few 
or many-fld,, sepals elliptic obtuse glabrous, corolla small yellow, capsule 1- 
celled dseeded. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 369; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 423. 
I. setulosa, Zoll. Verz. by Moritz. bl. Convolvulus cæspitosus, Roxb. Hort. 
oY 14, and FI. Ind. i. 483, and ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 70; Wall. Cat. 1357. 
s; Denthamii, Wall, Cat. 1393, Hewittia cwspitosa, Steud. Nom. Bot. 
495, eria cæspitosa, Choi, Convolv. Or. 105, t. 6, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 
M. Scprropicar Sixxm, J. D. H., &c. Assam and Siruert, frequent; Wallich, 
asters, &c., and thence to Matacca.— DISTRIB. Malay Archipelago, vr s 
1 Annual or biennial. Stems slender, much twining (creeping, Rorburg ARA aee 
3-2) in., oblong, narrowed suddenly at both ends; lower often subcordate, some 
times ovate ; petiole l-j in. Peduncles 1-3 in., slender ; bracts minute, persistent. 
