Ipomaa.) CI. CONVOLYULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 207 
29. I. rumicifolia, Chois. Convolv. Or. 65, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 351; 
stems sparsely hirsute, leaves ovate-oblong cordate or subhastate sinuate irregu- 
larly angular or sublobate, peduncles short laxly few-fld., sepals elliptic-lanceo- 
. late patently hirsute, corolla very small. Convolvulus lasiospermus, Vis. PI. 
Egypt. Nub. 13, t. 1, fig. 2. C. hirtus, Wall. Cat. 2954. 
Mrs. of the S. Deccan ; Travancore and Nilgherries, Rottler, Wight, &e.—Distrrp, 
E. Tropical Africa. 
Stems annual, twining. Leaves 1-2 in., scabrous or sparsely hirsute; petiole 
ljin. Peduncles 0-j in.; bracts } in., linear, subpersistent; pedicels }-} in. Sepals 
| din, acute, widened in fruit. Corolla 1-4 in., campanulate, white when dry, Visiani, 
probably yellow when fresh. Capsule | in. and upwards, ovoid, glabrous, usually 
seeded. Seeds velvety. 
30. I. obscura, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 239; leaves ovate-cordate acute 
entire nearly glabrous, peduncles long laxly 1—3-fld., sepals ovate subacute 
nearly glabrous, corolla middle-sized ochroleucous with a purple base, seeds 
velvety. Chois. Convolv. Or. 82, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 370, some syn. exel. ; 
Wight in Madras Journ. v. 6, t. 12; Dalz. § Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166. I. insuavis, 
Blume Bijd. 716, I. ocularis, Bartl. in Linnea, 1840; Suppl. 126. I. ochro- 
leuca, Spanoghe in Linnea, 1841, 340. Convolvulus obscurus, Zinn. ; Burm. 
Fl. Ind. 44; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. € ‘arey & Wall. ii. 52, not of Hassk. 
Throughout Ixpta and CrYLON, alt. 0-3000 ft.; common.—Disrnis. Malaya, 
ascarene Islands, E. Africa. . . . 
Stems twining, hairy or nearly glabrous. Leaves 1-23 in.; petiole 1-2 in. 
eduncles 1_3 in., often 1-flowered, rarely with so many as 3-flowers ; bracts } in., 
lanceolate, subpersistent ; pedicels }-1} in. Sepals } in. ; ultimately broader, obtuse, 
Teflexed. Corolla 1-1 in. tube narrow, mouth wide, glabrous, yellow or white with 
the plaits yellowish, always with the purple spot at the base. Anthers never twisted. 
Capsule my in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous, 2-valved, 2-seeded, normally 4-seeded. 
Seeds dense y softly brown-velvety ; therefore the Indian species is not the Z. obscura 
elaborately described by Hasskarl (PI. Jav. Rar. 519). 
7 Var. gemella; adult leaves closely hairy on both surfaces. Convolvulus gemellus, 
Wall. Cat. 1383 type sheet, not of Vahl,—Buxoat; Wallich, &c., frequent.—Ipomsea 
gemella, Chois, Convolv, Or. 87, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 380, consists of Convolvulus 
gemellus, Burm. FY. Ind, 46, t. 21, fig. 1 (a Javan plant) and the totally different 
- C finis, Wall., from E. Bengal and Burma; so far as any Malabar examples are 
, MIPPosed to be 7, gemella, they are perhaps Z. obscura. 
31. I. Stocksii, Clarke; leaves ovate-lanceolate cordate subcaudate 
shortly hairy on both surfaces, peduncles long laxly 1-3 fld., sepals lanceolate 
acuminate, corolla somewhat large, seeds glabrous. 
Matarar and Concan ; Stocks, Law, &c. 
esembling generall c obscura. Leaves 3} in., deeply cordate, finely 
acuminate, Pehe oft Thin, Dph 4 in.,in flower sublinear, in fruit lanceolate, 
carsely hairy. Corolla (very much withered) exceeding 1 in. Capsule nearly j T 
sroid-oblong, glabrous, 4-valved, 4-seeded.— Referred in Herb, Ind. Or. H. f. 4 T. 
sibly to a var. of 7. obscura, which the large flowers and glabrous seeds will ^ 
Willa Tom the unusually narrow sepals it may be the Malabar plant whi 
denow (and Choisy) have placed with Burmann’s Convolvulus gemellus. 
32. Y. Sibirica, Pers. Sy». i. 183; nearly glabrous, leaves triangular-lan- 
l solate cordate entire or adeiaie. peduncles shorter than the petioles yw. 
Pals ovate mucronate, corolla small white, seeds glabrous. Chois. walls 
Vo, ; 377. Convolvulus sibiricus, Linn. Mant. 203. C. rupestris, 
y. (ed. Gauthier) iv. 369, t. 17. : 
| panera Hrataya ; Kumaon ; Naini Tal, alt. 6000 ft., Strachey 4 Wintrietion. 
| ISTRIB, Siberia, N. China (near Pekin, Marimowicz). 
