210 CI. CONVOLVULACEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Ipomea. 
ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 68 ; Wall. Cat. 1397. C. Beladambu, Spreng. Syst. i. 608, 
and cure post. 62.—Rheede Hort Mal. xi. t. 58. 
S. Deccan Pexixsora ; Wight, &c. CEYLON, abundant in damp fields. 
Extensively trailing. Leaves 3—4 in. diam., subobtuse ; petiole 1-23 in. Peduncles 
3-43 in.; bracts 4 in., lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels 4 in., stout, somewhat thickened 
upwards in fruit. Sepals 4-4 in., unequal, outer often shorter, glabrous, wrinkled 
when young. Corolla 1-2 in., purple in the dried examples, pure white in Roxburgh's 
figure. Capsule 4 in., globose, glabrous, 4-seeded. 
40. I. aquatica, Forsk. Fl. Æg. Arab. 44; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 
elliptie-oblong cordate or hastate or elongate entire or angular sublobed, 
peduncles long few-fld., pedicels long, sepals ovate obtuse, corolla large purple, 
seeds minutely closely silky. I. reptans, Poir. Enc. Suppl. iii. 460; Blume 
Bijd. 714; Chois. Convolv. Or. 62, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 349; Dalz. § Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 164. I. repens, Roth Nov. Sp. 110. I. subdentata, Mig. Fl. Ind. 
Bat. ii. 614. Convolvulus reptans, Linn.; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14. C. repens, 
Vahl Symb. i. 17; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 432, and ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 68 ; Blume 
Bijd. 718; Wall. Cat. 1355, not of Linn. ©. Adansonii, Lamk. Enc. iii: 560. 
—Rumph. Herb. Amb. v. t. 155, fig. i. Rheede Hort. Mal. xi. t. 52. 
Throughout Inpa, common; abundant in Bengal Plain. Cryton; borders of 
tombs, and cult. as a vegetable, Thwaites——Disrris. Tropical Asia, Australia, 
Africa, 
Annual ; stems trailing on mud, and floating, sometimes to a great length, hollow. 
Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole 1-6 in., usually very long.  Peduncles 2-7 in., 1—5-flowered ; 
bracts inconspicuous; pedicels often 1-2 in. Sepals } in., glabrous or nearly so. 
Corolla 2 in., usually pale purple, glabrous. Capsule 4 in., ovoid, glabrous, 4-2- 
seeded. Seeds most minutely hairy, or very nearly glabrous. 
41. X. salicifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 498, and ed. Carey § Wall. ii. 88; 
glabrous, leaves short-petioled linear-lanceolate base rhomboid or rounded, 
peduncles very short 1-3-fld., sepals broadly elliptic subobtuse, corolla large 
white. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 367. I. Buchananii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 92. 
Brwcar; Rungpore, Hamilton. . 
Only known from Roxburgh's description and his Ze. Ined. at Kew. Biennial 
stem twining. Leaves 7 by 1 in. acuminate; petiole } in.  Peduncles 0-} ln.; 
bracts £ in., linear-lanceolate; pedicels 1-4 in. Sepals 3 by i in. Corolla-tube 1$ by 
& in., cylindric; mouth 2} in. diam. Capsule nearly } in. diam., globose, glabrous. 
Seeds X in., oblong, black, apparently (from the figure) minutely hairy.—Roxburgh 
describes the capsule as 2-celled, with 3 seeds in each cell, which is hard to believe; 
in his picture, the stigma is distinctly 2-lobed, while the capsule seems 3-valved. 
42. X. staphylina, Roem. § Sch. Syst. iv. 249; glabrous, leaves ovate 
subcordate, peduncles short many-fid. laxly racemose-paniculate, sepals ovate 
obtuse, corolla middle-sized purplish white, seeds with silky hairs } in. long. 
Chois. Convolv. Or. 78. I. racemosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 115, not of Poir.; Chow. 
in DC. Prodr. ix. 371; Wight IU. t. 168. Convolvulus malabaricus, Roxb. 
Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 469, and ed. Carey § Wail. ii. 49, all. syn. excl; 
Wall. Cat. 1341. C. racemosus, Roem. & Sch. Syst. iv. 302. C. Kleini, 
Spreng. Syst. 1, 606, and cure post. 61. C. polyanthus, Wall. Cat. 1378. C. 
gangeticus, Wall. Cat. 1340, by admixture. 
S. Deccan PENINSULA; common. Assam; Jenkins, PrNANG; Wallich. 
Shrubby, subscandent. Leaves 4 by 24 in., subacute, not acuminate, prominently 
nerved ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 4~2 in., usually shorter than the petioles, numerous, 
often panicled towards the end of the branches; bracts small, caducous ; pedicels 
0-} in., mostly short. Sepals i in., glabrous. Corolla 1 in., purplish in the tube, 
mouth nearly white. Capsule i in., ovoid, subacute, 4-seeded. 
