I 
Ipomea. | Cl. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 213 
caducous; pedicels often more than 1 in. Sepals 4-2 in.; in fruit widened. Corolla 
2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, glabrous, margin scarcely lobed. Ovary 2-celled, not 
imperfectly 4-celled, Capsule 4 in., ovoid, glabrous. 
49. I. carnosa, Br. Prodr. 485; glabrous or nearly so, leaves lobed or 
oblong emarginate, peduncles 1—3-fld., sepals ovate obtuse, corolla largeish 
ochroleucous, seeds villous. Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 419. I. acetosm olia, 
Roem. § Sch. Syst. iv. 246; Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Brasil. vii. 255, t. 94. I. 
longifolia, Benth. Pl. Hartw. 16; Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 21. T. littoralis, Boiss. FI. 
Orient. iv. 112. Convolvulus littoralis, Linn. Sp. Pl. 227. C. acetosefolius, 
Vahl Ecl. i. 18. C. arenarius, Vahl Symb. i. 18. C. carnosus, Spreng. Syst. i. 
609. O. stoloniferus, Cyr. Pl. Rar. i. t. b. Batatas littoralis and acetosefolia, 
Chois. Convolv. Or. 124, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 337, 338. 
Maracca; Griffith.—DrsrRrB. Tropical seashores of both hemispheres. 
Very near Z. biloba. Leaves often deeply lobed, sometimes subentire emarginate, 
but then much more elongate than those of J. biloba, oblong or linear, or often fiddle- 
shaped ; nerves much more obscure. Ovary completely 2-celled, imperfectly 4-celled. 
Capsule and seeds exactly as of J. biloba. 
90. I. vitifolia, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372; hairy, leaves cordate 
palmately 5-lobed, peduncles 1-7-fld., sepals ovate-acute hirsute, corolla middle- 
sized sulphur-coloured, seeds glabrous. Blume Bid. 709; Chois. Convolv. Or. 
72, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 361; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165; Kurz For. Fl 
u. 219. I. angularis, Chois. Convolv. Or. 72. Convolvulus vitifolius, Linn. 
Mant. 203; Burm. Fl. Ind. 45, t. 18, fig. 1; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and FI. 
Ind. i. 476, and ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 61; Wall. Cat. 1348. C. angularis, Linn. 
Mant. 203; Burm. Fl. Ind. 46, t. 19, fig. 2; Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 519. 
Throughout Inpra (except the dry N.W.); from Sikkim, Assam, Chittagong and 
Burma, southwards to Ceylon and Malacca.—Distrrs. Malay Islds. 
A large climber. Leaves 2-6 in. diam. ; lobes triangular, acute, often toothed or 
acutely lobed ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. Sepals } in., often 3 in. in fruit. 
Corolla 14 in., campanulate. Capsule 3 in. diam., depressed globose, membranous, 
2-celled, normally 4-seeded. 
51. I. pilosa, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372; hairy, leaves ovate-cordate acute 
often deeply 3-lobed white woolly beneath, cymes peduncled persistently brac- 
teate, corolla small purple, seeds pubescent margins silky. Chois. Convolv. Or. 
*6, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 363; Wight Ic. t. 837; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166. 
- dichroa, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 964. Convolvulus pilosus, Roxb. Hort. 
Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 473, and ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 55. C. albicans, Wall. 
Cat. 1401, Q. dichrous, Roem. § Sch. Syst. iv. 263. 
W. Haraya, alt. 1-3000 ft., Ponsap and Scrxpe; frequent, Benoar; Wallich. 
— "ISTRIR, Tropical Africa. . 
Annual, twining, patently hirsute. Leaves 2-4 in., lobes acuminate, often nar- 
rower below; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1-3 in. ; bracts } in., linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 
Usually 23 in, Sepals 4 in. and upwards, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 
i in, narrowly funnel-shaped, with scattered long hairs without. Capsule 1-3 in., 
oid-globose, glabrous, 4-valved, normally 4-seeded. 
TT Leaves divided, or very deeply lobed. 
52. I. kentrocaulos, Clarke; glabrous, leaves deeply palmate segments 
oe j glabrous, leav ply P | "Pm 
“liptic-lanceolate acuminate’ entire, peduncles many-fld., sepa i n liptio 
ng, corolla large, seeds 3 in. glabrous. I. tuberosa, A. , Abyss. 
i Chois, in DC. Prodr. ix. 362, the old-world plant, not of Linn. O. panicu- 
