Tab. 5426. 



IPOMCEA FILICAULIS. 



Slender-stalked Ipomcea* 



Nat. Ord. Convolvulace.e. — Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5330.) 



Ipomcea (§ Orthipomsea) filicaulis ; caule elongato raro subvolubili filiformi 

 anguloso, foliis linearibus aut lineari-lanceolatis brevissime petiolatis basi 

 subhastato-denticulatis glabeiTiinis, pedunculis folio lon<>ioribus 1-2-floris, 

 pedicellis clavatis, sepalis acutis ovato-acuminatis sequalibus 3 lineas longis, 

 corolla albo-lutea. Chois. 



Ipomcea filicaulis. Bl. Bijdr.p. 721. Chois. in De Cand. Prodr. v. 9. p. 353. 



Convolvulus filicaulis. Fail, Symb. v. 3. p. 24. 



Convolvulus hastatus. Desv. non Sieb. nee Thnnb. 



Convolvulus medium. Lour. Ait. IVall., non Linn. (Chois.) 



Convolvulus filiformis. Thunb. 



Convolvulus denticulatus. Sprang. 



Convolvulus angustifolius. Besr. Void. 



Convolvulus Japouicus? Th. Fl.Jap.p. 85. 



Ipomcea denticulata. Br. Prodr. II. Nov. Holl. p. 485. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 

 p. 317, not Chois. 



Ipomcea angustifolia. Jacq. Coll. v. 2. p. 367- Ic. Bar. t. 317, not Chois. 



Ipomcea Japonica ? Bcem. et Sch. 



Ipomcea Blumei. Steud. 



Tfomcea bidentata. Bon. 



Convolvulus Blumei. Bietr. 



Talu-Noli. RJieede, Hort. Malab.v. 11. p. 113. t. 35. 



Of the above numerous synonyms brought under this species, 

 we have verified what lay in our power ; for the rest M. Choisy 

 is responsible, though there is no reason to believe that he is 

 otherwise than correct. It has certainly a widely extended lo- 

 cality, being considered to inhabit Asia (India and the Malay 

 Archipelago, abundant, whence the seeds are often sent without 

 name to Europe), Australia, Africa, and even the warmer parts 



FEBRUARY 1ST, 1864. 



