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Ipomcea hederacea, Jacq. 



Ipomoea liederacea, Jacq. ; Benth., FL Austr., iv. p. 416 ; Hook, f., FI. Brit. Ini, iv. p. 199 ; Hemsl. 



in Godm. et Salv. Biol. Centr.-Am., ii. p. 387. 

 Pharbitis nil et Pharbitis hederacea, Choisy in DC. Prodr., ix. pp. 343, 344; Miq., El End Bat, ii. 



pp. 595, 596. 



Timor Laut.— Now generally dispersed in tropical and some subtropical regions, 

 where, however, it is also widely cultivated for its ornamental character. 



Ipomcea turpethum, B. Br. 



Ipomcea turpethum, R. Br.; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 41S; Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 212; 

 Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. GOG; Seem., Fl. Vit., p. 172; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 58. 



Timor Laut. — Generally dispersed from the Himalayas and Formosa, through the 

 islands of the Indian Ocean, the Indian Archipelago, to North Australia, and many of the 

 Pacific Islands. It seems to nourish equally well inland and on the sea-shore. 



Ipomoea glaberrima, Bojer. 



Ipomcea glaberrima, Bojer in Hook. Journ. Bot., i. p. 357 ; Baker, Fl. Maurit., p. 211. 

 Calonyction comosperma, Bojer, Hort. Maurit., p. 228; DC, Prodr., ix. p. 34G ; Seem., Fl. Vit., 

 p. 171. 



Timoe Laut. — This species inhabits Eastern Africa, Madagascar, the Seychelles, and 

 the Fiji and other islands, often growing on the sea-shore. 



Ipomcea cymosa, Bcern. et Schult. 



Ipomcea cymosa, Rceni. et Schult.; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 423; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat., ii. p. G13; 

 Hook, f., Fl. Brit. Ind., iv. p. 211; Baker, FL Maurit., p. 208; Humph., Herb. Amb., v. 



t. 158. 



Timor Laut. — Generally dispersed in Tropical Asia, and extending to Africa and 

 North Australia, including many of the intervening islands. It is recorded as being 

 common in Mahe, Seychelles, both near the shore and on the tableland. 



Ipomcea biloba, Forsk. 



Ipomcea biloba, Forsk., Fl. iEg.-Arab., p. 44; Clarke in Hook, f., FL Brit. Ind., iv. p. 212. 

 Ipomcea pes-caprce, Sweet; Benth., Fl. Austr., iv. p. 419; Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat, ii. p. G02 ; Seem.. Kl. 



Vit., p. 172; Nadeaud, Enum. PL Tahiti, p. 58; Jouan in Mem. Soc. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg, xi. 



1865, pp. 116, 136, et 148; Mann in Proc. Amer. Acad., vii. p. 195. 



Arrou ; Lakor. This plant grows almost everywhere on sandy coasts in tropical and 



subtropical' regions, binding the sands with its strongly developed root-system. Jouan 

 states that it is one of the first plants to invade the corals islets, and that its seeds are 

 impervious to the action of sea-water. See Part II., p. 80. 



(bot. chall. EXP. — part in.— ISSo.) 



