CONVOLVULACEAE 391 
4. |. digitata L. (J. paniculata R. Br.). 
A large, glabrous, perennial climber from stout, somewhat fleshy roots. 
Leaves palmately 5- or 7-lobed, base cordate, orbicular in outline, 5 to 15 
em long, the lobes often reaching nearly to the base, usually lanceolate. 
Peduncles axillary, equaling or longer than the petioles, cymosely 3- to 5- 
flowered. Sepals ovate, concave, 1 cm long. Corolla pink-purple, widely 
campanulate, glabrous, about 6 cm long. Capsule ovoid, 1 em long or 
less, 4-celled, 4-valved. (FI Filip. pl. 81, Convolvulus paniculatus.) 
In thickets, Singalon, Pasay, etc., not common, fl. Aug.—Oct. Apparently 
rare in the Philippines and only near the sea. Tropics generally. 
* 5. I. carrica (L.) Sweet. (J. palmata Forsk.). 
_ A perennial, somewhat woody, glabrous, slender vine, the stems twining, 
grayish, branched. Leaves broadly ovate in outline, 6 to 9 ecm in diameter, 
5- or 7-parted, the segments elliptic-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, entire, 
or the lowest pair lobed. Calyx 8 to 10 mm long, green. Corolla campanu- 
late, deep-lavender or mauve, about 6 cm long, 5 to 6.5 cm broad, the tube 
outside paler than the rest of the flower, inside deep-purplish. (FI. Filip. 
pl. $2, I. tuberosa.) 
Very commonly cultivated for covering walls, porches, etc., subsponta- 
neous, fl. all the year; in towns generally throughout the Philippines. A 
native of northern Africa. 
6. I. pes-caprae (L.) Roth. 
A wide-spreading, creeping or Lorine glabrous vine. Leaves thick, 
shining, orbicular, 6 to 14 cm long, apex emarginate or 2-lobed, base broad, 
rounded or truncate. Peduncles axillary, solitary, usually as long as the 
petioles, erect, 1- to 6-flowered, usually only one flower opening at a time. 
Sepals green, elliptic, obtuse or apiculate, 8 mm long. Corolla campanulate, 
purple, 5 cm long, the limb 5 to 6 cm in diameter, slightly lobed. Capsule 
about 1 cm long. (FI. Filip. pl. 29.) 
Along the seashore, abundant, fl. Oct.-May; on sandy seashores through- 
out the Philippines. Tropics generally. 
7. |. obscura (L.) Ker. 
A slender, twining, herbaceous, glabrous, annual vine, the stems 1 to 
1.5 mm in diameter. Leaves broadly ovate, entire, acuminate or acute, 
base prominently cordate, the sinus broad, rounded, 2.5 to 6 cm long. Pe- 
duncles axillary, elongated, 1- to 3-flowered. Sepals ovate, acute or acu- 
minate. Corolla about 2.5 em wide, the tube narrow, yellowish-white or 
straw-colored, dark-purple at the base inside. Capsules ovoid, pointed, 
about 1 cm long, glabrous, 2-valved, 4- or 2-seeded, seeds about 5 mm long, 
brown-velvety. 
In dry open grasslands and in thickets, fl. July-Jan.; widely distributed 
in the Philippines. India to the Mascarene Islands, China, and Malaya. 
8. I. TRmLoBA L. (J. blancoi Choisy). 
A twining, herbaceous, slender, annual vine, glabrous except the inflo- 
rescence, the stems green, somewhat angled, about 2.5 mm thick. Leaves 
broadly ovate, entire or somewhat 3-lobed, acuminate, base broadly cordate, 
' 4 to 11 em long, often nearly as wide. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 2 to 8 
cm long, bearing from 3 to 5 rather crowded flowers at the apex. Sepals 
