o 



Ipomcea.] Lxxxr. convolvulace^. ^-l'^ 



or more. Antliers large, uiicliilate biit scarcely twisted. Ovary 2-celle(l or 

 more or less 4-celled bv spurious dissepiments between the seeds especially 

 «t the top. Capsule i in. diameter or even larger. Seeds densely woolly- 

 villous.— Bot. Eecr. t. 62 ; Bdalas panlcnlata, Chois. Conv. Or. and m UO. 

 Prod. is. 339; /. bwgnis, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 636; Bot. Reg. t. 75 ; Bot. 

 ilag. t. 1790 (a form with less deeply divided leaves, which occurs also in 

 Australia). 



"Australia. Arnhem Bays, iJ. i?/-(7;<7«. ,„, t t. jat.iIu 



Queensland. Cape York, Jardine ; Paha Islaud, Banls and S blander ; Port ilolle, 



^' '^illkrai/ ; Rocl-iiigham Bay, Ddlachy. .' 



A maritime plant, uot uncommon on the coasts of tropical Asia, Africa, and America. 



2- I. Davenporti, JP. Muell. Fragm. vi. 97. Stems apparently twining, 

 fte whole plant hoary with a stellate almost floccose tomentum. Leaves 

 Pftiolate, divided to the base into 3 (or more ?) petiolulate leaflets most y 

 fl^ovate and more or less lobed, 1 to 2 in. long, the lower ones probably 

 l^^b'er. Peduncles longer than the leaves, bearing 1 or 2 rather large win e 

 flo^^^rs, with persistent leafy ovate or lanceolate acuminate bracts, bepais 

 acuminate, i in. long, stellate-tomentose. Corolla broadly campanula e. 

 ^'^o^t 11 in. loug. Capsule glabrous, not seen ripe. Tonn- seed. 

 Pubescent. 



»• Australia. Davenport Range. M'Douall Stuart, ^he |pecimens are lUik mjre 

 J» fragmentary, but the foliage and indumcutum are very diff.reat from tho.c ol auy 

 "'Mr species knowo to me. 



, 3.1.palmata, ForsJc.; Chois. in DO. Prod. ix. 336. _ A glabijs 

 Jy'^er. the old stems often more or less tuberculate o^ muricate Leaves 

 f f ately divided nearly or rarely quite to the base into 5 to 7 «f fj'^";^° 

 ^te lanceolate or oblong lobes, obtuse or rarely acute, 1 *« f "^•. '°'^--. 

 P'^Juncles usually several-flowered and as long as or longer than tlic Petiole , 

 flicels rather long. Sepals broad, obtuse, 3 to 4 hues long, all nearly 

 ^^■''l. Corolla purl^le pink or white, campanulate bat contrac ed '"^ a ^u ^^ 

 «^vards the base, l] to 2 in. long, the angles or short broad ^oh^-f^^^fl 

 '■'"^nating in a^ute points. Ovliry S-celled. Capsule globuhr a. Ion ^s 

 ^}\'^n. Seeds pubescent and 'isually bordered by long ilkj ha r./. 

 T^'dula K. Br. Prk 486; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 613; ^f.^^^'.^X^A 

 ^j"'^- in DC. Prod. ix. 387 with most of the synonyms ^^'duced (but not 



\ ^orsfalli^. Hook.) ; /. pulcMla, Roth, and /. ^«^f ^^,f f /. ^.'^,'f,; '"t 

 2;J-. Chois. in DO. Prod ix. 356, with most but not all of the .) uon^ ms 



sJ^^f'H; Edgecombe Bay, 'ialfachi, ; Mackenzie Isk.id, Ihozet, Ouit.a «. 



Ri£s- Wales. Port Jackson. Jt. Dro.n ; Clarence and Hastings rivp 5 J^^/^^ / 

 ^' Jaoad river, Henderson ; Tsveed river, C. Moore ; Lord Howe s Lland, M UUnv y 

 ^^^ species is widely dispersed over tropical Asia, Africa, and .\menca. 



*• I. quinata, Tl. Br. Trod. 486. A rather slender twiner, glabraus or 



tiff"^ and folhfge more or less hirsute with long ^P{-'^'l'"S ;"";,i\; 

 ^'^''tate, with 5 distinct lanceolate or narrow-oblong obtuse entue .egments, 



