fyoinaea.] 



LXXXI. COXYOLVULACEii: 



419 



leaves sparingly pubescent underueath. Leaves petiolate, broadly cordate- 

 uvate, acuminate, entire or somewhat 3-lobed, with rounded auricles, mostly 

 2 to 4 in. long. Peduncles shorter or rather longer than the petioles, bear- 

 i»g 1 or rarely 2 or 3 lai-ge (pale purple or pink ?) flowers. Bracts very 

 small; pedicels short. Sepals obtuse, |^ to ^ in. long, all iiearly equal in 

 length, but the outer ones broad and almost cordate at the base, of a much 

 firmer consistence than iu L Tut'pei/ium, and when in fruit above I in. long. 

 <-oi'olla 2i to 3 in. long, the tube cylindrical at the base but dilated npwards 

 jjnd not nearly so slender as in /. Bona-no.v, Anthers included in the tube. 

 ^iipsule ovoid or globular, | to 1 in. diameter or even larger. Seeds large, 

 mmutely silky.puhescent, and usually, but not always, either bordered or 

 ^vered all over with lonc^ woolly hairs.—/, macrantha, Koem, and Schult. 



lougiflorus^ Spreng.Syst. i. 5 95. 



M. Australia. Islands iu tire Gulf of Carpentaria, E. Brown; Victoria river. F. 

 *^^/«' ; Escape Clifls, //«//,. 



Vueeasland. Burdekin river, the root eaten bv the natives, Bowman ; Rockingham 

 «y. BaUach^ ; Rockhamptoii, O'Shanesy. 



Choisy in DC. ProJ. ix. 345, unites this with I. Bona-no.r, a species differing wiJely lu 



's acuminate sepals, hypocrateriform corolla, exserted stamens, and j;labroiis sceds^ 1 caii- 



,,!,' ,„T^"' '^ •■«'■ a« ""•■ specimens go, distini;uish I.jmunda, Thw. Euuiu. PI- Zcjl. lil 



'^m, aud Calo.yctiou cLospenna.M- 5 ^'hois. in DC. Prod. ix. 346, from /. long^- 



to p' .^"'^ '^ t^'-'se be reallv the same, the species has a wide range from E. tropical Ainca 



^ejlou, the Indian Archipelago, and the S. Pacific islands, 



^ 14. I. costata, F. Muell. in Eerh. Hook. Stems apparently woody ami 

 probably twining, our specimens quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate, cordate, 

 "fwcular or reuiform, very obtuse and sometimes einarginate, 1 to 3 in. 

 ?[oa(l. Peduncles very short, bearing 1 to 3 large flowers, on pedicels mtich 

 °nger than the peduncles, the bracts veiT small or none. Sepals i to 4 m. Jong, 

 ^"gtheniug to nearly 1 in. when in fruft, almost acute, the outer ones usually 

 J"Sose and rather shorter. CoroUa nearly 3 in. long. Ovary 2-celled, with 

 * o^^'les in each cell. Capsule globular, apparently indehiscent or circum- 

 ^«s about the middle. Seeds pubescent. 



»P^e/"^''-^^-- 



approach to that of Argyreia, 



■-M"'ics mniier investigation. The truit sliows soiut 

 plant has not at all the aspect of that genus. 



Series 4. Specios.e.— Leaves entire toothed or lobed at the base Ovary 

 ^- eUed or spuriously 4-celled. Sepals moderate or small, rarely attaining 

 J.^'0- Corolla large y\\ to 3 inches long), often more or less tubular at the 

 ' ' usually pink purple or white. 



wiP- '• ^es-capr«. Roll, Nov. Sp. FL 109. A glabrous perennial, 

 "«tt lonir nrnstvot. '.....;... »....:i;,.„ ctmn« Leaves on Ions petioles. 



tuse 



Is. Sepals ob- 

 Corolla broadly 



^'^ulate, somewhat tubular at the base, about U i"- lo»g- ^^'?^' ?. 1 

 'e*^ perfectly 4-celIed, at least at the time of flowering. Capsule 2-celkd, 



' 2 E a 



