Ip07nwa,] LXXXI. convolvulace,e. 



421 



N, Australia, Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller ; Adams Bay, Hulis. 

 ' Queensland. Flinders river, 5/^^/^^/to^^; Ca])e rber, Bowman. 



The species is found in marshy or wet sandy places, or floating in water, in many parts of 

 tropical Asia and Africa. 



graminea. 



A slender glabrous twiner. Leaves 



on short petioles, liuear-lanceolate or linear, entire, 4 to 8 in. long. Tedun- 

 cles l-flowered, I to 1^ in. long (including the pedicel), with very small 

 distant bracts. Sepals oblong, obtuse, ^ in. long or rather more, the outer- 

 most one shorter. Corolla 2^ to 3 in. long, contracted into a slender tube. 

 -€hoi3. in DC. Prod ix 367 ; Convolvulus gramineus, Spreng. byst. i. 

 607. 



. N. Australia. Islaads off Cape Wilberforce, R. Brown (Herb. f-Sr.)- ^^^^ ^P^'''';' 

 te ualike any other one known to me. The corolla is nearly that of /. lonffiflora, but more 

 •lender. 



19. I. velutina, R. Br. Prod. 485. A tall twiner, apparently woody at 

 tie base, softly velvety-pubescent or villous all over, the hairs usually rellexea 

 on the branches, often silkv on the leaves. Leaves petiolate, broadly ovate- 



f^r-Jate, obtuse or sliortl/ acuminate, entire, 3 to *,i»^^°"°• ,. f ™'! 

 .^Wt as long as the petioles or sometimes longer, bearing a dichotoraou. 

 ^•"•e of several large flowers, rarely reduced to a single flower on the side 

 inches. Bracts very deciduous or none. Sepals broad very obtu.e gla- 

 ^m, or nearly so, 3 to 4 or even 5 lines long. C«roUa /ally 3 n lon^, 

 contracted into a tube at the T)ase.-Chois. in PC. Prod. ix. 3G9 ; Coniohuhs 

 ^^htinus, Spreng. Syst. i. 601. . „ . 



W. Australia. Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria iJ. Broun, A ^P'^;-;;;^;";,^,; 

 l^K from Clowea's collectiou, appears to be a uniflorous state ^f^^, ,,f."";' te",„j 

 f'o^n's specimens have the inflorescence of I. paniculata, with a very diffeient foliage, 



^ corolla of /. longijlom, hut with a much smaller calyx. 



20- I. abrupta, R. Br. Prod. 4S.5. A tall woody twmer glab ous o 

 ^^ariyso. Leaves 'petiolate. cordate-ovate, «l^tusely acuminate o a^ no 

 [f e, entire, from 2 or 3 in. bug, to twice that size._ F^^^r^^^^'neUTs o - 

 '^^^ cymes, rarely reduced on hiteral branches to ^^^fX'"^'. Sco - 

 ^0^^, coriaceous, s'to 4 or rarely 5 Unes long- Corol a fully 3 -^^"- ^ 

 ^^'^ted into a tube at the base -Chois. in DC. Prod. ix. 370 , Co»voLv<,nu 

 ""'^Ptus, Spreng. Syst. i. 596. „ „ r^ .f.r 



W- Australia. N coast. Bauer iUert. Banks); Escape Cliff, Halls; Gloster 



' O ' ^^^^ ^^otk in Herb. F. MuelL), 



y«eenslaiid. Burdcldn river. Herb. F. Mueller. , 



^^This appears to differ from /. velutina chiefly iu its glabrous stems ^J J ^-fe-' -^J',^^ 

 ^^anety only of that species. It has the corolla of /• /^y'-Jf ' ^^1 ^Se 'nd frag- 

 "^n and the flowers usually cymosc ; but the specimens I have ^^^^ ^ .J jj ^^^ ^^^^^^ brand 



5h ?fl ^''-^ °"^ "■'^'"'^^'1 l^y "»row,i iu the Bauksiau herbarium ^PP^'^ 'J^^'^^in Brown's 

 J* l.fl ,,.,^j peduncles : the three others have cymose flowers. It .s wantin, 



**n herbarium. 



21. 1. denticulata. Cliois. in DC. Prod. ix. ^'^^^^'l^^^^.^.si^t 



r^J.«« petiolate. deeply cordate, ovate, obtuse or f " f ' ^/"i"',, the outer 

 "^'^31 auricles rounded, with occasionally an acute tooth or angle 



