426 Lxxxi. coxvoLVULACE^. \Ip0mm. 



33. I. plebeia, R. Br. Prod. 4S4. A slender twiner, softly pubescent 

 and sprinkled with rather long hairs, which are reflexed on the brunches, 

 scattered on the leaves or sometimes wanting. Leaves on slender petioles, 

 cordate- lanceohite or the lower ones broadly ovate-cordate, acuminate, entire 

 or obscni-ely 3-lobed, with the basal auricles rounded, 1^ to 3 iu. long. 

 Peduncles slender, 1 -flowered, articulate and uunutely bractcate near the 

 base (the peduncle much shorter than the pedicel). Outer sepals ovate- 

 lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, hispid, about 4 lines long;. the inner ones 

 smaller. Corolla campanulate, fully ^ in. long, often pubescent at the top. 

 Stigma with 2 globuhir lobes. Capsule shorter than the calyx, glabrous, 3- 

 celled. Seeds ^wh^^^^twi.-^Gonvolvulus jdeheius^ Spreng. Syst. i. 604; Chois. 

 in DC. Prod. ix. 412. 



Queensland. Bay of Inlets, Banks and Solanclcr ; islauds of Moreton Bay, -F- 

 Mueller ; Walloon and Cotnet river, Bowman. "It does not appear for what reason Cboisy 

 removed this plant to the genus Convolvulus ; the stigma is certainly that of Ipoima, where 

 Brown placed it. 



34. I. eriocarpa, R. Br, Prod, 484. A twining annual, more or less 

 hirsute with rigid hairs, mostly reflexed on the stem, scattered on the under 

 side of the leaves or confined to the margius and principal veins. Leaves 

 petiolate, from deeply cordate-ovate to lanceolate or hastate, acumiunte 1 to 

 3 in. long, the upper surface usually glabrous. Peduncles exceedingly short, 

 bearing i, 2 or rarely more small flowers either quite sessile or very shortly 

 pediceHate. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, hu-sute, 2 to 3 hues 

 long. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx or sometimes not so ^^"^ !^ 

 Australian specimens, rather larger in some extra- Australian ones, shgnty 



hirsute outside. Stigma with 2 globular lobes. Capsule globular, P^^^^'C^?^ 

 or hirsute, but becoming nearly glabrous w^ien ripe. Seeds glabrous.— ^ hoi . 

 iu DC. Prod. ix. 369 ; Convohnlas eriocarpus, Spreng. Syst. i. 598 ; lporn(^^ 

 sessilijlora, Roth ; Cliois. iu DC. Prod. ix. 866; Wight, To. t. 169 (a ^'^• 

 markably luxuriant large-leaved specimen, apparentlv with an 8-secde(l tiui . 

 probably by a mistake of the artist) ; /. Horsfieldiana, Miq. Fl. Imh l^^'^* " 

 611. 



N. Australia. Upper Victoria river, F, Mueller. Vn^nn0». 



Queensland. EDdeavour river, Ba7il:s and Solauder ; Burdckin nver, ^ou 

 Fitzalan. 



The species is commoQ lu tropical Africa and Asia, and is also (probably introduce ) 



m 



the West Indies 



Iwini 



35. I. "heterophylla, R, Br. Prod. 4S7. Stems erect or^ascending,^^ 



coarse teeth or lobes, especially below tlie middle, never cordate, 1 to d 

 long, the upper ones small and narrow. Peduncles very short or the tlowe 

 almost sessde between 2 linear bracts or bracteoles almost as long f \ 



psule and seecis g-'- ^^. 



Chois. in DC. Prod. ix. 354 ; /. polymorpJia, Roem. and Schult. Syst. iv. 



