Ipovicea^ Convolvttlacecs. 219 



Dry country in sandy places ; rather rare. Trincomalie; Batticaloa; 

 Tangalle ; Kekirawa. Fl. March, July ; yellow. 

 Also in India, Malaya, and Trop. Africa. 

 The ciliate bilobed inner sep. are a very marked character. 



16. Z. chryseides, Ker iii Bot. Reg. t. 270 (1818). Kaha-tel- 

 kola, S. 



Com'olvtdus flavus, Moon Cat. 13 (non Willd.). Thw. Enum. 212. 

 •C. P. 1940. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 206. Wight, Ic. t. 157. 



Perennial (?), stems diffuse, twining, branched, glabrous 

 but slightly rough with little prominences ; 1. small, i-i| in., 

 cordate-ovate, with basal lobes deep and rounded, acute, 

 apiculate, often 3-lobed, margin entire or coarsely dentate, 

 glabrous, petiole i in., slender ; fl. small, numerous, pedi- 

 cellate, in short bifid racemose cymes, bracts small, caducous, 

 peduncles stout, usually longer than petiole ; sep. short, 

 quadrate, truncate and faintly toothed at apex, lax, concave, 

 spreading, glabrous, becoming chartaceous, stiff and reflexed 

 in fruit ; cor.-tube short and wide, limb | in. diam., distinctly 

 lobed ; stam. slightly exserted ; capsule \ in., broadly ovate- 

 ovoid ; somewhat 4-angled, glabrous, transversely wrinkled ; 

 seeds with velvety fulvous pubescence. 



Low country ; rather common in both moist and dry regions. Fl, 

 Dec, &c.; yellow. 



Throughout the Old World Tropics. 



17. Z. staphylina, Roem. 6-» Sch. Syst. Veg. iv. 249 (1819). 

 Trimen in Journ. Bot. xxiii. 172; Syst. Cat. Ceyl. PI. 60. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 210. Wight, 111. t. 168 (/. racetnosa). 



Perennial, woody below, stems stout, straggling, slightly 

 twining, glabrous ; 1. 2^-4 in,, ovate, subcordate at base, sub- 

 acute, glabrous on both sides, lat. veins numerous, conspicuous, 

 petiole rather shorter than 1.; fl. rather small or moderate- 

 sized, on somewhat long glabrous ped., numerous, in large 

 lax paniculate cymes exceeding the 1.; bracts very early 

 caducous ; sep. rounded-oval, obtuse, glabrous ; cor.-tubular- 

 •campanulate, limb about i in. diam.; capsule (not seen) 

 ovoid ; glabrous ; ' seeds with long silky hairs.' 



Low country; very rare. Near Kurunegala. Fl. Jan.; nearly white, 

 , purple in the tube. 



Found also in S. India, Assam, and Penang. 

 My specimens are in young bud only. 



18. Z. cymosa, Roem. &^ Sch. Syst. Veg. iv. 241 (1819). Kiri- 

 xnadu, Dlaha-znadu, S. 



Cotivolvulus bijidus, Vahl, Moon Cat. 13. Thw. Enum. 212. C. P, 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 211. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. v. t. 158 (?). 



