2 2 2 Convolvidace(E. {Ipomcea^ 



ped., usually solitary, often 2, peduncle much shorter than 

 petiole, bracts small ; sep. equal, lanceolate, subacute, 

 glabrous ; cor. tubular-funnel-shaped, limb about 2 in. diam., 

 lobes obscure ; capsule globose, seeds minutely pubescent. 



Var. /3, parviflora, Trim. C. P. 3941. 



L. very narrow, the basal lobes linear, spreading ; sep. 

 ovate, acute, covered with elongated papillae; cor. small ^-f 

 in. diam. 



In shallow water and wet places in the dry region; very common. 

 Var. /3 near Trincomalie (Glenie). Fl. Aug., Sept.; nearly white, the 

 throat and tube dull purple. Var. /3, all white. 



Throughout Tropical Asia, Australia, and Africa. 



Cultivated as a vegetable and eaten as spinach. Kan-kun seems to be 

 originally a Malay name. I have seen nothing like var. /3 from any other 

 locality. 



23. Z. repens, Lam. Enc. Mc'th. vi. 18 (1804). Bin-tamburu, S. 



Convolvulus repens., Moon Cat. 14 (? L.). /. rugosa^ Choisy, Thw. 

 Enum. 211. /. Beladamboe, R. & S., Trim. Syst. Cat.' 60. C. P. 2850. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 210 {I. Beladamboe). Wight, Ic. t. 887. Rheede, Hort. 

 Malab. xi. t. 58. 



Stems stout, prostrate, rooting at nodes, glabrous but 

 rough, with small warty projections, 1. ii-2 in. long by 2-3 in. 

 wide, reniform, very slightly cordate at base, apiculate, 

 glabrous, rather thick, veins prominent beneath, often pink, 

 petiole 1 5-32" in., erect, often rough with small points, pur- 

 plish-pink ; fl. on glabrous ped., thickened upwards, 1-3, 

 peduncle shorter than petiole, bracts very small ; sep. un- 

 equal, 2 outer \ in., broadly oval, obtuse, apiculate, thick, 

 transversely wrinkled and puckered, 3 inner ^ in., ov^al- 

 oblong, membranous ; cor. about i^ in. diam.; capsule | in. 

 globose, smooth ; seeds yellowish, glabrous. 



Wet places in low country; very common. Fl. May, June; pink- 

 purple. 



Also in S. India. 



Lamarck's name has long priority over that adopted in Fl. B. Ind. 

 The flowers are frequently white. 



24. I. Turpethum,* Br. Prod. Fl. Nov. Holl. 485 (1810). 

 Trastawalu, .b. 



Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. 177; Mus. 26. Burm. Thes. 71. Fl. 

 Zeyl. n. 74. Convolvulus Ttcrpcthum^ L. Sp. PI. 155. Moon Cat. 13. 

 C. ancep', L. Mant. 143. Thw. Enum. 212. C. P. 3649. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 212. Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. tt. 178, 179. Bot. 

 Reg. t. 279. Bot. Mag. t. 2093. 



* Turbith was the Arabic name of the roots known to the early 

 writers on drugs; they were obtained from Surat and Cambay (see 



