LXXXVIII. CONTOLVULACE.I:. 243 



.ill orer, fringed on the margin with soft white hairs ^^hic•h are nearly 

 i in. long, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. JSTat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171. Aniseia 

 cah/cina, Choisy, Convolv. Orient, in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. v. 6 

 (1834) p. 482; "Wight, Icon. t. 833; Grah. Cat. p. 250; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 163.— FloM-ers : Oct. 



KoNKAN : Stocks I, Laiv \ Deccan : road from Poona to Sattara near 25th mile- 

 stone, Woodrow. Gujarat: Surat, Graham, Dahelll, Woodrow; Bro&ch, Dalzelll 



2. Ipomoea barlerioides, Benth. 4' Hoolc. f. Gen. PI. v. 2 (1876) 

 p. 872. Twining, hirsute, perennial ; stems numerous. Leaves 1-2 

 by ^-1 in., ovate-oblong, subacute, often mucrouulate, hairy on both 

 sides, base usually cordate ; petioles g-| in. long, densely hairy. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary ; peduncles variable in length, sometimes 

 reaching 3 in. or more, densely hairy, with 2 lanceolate bracts ^-g in. 

 long ut the top from which the short pedicel issues. Sepals much 

 widened in fruit, densely villous, the exterior larger and broader, 

 lanceolate, acute, |-| in. long, the 2 interior sepals linear, acute. 

 Corolla 2-3 in. long, purple, iufundibuliform, attenuated into a long 

 tube which is very narrow at its base, pubescent outside ; limb sub- 

 entire, plicate. Capsules ^ in. long, ovoid, glabrous. Seeds 5 in. long, 

 oblong, villous or pubescent, the margins with short hairs. Fl. B. I. 

 V. 4, p. 201; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171.— 

 riowers : Sept.-Oct. 



Not common. Konkan : Balselll S. M. Country: Parva Ghilt, Ritchie, 18971 

 Kanaka: Law]; Sirsi, Woodrow. — Distrib. India (N."W. Provinces, Oude, W. 

 Peninsula). 



3. Ipomoea eriocarpa, R. Br. Proclr. (1810) p. 484. Stems 

 twining, slender, terete, clothed with appressed or spreading hairs.. 

 Leaves l|-3 by |-1| in.) ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, often apiculate, 

 more or less hairy on both surfaces and with hairy margins, base 

 cordate with rounded lobes ; petioles 1 in, long, densely hairy with 

 deflexed hairs. Flowers 1-3 (rarely more in a head) ; peduncles very 

 short, under \ in. long ; bracts \-\ in. long, linear, hairy ; pedicels 

 very short or 0. Sepals not or scarcely enlarged in fruit, very hairy, 

 rather less than | in. long, with a long linear acumen from an ovate 

 base, the outer sepals broader than the inner. Corolla ^ in. long, 

 campanulate, pink, pubescent in the upper part and with small tufts of 

 hairs at the apices of the small acute lobes. Ovary densely hairy. 

 Capsules \-^ in. in diameter, globo.se, hairy. Seeds glabrous, minutely 

 foveolate. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 204 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 217 ; Jackson, 

 in Index Kewen. v. 1, p. 1224 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prodr. v. 4, p. 485. Ipomoea 

 sesslUJlora Roth, Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 116; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 166; 

 Wight, Icon. t. 169. /. liispida, Eoem. & Schult. v. 4 (1819) p. 238. 

 Convolvulus Jiispidus, Yahl, Syrab. v. 3 (1794) p. 29. — Flowers : Sept.- 

 Oct. 



KoNKAN : Law], Stocks]; Malwan, l^airnc ; Bandra, Nairne. Deccan : widely, 

 Woodroiv ; Poona, Cooke]; Dongergaon near Ahiiiednagar, Ccoke\ S.M. Country: 

 Dhai'war, Lata ! Kanara : Law ! ; Kala naddi, Ritchie, 479 ! Gujarat : Aukleshvar, 

 Kanitkar] — Distrib. Throughout India; Ceylon, Afghanistan, Tropics of the Old 

 World. 



