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at the base with a wide sinus and rounded lobes ; petioles 1-1| in. 

 long, slender, gkibrous. Plowers in pedunculate subumbellate cymes ; 

 peduncles 1-6 in. long, glabrous; bracts small, lanceolate, caducous; 

 pedicels yV-2 i"- ^ong, clavate in fruit. Sepals broadly elliptic, slightly 

 apiculate, glabrous and with membranous margins, the 2 outer shorter 

 than the inner, rugose on the back, scarcely | in. long, the 3 inner 

 a little more than | in. long. Corolla tubuiar-infundibuliform, pale- 

 purple or whitish, 1| in. or more long, the mouth suddenly widened; 

 tube nearly 1 in. long, purple within ; lobes of the limb acute, shortly 

 apiculate. Filaments hairy at the very base. Capsules ^ in. long, ovoid, 

 glabrous, 4- or 2-seeded. Seeds grey with silky pubescence. i\ B. I. 

 V, 4, p. 209 ; Grab. Cat. p. 131 ; Dalz. & Gibs." p. 166 ; Wight, Icon, 

 t. 838 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 220 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 251 ; 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 491. — Flowers : Aug.-Oct. Vern. Amti-vel. 



"^ Coraiu on in hedges throughout the Presidency. Konkan : Law\ Deccan : Gokair, 

 Woodrow. Kanaka : Thomson ! ; hedges near the sea-coast of N. Kanara, Talbot. 

 Gujarat : Surat, Cooke ! ; Baroda, Cooke ! ; Godra, Cooke ! ; Porbaudar (Kathiawav), 

 Woodrow.— DiBTRi^. Throughout India ; Cejlon, Malaya. 



Var. siijndacea, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 209. 

 Leaves usually smaller, narrower, apiculate, angled or sagittate at the 

 base with acute lobes ; petioles often with stipule-like leaves in the 

 axils ; flowers rather smaller. Ipomoea stijmlacea (sp.). Sweet, Hort. 

 Brit. ed. 2, p. 372 (not of Jacq.); Grab. Cat. p. 131. 



Konkan: Mumbra near Thana, Cookel S.M. Country: Belgaum, Ritchie, 488! 

 Gujarat : Baroda, Cooke ! 



13. Ipomoea staphylina, Rmn. 6f Schidt. St/st. Veg. v. 4 (1819) 

 p. 249. Perennial, woody below ; stems short, subscandent, straggling, 

 glabrous. Leaves 2-5 by l:|-3 in., ovate, subacute, glabrous, sub- 

 cordate at the base ; main nerves 8-10 pairs, conspicuous beneath and 

 with reticulate veins between ; petioles 1-3 in. long, slender. Flowers 

 numerous, in lax panicles which are usually longer than the leaves ; 

 bracts small, caducous ; pedicels g-| in. long, slender. Sepals equal, 

 i in. long, orbicular-oblong, glabrous, chartaceous, concave, much 

 imbricate. Corolla |-1 in. long, tubular-cam panulate, nearly white 

 at the mouth, purple in the tube. Filaments hairy at the very base. 

 Ovary ovoid, acute, glabrous. Capsules ^ in. long, ovoid, subacute, 

 glabrous. Seeds 4, clothed with long silky hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 210 ; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 219 ; Talb. Trees,"Bomb. ed. 2, p. 251 ; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171. Ipomoea racemosa, Both, 

 Nov. PL Sp. (1821) p. 115 {7wt of Poir) ; Wight, 111. t. 168.— 

 Flowers : Dec. -Jan. 



Rare. Deccan: Kolhapur, Col. Hohsonl; Byadgi, Woodrow. S. M. Country: on 

 the banks of nalas in the southern parts of the Dharwar districts, Talbot. — Distrib. 

 India (W. Peninsula, Assam) ; Penang. 



14. Ipomoea campanulata, Linn. Sjj. PI. (1753) p. 160. A large 

 climber; stems twining, sutfruticose, terete, striate, much-branched, 

 the older glabrous, the younger finely pubescent. Leaves 3-6 by 

 2g-5| in., broadly ovate or suborbicular, acuminate, apiculate, thick, 

 glabrous or finely pubescent on both sides; main nerves 12-14 pairs, 



