2')0 LXXXYITT. C'OjfVOLTULACE.i:. 



V. 1 (1893) p. 1224; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 212; Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, p. 484. 

 JpowiCPrt j)«n'n/7rt/rt, R. Br. Prodr. (1810) p. 486. Convolvulus panicu- 

 latus, Linn. Sp. PI. (17.^3) p. 156. Batatas panindata, Choisj, Convolv. 

 Orient, in Mem. Soc. Pbys. Genev. v. 6, p. 436 ; Grab. Cat. p. 129 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 167. — Flowers : July-Sept. 



Doubtfully indigenous. Konkan : Law ! ; Malabar Ilill (Bombay), Grahmn ; 

 Mahim -woods, Graham ; Cross Island, abundant, Graham ; Kalyan, Woodrow. — 

 DiSTRiB. Throughout troiDical India in moist regions ; Ceylon, Tropical Asia, Africa, 

 America, Australia in moist climates. 



19. Ipomoea laciniata, C. B. ClarJce, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4 



(1883) p. 200. Stem slender, creeping or twining, angled and twisted, 

 glabrous. Leaves 1-2 in. in diam., subdigitate, 5-7-partite; segments 

 elliptic or linear, serrate or pinnatifid, tbe teeth unequal, mucronate ; 

 petioles g-1 in. long with stipule-like axillary leaves. Flowers 1-3 

 (usually 1) on axillary peduncles ; peduncles solitary, variable in length, 

 |-1| in. long, thickened upwards in fruit ; bracts 4 in. long, linear- 

 lanceolate, acute. Sepals ^-^ in. long, subequal, elliptic, mucronate, 

 fleshy, ribbed and wrinkled on the back, glabrous. Corolla white ; tube 

 narrow, cylindric, reaching 2 in. long by ^ in. in diam. ; limb flat, 

 spreading, 1-1| in. in diam. Anthers scarcely exserted. Ovary 

 3-celled. Capsules ^- in. in diam., subglobose, 3-celled. Seeds normally 

 6, shortly silky. "Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 171. 

 Jponuea dissecta, Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 (not 

 of Willd.). Fharhitis laciniata, Dalz. in Kew Journ. Bot. v. 3 (1851) 

 p. 178; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 167.— Flowers : Oct. 

 Flowers open at sunset (Dalzell). 



Konkan: Stocks'. ; Malwan, Ba/selll; Savant vi'idi, Woodrow. Df.ccan : Maha- 

 bleslnvar, Cooke ! ; Khandala, Cooke I ; Panchgani, Cooke !, Woodrow ! S. M. Country : 

 near Belgauni, Ritchie, 1888 ! — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula). 



20. Ipomoea palmata, Fori^lc Fl. J^gypt.-Arah. (1775) p. 43. 

 Perennial, glabrous ; stems numerous, twining, the older semi-woody 

 and often rough with lenticels. Leaves 1-2 in. long and as broad as 

 long, palmately cut almost to the base into 3-7 (usually 5) oblanceolate 

 obtuse mucronate glabrous (segments ; petioles ^-2 in. long. Peduncles 

 short, usually l-3-flo\\ered, curved downwards ; bracts minute ; pedicels 

 \-h in. long, erect and thickened in fruit. Sepals | in. long, elliptic- 

 oblong, obtuse, cbartaceous, glabrous outside, (h)tti'd with whitish specks 

 inside and with membranous margins. Corolla 1^-2 in. long, dull- 

 violet with a purple tube, widely infundibuliform. Capsules | in. in 

 diam., subglobose, glabi'ous, 2-celled. Seeds pubescent with a marginal 

 fringe of long while silky hairs. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 214; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. 

 V. 3, p. 225 ; I'alb. Trends, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 2'V2 ; Woodr. in Journ. P>omb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 172. Jpomna imkhella, Both, Nov. PI. Sp. (1821) 

 p. 115 ; Wight, Icon. t. 156. — In flower most of the year. 



XoNKAN : Stocksl S. M. CorNTiiY : Eadami, Woodrow \, Cooke I Ivanat?a : Lord; 

 N. Kanara near the 8ca-coast, Talliot. Gu.jaiiat: V>\\ro(\\\,Woodroxc\ Often cultivated 

 in gardens. — DiSTian. India (M'. Peninsula); Ceylon, Tropics generally. 



ems 



21. Ipomoea pes-tigridis, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 162. Sf 

 twilling, clothed with long spreading hairs. Leaves ^ l—i in. in diam., 



