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roiundate in oiitliue, usually more or less deeply palmately o-9-lobed, 

 sornetiities 3-lobed or occasionally entire ; lobes ovate, acute or acumi- 

 nate, narrowed at the base, hirsute on both surfaces ; petioles Ig-S in. 

 long, hairy. Flowers sessile, 3 or more in a head ; peduncles 1-3 in. 

 long, very hairy ; outer bracts nearly 1 in. long, the inner about | in. long, 

 all ovate-oblong, subobtuse, very hairy. Sepals j-^ in. loug, densely 

 hairy and ciliate with long stiff hairs, the 2 outer sepals broader than 

 the inner, ovate-lanceolate, the 3 inner linear-oblong, acute. Corolla 

 about 1 in. long, tubular-campanulate, white or pale pink. Capsules 

 I" in. in diam., globose, glabrous, papery, concealed in the calyx. Seeds 

 grey- pubescent. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 204; Grab. Cat. p. 132; Dalz. & 

 Gibs. p. 165 ; Wight, Icon. t. 836 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 216 ; Woodr. 

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

 V. 4, p. 488. — Flowers : Sept.-Nov. 



Common in hedges, Dalsell ^' Gibson. Konkan : Law !, Sfocks ! ; Marmagao, 

 Cooke ! ; Shrivardhan, Woodrow ! Deccan ; Junnar, Kavifkar ! S. M. Country : 

 Padshapur, Ritchie, 1894 ! Gujarat : Godra, CooJce ! ; Chandod, Kanitlcar \— 

 DisTRiB. More or less throughout India ; Ceylon, Malaya, China, Polynesia, Tropical 

 Africa. 



Var. lupaticifolia, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 20-1, 

 cannot stand as a variety, inasmuch as 3-lobed and even entire leaves 

 may sometimes be found on the same plant together with the 7-lobed 

 ones. 



Many plants of the genus are culti\ated in the Presidency either 

 as useful or ornamental plants, of which the principal are the 

 following : — 



Ipomoea Batatas, Poir, Encyc. Method, v. 6 (1804) p. 14. The well- 

 known Siveet Potato, originally a native of Tro])ical America, cultivated 

 as a vegetable throughout India. There are 2 forms, one with white 

 and the other with red flowers and tubers. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 202; 

 Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 11 (1898) p. 171; Watt, Diet. Econ. 

 Prod. V. 4, p. 478. Batatas eclnlis, Choisy, Convolv. Orient, in Mem. 

 Soc. Phys. Genev. v. 6 (1834) p. 435 ; Grab. Cat. p. 129.— A^ern. 

 Ratdlu • Kanangi. 



Ipomcea tuberosa, Linn. Sp. PI. (1753) p. 160. A climber of rapid 

 growth often called 27ig S2}ani.s7i Arhor-vine, grown as an ornamental 

 plant in gardens. It has large dark-green digitate leaves and a profusion 

 of golden-yellow flowers which appear in the cold season. It is easily 

 propagated by seed, but does not flower the first season after sowing. 

 Woodr. Gard. in Ind. ed. 5, p. 394. 



Ipomcea carnea, Jacq. Enum. PI. Carib. (1760) p. 13. A shrub, not 

 twining, suberect and supporting itself to 5 or 6 ft. high ; in the woods 

 of S. America, of which it is a native, climbing to a height of 20 ft. 

 Corolla showy, pale rose-colored with a long tube. Introduced into 

 many gardens in the Bombay Presidency. W^oodr. Gard. in Ind. 

 ed. 5, p. 391. 



Ipo-nma Leari, Paxt. Mag. Bot. v. 6 (1839) p. 267. A. handsome 

 twiner, a native of Tropical America, a favorite ornament of verandahs 



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