9. Ipomea.] 80. CONVOLVULACFJE. 



L. 2-6" diam. Peduncles 1-4'', 2-7-fld. Pedicels swollen below the 

 flowers. Sepals J-f' 7 , outer hairy hirsute, inner glabrouB. Filaments 

 dilated below. Corolla about 2" diam 



Var. Sepals glabrous. Santal Parganahs. 



4. I, tridentata, Roth. Syn. Merremia tridentata, 

 Hallier. 



A prostrate glabrous herb with a woody rootstock and 

 narrow hastate lyrate or obovate- oblong leaves rarely np to 

 1 £" long, usually truncate with 2-3 teeth at apex and several 

 sharp teeth at the base. Corolla small yellow. 



Singbham, damp plaoes. Fls. Fr. r. s. 



Peduncles sometimes far exceeding the leaves. Capsule i'' diam. 

 papery 4-seeded, sepals^" long in fruit. 



5. I. chryseides, Ker* Syn. M. chryseides Hallier. 



A twining herb. Cymes usually forked on very long pedunolea. L. 

 1-2'. 



Singbhum, damp places and hedges. Fls. Oct.-Nov. 



6. I. reniformis, Chois. Syn. M. emarginata, Hallier. 



A pi-_ 

 1-3-fld. Corolla HP yellow campanulate. 



Chaibassa. Fls. Nov. 



7. I. Turpethum, Br. Operculina Tnrpethum, Manso. 

 Bana etka, S.\ Pitohri, if, ;Tohri, Beng. 



A' climber with narrowly 3 -4- winged stems, ovate cordate 

 acuminate or acute leaves and 2-5 -fld. cymes of white 

 flowers l|-2" diam, 



Lohgabera in Singbhum, soarce ; Kolban, Gamble ! Manbhum , 

 Campbell ; common about Garhwa (Palamau). Fls. Oct.-Dec. Fr. Dec.-Jany. 



L 2\" by 2'' to 5" by 4V shortly pubescent as are the stems and 

 infloroscenoe. Petiole f-3". Cymes about 3'' long. Pedicels 1-li" 

 lengthening and stouter in fruit. Outer sepals, f broadly elliptic, inner 

 membranous, all enlarged in fruit. Endocarp of fruit quite transparent. 

 Seeds 1-2. 



The powdered root made into a paste is applied in rheumatism, 

 Campbell. Roxburgh states that the bark of the roots is employed 

 as a purgative. 



8. I. martinicensis, Mey. Syn. I. uniflora, Roem. 

 Aniseia martinicensis, Chois. 



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