0. Ipomea.] 80. CONVOLVULACE&. 



14. I. sepiaria, Koen. Ban Kalmi, Beng. 

 Twining. L. ovate-cordate. Fls. 1\'' or more, pale-purple or white, 

 with a dark-purple eye, sub-umbeiled on long- peduncles. Pedicels 

 clavate in fruit. Seeds woolly. 



Singbhum, occasional near streams. Sirguja, in similar situations, 



Wood. 



15. I. pes-tigridis, L. Languli lata, Beng. 



•jA l w i ner witn spreading hairs and deeply palmate 5-9-lobed leaves 

 with the lobes contracted at the base. Corolla fnnnel-shaped l-li'^ pink 

 or pale mauve. Sepals H"- Bracts I". 



Common everywhere esp. in fields. FU. r*. Fr. Sept.-Nov. 



16. I. quinata, Br. 



Usually twining with palmate or digitately 5-foliolate 

 leaves with sessile or sub-sessile elliptic acuminate leaflets and 

 white flowers 1\" diam. 



Singhbhum, in open jungles, frequent. Manbhum, Gamble ! Fls. Aua. 

 Oct. 



Lflts. attain 4 by \\" on the lower leaves with acute or cuneate base. 

 Petiole hairy 2'' or shorter above. Peduncles solitary or paired usually 

 2-fld. |-2 ' long. 



17. I. pulchella, Roth. Syn. I. palmata, F.BJ. This is the 

 well-known Eailway-creeper. Often cultivated but not indigenous ia 

 Chota Nagpur. 



18. I. paniculata, Br. Syn. I. digitata ? F.B.I. 



A large glabrous climber with large palmately 5-7-lobed leaves 3-7* 

 diam. with petiole 2-5", and widely campannlate pink-purple flowers in 

 dense long ped uncled cymes, with peduncle attaining 6". 



Chota Nagpnr, rare, Prairt. 



19. I. Batatas, Lamk. Uku Sangaf, K. ; Sakakanda, 

 E. The Sweet Potato. 



Prostrate, juice milky. L. simple or somewhat lobed. Fl. Feby. 



Often cultivated, but I have never seen it flower in Chota Nagpur. 



20. I. Nil, Roth. Syn. I. hederacea F.B.I., Pharbitis 

 Nil aricl P. hederacea, Ghois. 



A hairy climber with ovate cordate deeply 3-lobed leaves 

 and handsome bright-blue or rose-coloured flowers on 1-5- 

 fld. peduncles; 



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