114 CONVOLVDLACEM. [Ipom;ea. 



5. I. rumicifolia, Chois. Convol. Or. 447 ; F. B. I. ;iv, 207 ; Cooke Fl. 

 Bomb, ii, 244. 



An annual usually prostrate herb, sparsely pubescent. Leaves 1-2 in. 

 long, ovate-oblong hastate or subreniform, obtuse, apiculate or emar- 

 ginate, entire or somewhat angular or lobulate, glabrous ; base cordate, 

 with a wide sinus and rounded lobes, petioles l£-2 in. long. Peduncles 

 short, laxly few-flowered ; bracts £ in. long, linear, hairy, subpersistent, 

 pedicels £-| in. long, thickened in fruit. Sepals ^in. long, ovate, acute, 

 clothed with spreading bulbous-based hairs, ciliate on the margins. 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate, §-§_ in. long, glabrous. Capsule £•£ in. 

 long, ovoid, apiculate, glabrous, veined. Seeds usually 4, velvety. 



Kheri district of N. Oudh (Duthie). Flowers December. Distrib. 

 Punjab at Hissar, also in Sind and in Southern India, extending to 

 Trop. Africa. 



6. I. pilosa, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. ii, 372; F. B.I.iv,213; Collett'Fl. 

 Siml. 336; Brain Beng. PI. 734; Cooke Fl. Bomb. 11,244. Convolvulus 

 pilosus, Boxb.; Fl. Ind. i, 473. 



An annual twining herb. Stems pilose with gland-based hairs. Leaves 2-5 

 in. long, broadly ovate, acute or acuminate, entire or deeply 3-lobed, 

 hairy above, white-woolly beneath, base cordate, petioles 2 in. or mere 

 Floicers in lax racemose bracteate cymes, peduncles 1-3 in. long, bracts, 

 about \ in. long, linear-lanceolate, subpersistent, pedicels £-£ in. long. 

 Sepals § in. or more, narrowly lanceolate, acuminate, very hairy and 

 with ciliate margins. Corolla purple, narrowly funnel-shaped, about 

 f in. long, limb acutely lobed. Capsule £~§ in. in diam., subglobose r 

 slightly haiiy towards the apex. Seeds velvety pubescent and pilose. 



Dehra Dun (Duthie) and in the districts of Saharanpur and Agra and in 

 JBundelkhand (Edgeworth). Distrib. From the Western Himalaya to 

 Bengal, also in the Punjab, Sind and in Southern India, extending to 

 Trop. Africa. 



7. 1, reptans. Poir. Encyc. Suppl. Hi, 460; Boyle III. 307; Prain 

 Beng. PI. 736. I. aquatica, ForsTc. Fl. Mgypt.-Arab. 44 ; F. B. I. iv, 210; 

 Watt E D ; Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 246. Convolvulus repena, Willd.; Boxb. Fl. 

 Ind. i, 482. — Vern. Kalmi. 



An annual or biennial aquatic herb. Stems elongate, trailing on mud and 

 rooting at the nodes or floating, thick, hollow, glabrous. Leaves 2-6 in. 

 long, elliptic-oblong or Subdeltoid, often very narrow, acute, cordate or 

 hastate at the base, rarely truncate, glabrous, petioles 1-5 in. long. 

 Peduncles up to about 4 in. long, 1-5 flowered, bracts very small, pedicels 

 1-2 in. long. Sepals I in. long, subequal, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 

 membranous, glabrous. Corolla glabrous, 2 in. long, funnel-shaped, with 

 a pale rose-coloured limb, the throat and tube dull-purple. Filaments 

 unequal, woolly below. Capsule £ in. long, ovoid, glabrous. Seeds 

 minutely hairy. 



