96. GONVOLVULACE.E. [11. Ipomcea. 



12. I. chryseides, Ker. 



A slendei', nearly glabrous twiner with angled stems, deeply cordate 

 ovate acuminate leaves about 1;5" by 1-2", shallowly 3-lobed and 

 repand-toothed. Petiole about •?". Fls. yellow, -7" in forked axillary 

 short- to very-long-peduncled 3-7-fld. cymes. Capsule "2o" diam., 

 broader than long, somewhat -i-sided, umbonate, seated on the green 

 or brownish subequal sepals, which are '2" long, oblong-obovate with 

 .spreading tij) and incurved often coloured margins. 



In wet shady places rather common. Purneah ! Singbhum ! Ranchi, Neterhat ! 

 Parasnath ! Manbhum ! Sambalpur ! Fl., Fr. Sept. -Dec. 



Stems hairy at the nodes. Leaves 1 •5-1", rarely up to 2'3" long, upper surface 

 with hyaline scattered hairs, lower paler glabrous, side lobes rounded, terminal 

 acuminate or obtuse and mucronate. Petiole slender '7-1 ", sometimes niuriculate. 

 Corolla •5-'75" long. Filaments villous at base. Seeds minutely dotted, villous 

 round the hilum, minutely puberulous. 



13. I. obscura, Ker. 



A slender twiner with hair}'- stems, sub-orbicular or ovate deeply 

 cordate leaves about 1-25" each Avay, and rather small flowers '75" 

 diam. yellow, or usually white with the bands yellowish, and always 

 with a purple eye. Capsule much exceeding the sepals, ovoid, '3-4:5", 

 2 (-4)-valved with 4 brown velvety seeds. 



Behar, 7/6i3e ! Ranchi, Woodl Manbhum ! Palamau, frequent in the west in 

 hedge-rows. Fl., Fr. Sept.- Dec. 



Leaves with broad or narrow basal sinus, bluntly shortly acuminate or apex 

 rounded, hairy beneath and slightly so above, about 7-palmatel3^-nerved. Petiole 

 shorter than or nearly as long as blade, hairy. Peduncles slender 1-3" long or less, 

 1-2-fld., pedicels -5-1 '. Sepals 15" or in fruit "2" broadly ovate-oblong, shortly 

 cusi^idate, pubescent, dry in fruit and often reflexed. 



14. I. reptans, Poir. Syn. I. aquatica, Forsl:.; Kalmi-sag, Beng.; 

 Karmi, H. 



An aquatic herb with the stems creeping on mud and floating, 

 with lanceolate to elliptic-oblong or ovate hastate or cordate leaves 

 l'5-6" long and long slender petioles. Flowers 1-2" long and 1'5" 

 diam., white or pale purjDle with a darker purple eye, solitary, or in 

 2-3-fld. peduncled cymes. Peduncles "5- (f. Clarke) 1" long. Calyx 

 •4" long, sepals subequal, gland-dotted Avithin, ovate or ovate-oblong 

 obtuse, one or two mucronate. Capsule "3" ovoid, glabrous, 4-2-seeded. 



Common in and on the sides of tanks, in all districts. Fl., Fr. practically all the 

 year round. Said to be annual. 



Glabrous except at the bases of the shoots and peduncles. Rooting at the nodes 

 and with long floating stout and tistular stems often "3" diam. with milky juice. 

 L. minutely dotted beneath, sometimes with a straight base, sec u. about 3 each 

 side at base and 6-8 above base. Petiole about thi'ee-fourths as long as the blade. 

 Filaments thickened at base and densely papillose. Seeds nearly glabrous or 

 microscopically hairy. 



The tender shoots are eaten. 



15. I. pes-caprae, Sweet. Syn. I. biloba, Forsfc. ; Convolvulus pes- 

 caprse, L.; Dopati-lata, H. : Chhagal-khuri, £cng. ; Kasari-nai, Or. 



A prostrate and far-ci-eeping herb from a large perennial elongate 

 root. Stems glabrous. Leaves thick, l*5-2o" long and ofter broader 

 than long, emarginate to deeply 2-lobed at the apex, cuneate or 

 straight at the base where are two large coloured glands. Flowers 



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