200 ci. CONVOLVULACE2E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipmrwea. 



in., ovoid, subglobose, smooth. Probably an American plant, naturalised in the 

 Old World. /. scabra, Forsk., is adduced as a syn. by Choisy (DC. Prodr. ix. 344), 

 which, if this is correct, is the oldest name ; but Forskahl says his plant had 5-lobed 

 leaves, hence the name of Linnaeus and Meissner has been here retained. 



VAR. integrifolia, Chois. ; leaves ovate-cordate acute entire, peduncles about as 

 long as the petioles, sepals elliptic much elongate. I coerulescens, Roxb. Hort. Seng. 

 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 500, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 90. Cultivated and apparently 

 wild. Intermediate states connect this with /. hederacea. It is often called /. his- 

 pida, but it differs from that in the elongate ligulate termination to the sepals. 



VAR. himalaica ; leaves and flowers larger, sepals in fruit attaining 1^ in., seeds 

 densely closely villous. Himalaya, alt. 4-5000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim, in the 

 inner valleys at some distance from the plains. 



8. I. purpurea, Lamk. III. i. 466; hairy, leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 entire, peduncles few-fld., sepals elliptic-oblong acute patently hirsute near the 

 base, seeds glabrous. Meissn. in Mart. Erasil. vii. 223. Convolvulus pur- 

 pureus, Linn. ; Sot. Mag. tt. 113, 1005, 1682. 



INDIA ; ascending to 3-7000 ft. in Kashmir, Sikkim, the Khasia Mts. and W. 

 Deccan Peninsula, probably not a native. DISTRIB. Tropical America ; extensively 

 cultivated in all warm countries. 



Resembles the entire-leaved var. of /. hederacea ; but the leaves are smaller ; 

 peduncles often longer and slenderer ; pedicels 1 in., umbelled, deflexed in fruit ; 

 sepals ^-^ in., unequal, without the ligulate termination characteristic of /. hederacea. 

 Inhabits very remote parts of the mountains, and has about as good a claim to be 

 regarded as Indian as has 7. hederacea. 



9. X. laciniata, Clarke ; glabrous, leaves 5-7-partite segments serrate or 

 pinnatifid, peduncles 1-3-fld. shorter than the leaves, corolla-tube long linear. 

 Pharbitis laciniata, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 178 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 167. Ipoimea n, 40, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



WEST DECCAN PENINSULA ; Bababoodan Hills, Law ; Bombay and Malwar, 

 Dalzell; Belgaum, Ritchie. 



Stem slender, creeping or twining. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., subdigitate, lobes 

 elliptic or almost linear ; petiole ^-1 in. Peduncles mostly 1-fld., thickened upwards 

 in fruit ; bracts | in., linear. Sepals \-^ in., elliptic, somewhat wider in fruit. 

 Corolla white, tube 2 by ^ in., purple within, limb 1^2 in. diam. Anthers scarcely 

 exserted. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule % in., ovoid, subglobose, glabrous. Seeds closely, 

 densely furred. 



10. X. dissect a, Willd. Phyt. 5, t. 2, fig. 3; glabrous, leaves digitate, 

 lobes linear-cuneate toothed or pinnatifid, peduncles sub- 1-flowered shorter 

 than the leaves, corolla very small. Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 416 ; Chois. in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 363, partly. I. coptica, Roth Nov. Sp. 110; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 89, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 38^Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166. Convolvulus 

 copticus, Linn. Mant. 559 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 477, and ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 62 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1351. C. stipulates, Lamk. Enc. iii. 546. C. Thonningii, Schum. 

 PL Guin. 98. 



W. INDIA and the DECCAN, not common, Heyne, Shuter, Wight. CEYLON ; north 

 of the Island, Gardner. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



Stems 1-3 ft., prostrate, hardly twining. Leaves 1-1 in. diam. ; petiole ^ in. 

 Peduncles ^-\\ in. : bracts near the flower, minute ; or flowers subsessile amongst the 

 digitate leaflike bracts. Sepals i in., oblong ; in fruit widened, rigid, back often 

 muricate. . Corolla f in., tubular-funnel-shaped, white. Capsule % in. diam., glabrous, 

 6-valved, normally 6-seeded. Seeds glabrous or very nearly so. 



SUBGHXUS TV. Aniseia, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 429 (genus). Two 

 outer sepals (at least in fruit) much longer than the inner, cordate or sub- 



