Ipomcea.~] ci. CONYOLVULACEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) 20). 



hastate. Stamens included. Ovary 2-celled, 4-seeded. Not well distinguish- 

 able from Euipomcea, in which the outer sepals are usually somewhat 

 larger. 



11. I. uniflora, Roem. fy Sch. Syst. iv. 247, not of Blume ; glabrescent, 

 k-m.'s petioled oblong obtuse, peduncles 1-flowered, sepals ultimately enlarged 

 decurrent, corolla 1 in. campanulate. I. lanceolata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 

 282. Convolvulus uniflorus, Lamk. Enc. iii. 544 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 47, t. 21, 

 fig. 2. C. emarginatus, Vahl Symb. iii. 23. C. Bheedii, Wall. Cat. 1358, and 

 in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 70 ; Wight in Hook. Bot. Miscell. ii. 

 100, t. 8. Aniseia uniflora, Chois. Convolv. Or. 101, t.. 2, fig. 9, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 431 ; Wight Ic. t. 850 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. IQS.Rheede Hort. 

 Mai. xi. t. 54. 



Throughout INDIA, from Nepal, Wallich, and Khasia, J. D. H., to CEYLON, 

 {Thwaites) and Malacca {Griffith, Maingay); not common, more frequent in the 

 Deccan Peninsula. DISTRIB. Malaya to Fiji Islands ; Tropical Africa. 



Creeping in wet places, twining. Leaves 3 by 1 in., often emarginate with a 

 mucro, base cuneate ; petiole in. Peduncles \\ in. ; bracts minute, persistent. 

 Sepals in flower ^-^ in., outer elliptic, acute ; in fruit f-1 in., 2 outer subcordate 

 ovate scarious nervose, inner lanceolate. Corolla hairy without. Capsule % in., 

 ovoid, glabrous. Seeds glabrous, margins minutely strigose. 



12. I. calycina, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 872; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 entire, peduncles short few-fid., sepals ultimately cordate or sagittate, corolla 

 scarcely 1 in. tubular. I. sagittata, Roxb. Ic. ined. not of Desf. I. cariosepala, 

 Klotz. in Nub. PI. Convolvulus calycinus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. 

 i. 471, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 51 ; Wall. Cat. 2255. C. Hardwickii, Spreng. 

 Syst. curae post. 60. Aniseia calycina, Chois. Convolv. Or. 100, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 429 : Wight III. t. 168 b, fig. 5, and Ic. t. 833 ; Dak. $ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 163. 



DECCAN PENINSULA; frequent; extending to Banda (EdgewortK) and the W. 

 Himalaya (Boyle}. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. 



Stems much twining, villous. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply cordate, sparsely hairy or 

 glabrate; petiole 1^ in. Peduncles^ in. ; pedicels in. ; bracts |- in., linear: Sepals 

 in flower ^ in., unequal, ciliate ; outer in fruit ^ by ^ in., lanceolate, hastate. Corolla 

 rose or white ; mouth funnel-shaped, narrow. Capsule % in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds 

 villous, margins with long silky hairs. 



13. I. barlerioides, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 872; hirsute, leaves ovate- 

 oblong scarcely acute, peduncles longer or shorter than the petioles 1-fld., 

 corolla 2-3| in. funnel-shaped. Convolvulus barlerioides, Wall. Cat. 2256. 

 C. oblongus, Wall. Cat. 1382. Aniseia barlerioides, Chois. Convolv. Or. 102, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 432. 



N. W. INDIA, Royle ; Subsiwaliks, Edgeworth ; KUMAON, alt. 4000 feet, Strachey 

 $ Winterbottom. OUDH ; R. Thompson. CHOTA NAGPORE; Clarke. W. DECCAN 

 PENINSULA southward to Courtallam ; Wight, Dalzell, Ritchie, &c. 



Twining. Leaves 2-3 in., base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole 0-1$, 'very variable 

 on the same stem. Peduncles 1-4 in.; longer than the petioles in the N.Indian 

 plant (Choisy's type), hardly any in other S. Indian examples ; bracts in., linear. 

 Sepals in flower f in., lanceolate ; in fruit much widened, 2 outer ovate. Corolla 

 purple or purplish-white, glabrous or sparsely hairy without ; tube very narrow at 

 the base ; mouth 2^ in. diam. Capsule % in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds oblong, villous 

 or pubescent, margins sometimes hirsute. 



SUBGENUS V. Batatas, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 337 (genus). Corolla 

 widely tubular-funnel-shaped. Stamens included. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. 



