206 ci. CONVOLVULACE^;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipomcea. 



Sepals \ in. ; margins, when dry, inflexed above, but hardly acute. Corolla f in., 

 subeampanulate, glabrous without. Ovary 2-celled. Capsule \ in., ovoid, papery, 

 with hardly any trace of the dissepiment near its base. Seeds glabrous. 



26. I. chryseides, Ker in Sot. Reg. t. 270; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 glabrous entire toothed or 3-lobed, peduncles many-fld., sepals elliptic glabrous, 

 corolla small yellow. Wight Ic. t. 157 ; Dene, in Nouv. Ann. Mas. iii. 393 ; 

 Chois. Convok. Or. 87, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 382 ; Dah. $ Gib*. Bomb. Fl. 

 166. I. dcntata, Willd. ; Poem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 789. I. subtrifiora, Zoll. 

 Verz. It/ J/o/'Y~, 51. Convolvulus chryseides, Spreng. Syst. i. 598. 0. den- 

 tatus, Valil Syml>. iii. 25; Ru.rb. Fl. Ind. cd. Carey $ Watt. ii. 62; Wall. Cat. 

 1349. Lepistemon muricatuin, Spanoyhe in Linnaa 1841, 339. 



Throughout INDIA, alt. 0-4000 ft. and CEYLON, frequent DISTRIB. Malaya, S. 

 China, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



Stems much twining, glabrous, often muriculate, sometimes in places hairy. 

 Leaves 1-2 in. ; petiole ^-2 in. Peduncles ^-3 in. ; bracts small, caducous ; cymes 

 dense. Sepals I in., ultimately spreading. Corolla vr-f in., funnel-shaped, glabrous 

 - vithout, uniform yellow. Capsule \ in. and upwards, ovoid, somewhat angular, top 

 acute or depressed, 2-celled ; wall thicker than in the preceding species. Seeds 

 puberulous. , 



27. X. polyantha, Miq. Fl. Ind. Sat. ii. 613; sparingly pubescent, 

 leaves ovate-cordate acute entire, cymes peduncled laxly dichotomous many- 

 tlowered, sepals broad-elliptic obtuse nearly glabrous, corolla smallish yellow. 

 Convolvulus polyanthus, Wall. Cat. 1378. 



E. BENGAL ; Soorma bank, J. D. H. ; Soonderbund ; Clarke. DISTRIB. Java. 



Stem* twining, pubescent in places. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply cordate, pubescent on 

 the nerves beneath or nearly glabrous ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; bracts 

 small, caducous ; cymes 2-5 in. diam., minutely pubescent. Sepals \ in. Corolla 

 ^-1 in., subcampanulate, clear yellow or ochroleucous. 



VAE. affinis ; less diffuse, more pubescent, cymes 3-7-fld., sepals pubescent or 

 almost villous. Convolvulus affinis, Wall. Cat. 1385. Assam, E. Bengal, Soonder- 

 bund ; Wallich, H.f. $ T., &c., frequent. Distrib. Burma. Keferred by Choisy (in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 380) to I. gcmella, Roth., with which it can have no near affinity ; it 

 is very near /. chryseides, but has a larger wider corolla, and much longer 

 pedicels. 



;V ; . 1. reniformis, Chois. Convolv. Or. 64, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 351, 



syn. Linn, c.vcl. ; glabrous or sparingly pubescent, leaves small renifoim or 

 ovate-cordate toothed, peduncles or very short few-fld., sepals ovate obtuse 

 glabrescent ciliate, corolla small yellow. Dalz. $ Gils. omb. Fl. 164. I. 

 cymbalaria, Fend in Flora 1844, 312. Convolvulus venifonnis, Ro.cb. Hort. 

 Beng. 14, and FL Ind. i. 481, and ed. Carey $ Wall, ii. 07 : Wall. Cat. 1398. 

 Evolvulus emargmatus, Burin. Fl. Ind. 77, t. 30, tig. 1 Linn. >/w. in Herb. 

 Prop. 



DECCAN PKNINSTTLA and CEYLON, ait. 0-3000 ft., common, ; extending northwards 

 to Rajputana and Behar. DISTRIB. S. E. Asia, Tropical Africa. 



Closely creeping, much branched, often rooting from nearly every node. Leaves 

 J-l^- in., often small, broader than long, obtuse, sometimes ovate, occasionally 3- 

 lobed ; petiole ^-f in. Peduncles usually subobsolete, 1-3-flowered ; bracts incon- 

 spicuous. Sepals in., glabrescent on the back, ciliate, even in fruit. Corolla ^-f 

 in., campanulate. Capsule | in., subglobose, 2-celled; cells often 1 -seeded. Seeds 

 glabrous, dark chestnut-coloured. Choisy says this species was Convolvulus gan- 

 aeticus, Linn. Amoen. Acad. iv. 306 (Evolvulus, Linn. Sp. PI. 391), to which species. 

 Linnaeus assigns " leaves and flowers very hirsute, peduncles capillary." 



