Ipomcea.~\ ci. CONVOLVULACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) 209 



petiole 1^ in. Peduncles 0-l in., often 1-fld. ; bracts -^ in., linear; pedicels often 

 1 in. or longer. Sepals nearly in., somewhat scarious. Corolla -widely tubular- 

 funnel-shaped. Ovary 2-celled, not at all 4-celled. Capsule globose, glabrous. Seeds 

 smooth. 



37. I. fastig-iata, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 ; minutely puberulo- 

 scabrous or glabrate, leaves ovate-cordate acute entire or lower lobed, peduncles 

 long many-fld., pedicels short, sepals elliptic suddenly acute, corolla 1^-2 in. 

 purple. Chois. Convolv. Or. 84, and in JDC. Prodr. ix. 380 ; Meissn. in Mart. 

 Brasil. vii. 267, with syn. Convolvulus fastigiatus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and 

 Fl. Ind. i. 468, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 48, not of Wall. 



BENGAL, Roxburgh. Introduced from America. 



Extensively scandent, twining. Leaves 3-4 in., mostly entire (in the Indian plant), 

 those on the runners often lobed ; petiole often 3-5 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; bracts 

 caducous ; cymes dense, pedicels rarely exceeding ^ in. Flower and fruit very 

 nearly as of /. denticulata, from which it differs little except in its numerous shorter 

 pedicels. A common American species, introduced in S. E. Asia. Miquel (Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 616). Roxburgh describes it as a native of the interior of Bengal, and in 

 flower most part of the year, but no one has met with the plant wild. 



88, X. sepiaria, Koen. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 500, and 

 ed. Cftrey $ Wall. ii. 90 ; leaves ovate-cordate acute entire glabrous or some- 

 what pubescent, peduncles long, pedicels short subumbelled clavate in fruit, 

 sepals ovate subobtuse, corolla largeish pale-purple or white with a dark eye, 

 seeds furred. Chois. Convolv. Or. 82, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 370; Wight 'ic. 

 t. 838 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166, not of Benth. I. striata, Roth Nov. Sp. 

 111. I. Heynii, Wall. Cat. 1387 (Choisy, no specimen now in Herb. Wall.). 

 Convolvulus maximus and striatus, Vahl Symb. iii. 26, 28. 0. marginatus, 

 Lamk. Enc. iii. 558. C. sepiarius and incrassatus, Wall. Cat. 1384, 1386. 

 Rheede Hort. Mai xi. t. 53. 



Throughout INDIA ; from Hindostan to Malacca, frequent. CEYLON, common. 

 DISTBIB. Malaya. 



Perennial, twining, glabrous or in places pubescent or hirsute. Leaves l-2 in., 

 entire or sinuate, rarely lobed, basal lobes usually rounded ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 ^-7 in., usually long ; bracts small, lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels 0-^ in. Sepals 

 i in., obscurely pubescent. Corolla often 1 in. and upwards; tube cylindric, dark 

 purple within; mouth suddenly widened. Capsule - in., ovoid, 4-2-seeded. 

 Convolvulus triflorus, Vahl Symb. iii. 30 (Ipomcea triantha, Roem. & Sch. ij^Bt. iv. 

 243 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 83, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 370), is only known by Vahl's 

 description. Choisy does not see how it differs from /. sepiaria ; but Vahl states 

 that the pedicels are about as long as the peduncles, which is not the case in /. 

 sepiaria. It may have been Ipomcsa denticulata. 



VAB. stipulacea ; leaves more elongate often angular or lobed sometimes Instate 

 with basal lobes acute, stipules obscure minute, sepals rather larger, corolla shorter, 

 than in /. sepiaria type. I. stipulacea, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 ; Chois. Convolv. 

 Or. 84, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 379. I. subtrilobans, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 615. 

 Convolvulus stipulaceus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 484, and ed. Carey $ 

 Wall. ii. 71. Bengal Plain and Chittagong; Roxburgh, &c., not rare. Miquel's /. 

 subtrilobans is intermediate between /. sepiaria and this. 



39. I. Beladamboe, Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 233; glabrous or nearly so, 

 leaves ovate-cordate entire, peduncles short or long stout many-fld., sepals 

 ovate obtuse, corolla large purplish or white, seeds glabrous. I. rugosa, Chois. 

 Convolv. Or. 64, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 350; Wight Ic. t. 887. I. repens, 

 Lamk. Enc. vi. 18, not of Roth. Convolvulus rugosus, Rottl ; Willd. in Act. 

 Berol. iv. 196. C. flagelliformis, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 481, and 

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