210 ci. CONVOLVULACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipom&a. 



ed. Carey 8> Wall. ii. 68 ; Wall. Cat. 1397. C. Beladambu, Spreng. Syst. i. 608, 

 and cur ce post. 62. Rheede Hort Mai. xi. t. 58. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; Wight, &c. CEYLON, abundant in damp fields. 

 . Extensively trailing. Leaves 3-4 in. diam., subobtuse ; petiole 1-2^ in. Peduncles 

 -4 in. ; bracts J- in., lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels ^ in., stout, somewhat thickened 

 upwards in fruit. Sepals ^-^ in., unequal, outer often shorter, glabrous, wrinkled 

 when young. Corolla | 2 in., purple in the dried examples, pure white in Roxburgh's 

 figure. Capsule ^ in., globose, glabrous, 4-seeded. 



40. 3. aquatic a, Forsk. Fl. JEg. Arab. 44; glabrous or nearly so, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong cordate or hastate or elongate entire or angular sublobed, 

 peduncles long few-fld., pfdicels long, sepals ovate obtuse, corolla large purple, 

 seeds- minutely closely silky. I. ivptans, Poir. Enc. Suppl. iii. 460; Blume 

 Bijd. 714 ; Chois. Convolv. 'Or. 02, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 349 ; Dalz. fy Gibs. 

 Bomb. FL 164. I. repens, Roth 'Nov. Sp. 110. I. subdentata, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 614. Convolvulus reptans, Linn. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14. C. repens, 

 Vahl Symb. i. 17 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 432, and ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 68 ; Blume 

 Bijd. 713 ; Wall. Cat. 1355, not of Linn. C. Adansonii, Lamk. Enc. iii. 560. 

 Humph. Herb. Amb. v. t. 155, tig. i. Rheede Hort. Mai. xi. t. 52. 



Throughout INDIA, common ; abundant in Bengal Plain. CEYLON ; borders of 

 tombs, and cult, as a vegetable, Thwaites. DISTBIB. Tropical Asia, Australia, 

 Africa. 



Annual ; stems trailing on mud, and floating, sometimes to a great length,, hollow. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole 1-6 in., usually very long. Peduncles 2-7 in., 1-5-flowered ; 

 bracts inconspicuous; pedicels often 1-2 in. Sepals ^ in., glabrous or nearly so. 

 Corolla 2 in., usually pale purple, glabrous. Capsule ^ in., ovoid, glabrous, 4-2- 

 seeded. Seeds most minutely hairy, or very nearly glabrous. 



41. I. salicifolia, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 498, and ed. Carey # Wall. ii. 88 ; 

 glabrous, leaves short-petioled linear-lanceolate base rhomboid or rounded, 

 peduncles very short 1-3-fld., sepals broadly elliptic subobtuse, corolla large 

 white. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 367. I. Buchananii, Chois. Convolv. Or. 92. 



BENGAL ; Rungpore, Hamilton. 



Only known from Roxburgh's description and his Ic. Ined. at Kew. Biennial 

 stem twining. Leaves 7 by 1 in., acuminate ; petiole ^ in. Peduncles 0- in. ; 

 bracts | in., linear-lanceolate ; pedicels -^ in. Sepals f by ^ in. Corolla-tube If by 

 i in:, cylindric ; mouth 2 in. diam. Capsule nearly ^ in. diam., globose, glabrous. 

 Seeds $ in. ~ oblong, black, apparently (from the figure) minutely hairy. Roxburgh 

 descfflfos the capsule as 2-celled, with 3 seeds in each cell, which is hard to believe ; 

 in his picture, the stigma is distinctly 2-lobed, while the capsule seems 3-valved. 



42. Z. staphylina, Roem. 8f Sch. Syst. iv. 249 ; glabrous, leaves ovate 



in DC. Prodr. ix. 371 ; Wight III. t. 168. Convolvulus malabaricus, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 469, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 49, all syn. excl. ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1341. C. racemosus, Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 302. C. Kleinii, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 606, and curce post. 61. C. polyanthus, Wall. Cat. 1378. C. 

 gangeticus, Wall. Cat. 1340, by admixture. 



S. DECCAN PENINSULA ; common. ASSAM ; Jenkins. PENANG ; Wallich. 



Shrubby, subscandent. Leaves 4 by 2^ in., subacute, not acuminate, prominently 

 nerved; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles |-2 in., usually shorter than the petioles, numerous, 

 often panicled towards the end of the branches ; bracts small, caducous ; pedicels 

 0-| in., mostly short. Sepals i in., glabrous. Corotta 1 in., purplish in the tube, 

 mouth nearly white. Capsule | in., ovoid, subacute, 4-seeded. 



