Ipomcea.'] ci. CONVOLVULACEJ:. (C. B. Clarke.) 213 



"caducous ; pedicels often more than 1 in. Sepals -f in. ; in fruit widened. Corolla, 

 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, glabrous, margin scarcely lobed. Ovary 2-celled, not 

 imperfectly 4-celled. Capsule \ in., ovoid, glabrous. 



49. Z. carnosa, -Br. Prodr. 485; glabrous or nearly so, leaves lobed or 

 oblong emargiuate, peduncles 1-3-fld., sepals ovate obtuse, corolla largeish 

 ochroleucous, seeds villous. Benth. FL Austral, iv. 419. I. acetosefolia, 

 Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 246 ; Meissn. in Mart. FL Brasil. vii. 255, t. 94. I. 

 longifolia, Benth. PL Hartw. 16 ; Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 21. I. littoralis, Boiss. FL 

 Orient, iv. 112. Convolvulus littoralis, Linn. Sp. PL 227. C. acetossefolius, 

 Vahl Ed. i. 18. C. arenarius, Vdhl Symb. i. 18. C. carnosus, Spreng. Syst. i. 

 609. 0. stoloniferus, Cyr.' PL Ear. i. t. 5. Batatas littoralis and acetoseefolia, 

 Chois. Convolv. Or. 124, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 337, 338. 



MALACCA ; Griffith. DISTKIB. Tropical seashores of both hemispheres. 



\ 7 ery near /. biloba. Leaves often deeply lobed, sometimes subentire emarginate, 

 but then much more elongate than those of /. biloba, oblong or linear, or often fiddle- 

 shaped ; nerves much more obscure. Ovary completely 2-celled, imperfectly 4-celled. 

 Capsule and seeds exactly as of /. biloba. 



oO. Z. vitifolia, Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372; hairy, leaves cordate 

 palmately 5-lobed, peduncles 1-7-fld., sepals ovate-acute hirsute, corolla middle- 

 sized sulphur-coloured, seeds glabrous. Blume Bijd. 709 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 72, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 361 ;. Dalz. # Gibs. Bomb. FL 165 ; Kurz For. FL 

 ii. 219. I. angularis, Chois. Convolv. Or. 72. Convolvulus vitifolius, Linn. 

 Hani. 203; Burm. FL Ind. 45, t, 18, fig. 1 ; Ro.rl. Ilnrt. Beng. 14, and FL 

 Ind. i. 476, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 61 ; 'Wall. Cat. 1348. O. angularis, Linn. 

 Mant. 203 ; Burm. FL Ind. 46, t. 19, fig. 2 ; Hassk. PL Jav. Rar. 519. ' 



Throughout INDIA (except the dry N.W.) ; from Sikkim, Assam, Chittagong and 

 Burma, southwards to Ceylon and Malacca. DISTBIB. Malay Islds. 



A large climber. Leaves 2-6 in. diam. ; lobes triangular, acute, often toothed or 

 acutely lobed; petiole ^-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. Sepals \ in., often f in. in fruit. 

 Corolla 1^ in., campanulate. Capsule ^ in. diam., depressed globose, membranous, 

 2-celled, normally 4-seeded. 



51. Z. pilosa, Siueet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 ; hairy, leaves ovate-cordate acut 

 often deeply 3-lobed white woolly beneath, cymes peduncled persistently brac- 

 teate, corolla small purple, seeds pubescent margins silky. Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 86, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 363; Wight Ic. t. 837; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb.FL 166. 

 I. dichroa, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 364. Convolvulus pilosus, Roxb. Hort. 

 Beng. 14, and FL Ind.L 473, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 55. C. albicans, Wall. 

 Cat. 1401. C. dichrous, Roem. $ Sch. Syst. iv. 263. 



W. HIMALAYA, alt. 1-3000 ft., PDNJAB and SCINDB; frequent. BENGAL; Wallich. 

 DISTRIB. Tropical Africa. 



Annual, twining, patently hirsute. Leaves 2-4 in., lobes acuminate, often nar- 

 rower below : petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1-3 in. ; bracts |- in., linear- lanceolate ; pedicels 

 usually ^-f in. Sepals ^ in. and upwards, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 

 f in., narrowly funnel-shaped, with scattered long hairs without. Capsule %-$ in., 

 ovoid-globose, glabrous, 4-valved, normally 4-seeded. 



ft Leaves divided, or very deeply lobed. 



52. Z. kentrocaulos, Clarke; glabrous, leaves deeply palmate segments 

 elliptic-lanceolate" acuminate entire, peduncles many-fld., sepals 1 in. elliptic- 

 oblong, corolla large, seeds ^ in. glabrous. I. tuberosa, A. Rich. FL Abyss, ii. 

 67 ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 362, the old-world plant, not of Linn. C. panicu- 



