214 ci. CONVOLVULACE^:. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipomcea. 



latus, Wall. Cat. 1350, Heyne's Jpomcea tuberosa only. Convolvulus kentro- 

 caulos, Steud. in PL Schimp. n. 800. C. formosus, Roxb. Ic. Ined. 



N.W. INDIA; Royle. DECCAN PENINSULA; Bottler, Wight, &c. CEYLON. 

 DISTBIB. Malaya, Tropical Africa. 



Stem stout, twining, muricate or smooth. Leaves 3-5 in. diam. ; petiole 2-5 in. 

 Peduncles 2-6 in. ; bracts deciduous ; pedicels J-l in. tiepals narrow ; in fruit 1|- by 

 3 in., subpatent, hardly imbricated. Corolla 2 in., tubular-campanulate. Capsule 

 %-jj in., globose. In /. tuberosa, Linn., the frui ting-sepals are 1-1^ in. broad, con- 

 cave, much imbricate, seeds f in., furred ; see Trans. Hort. Soc. Lond.i. 184, t. 11. 



53. I. sinuata, Ortega Dec. 84; leaves palmate glabrous or nearly so r 

 leaflets narrowly lanceolate toothed or pinnatifid, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals 

 nearly 1 in. elliptic-oblong glabrous, corolla middle-sized, seeds glabrous or 

 nearly so. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 362. I. dissecta, Chois. I. c. 363, as to the 

 Indian mateiial, not of Willd. Convolvulus dissectus, Linn. Mant. 204 ; Jacq. 

 Hort. Vindob. ii. 74, t. 159. C. Kleinii, Wall. Cat. 1377. 



Introduced from tropical AMERICA ; N.W.India; Royle. Hindostan ; Thomson. 

 Bengal ; Jenkins, Bottler, Wight, &c. Native of tropical America, widely spread in 

 the Old World. 



Stems twining, hirsute or glabrous. Leaves' 2-4 in. diam., sometimes hirsute on 

 the midrib. Corolla l in., campanulate, white, throat purple. Capsule ^- in. 

 diam., glabrous, 2-celled, normally 4-seeded. Seeds $ in. 



54. X. rhyncorhiza, Dalz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 170 ; leaves deeply 

 palmate sparsely hispidulous segments oblong lobed or pinnatifid, peduncles 

 1-2-fld., sepals ^ in. elliptic-lanceolate unequal glabrous, corolla middle-sized 

 yellow.. Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 167. 



The CONCAN ; Syhadree Mts. (Bombay), Tulkut Ghat, Dalzcll ; Concan, Stocks. 



Eoot tuberous ; stems filiform, twining, glabrous. Leaves 3 in. diam. ; lobes 

 obtuse or mucronate ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 2^4 in. ; bracts in., linear. Corolla 

 If in. by 2 in. diam. Fruit not known. 



55. I. quinata, Br. Prodr. 486; leaves palmate, leaflets lanceolate 

 entire, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals in. elliptic glabrous or nearly so, corolla 

 rather large, seeds glabrous shining apex crested. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 385 ; Benth. Fl. Austral iv. 415. I. hirsuta, Br. Prodr. 486. I. pentadactylis. 

 Ghois. 1. c. Convolvulus tenuifolius, Vahl Symb. iii. 33. C. quinatus and 

 Brownii, Spreng. Syst. i. 590. C. pentadactylis, Wall. Cat. 1367. C. munitus, 

 Wall. Cat. 1354, as to Hamilton's Convolvulus tenuifolius only. 



CHOTA NAGPORE; frequent, Clarke. DISTRIB. Burma; S. China, N. Australia. 



Stems prostrate, hardly twining, patently fulvous -hirsute or glabrous. 

 3-4 in. diam., glabrous or with patent fulvous hairs; leaflets obtuse or subacute, not 

 acuminate; petiole 1^- in., mostly hairy. Peduncles shorter than the petioles; bracts 

 in., linear, persistent. Corolla 1 in. and upwards, white or purplish. Capsule \ 

 in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous, 2-celled, 4-valved, normally 4-seeded. Seeds |- by | in. 

 Easily distinguished from all other Ipomceas by the crest of the seed. 



56. I. pal in at a, Forsk. FL sEy.-Arab. 43 ; glabrous, leaves digitate 

 nearly or quite to the base, lobes elliptic or lanceolate subentire, peduncles 3-1- 

 fld., sepals ovate obtuse, corolla large purplish, seeds villous margins woolly. 

 Chois. Convolv. Or. ix. 386; Benth. FL Austral, iv. 415; B&iss. FL Orient.' \. 

 464. I. seiiegalensis, Lamk. III. i. 464. I. stipulacea, Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. ii. 

 39, t. 199. I. pendula, Br. Prodr. 486 ; Andr. Bt. Rep. t. 613 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 632 ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 387 (syn. I. Horsfalliae excl.). I. pulchella, 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 115 ; Wiflht Ic. t. 156 ; Choi*, in DC. Prodr. ix. 386. I. tuber- 

 culata, &oem.$ Sch. Syst. iv. 208; Chois. Convolv. Or. 91, and in DC. Prodr 



