CONVOLVULACBJi. XIV. IPOMCEA. 



281 



Tiger' s-foot-leaved Ipomcea. Fl. Aug. Oct. CIt. 1732. 

 PI. tw. 



184 I. AGGREGA'TA (Poir. suppl. 4. p. 633. Choisy, in mem. 

 soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 455.) leaves palmate, 7-lobed, pilose ; pe- 

 duncles long; flowers sessile, aggregate, surrounded by 10-12 

 ovate-oblong, unequal, pilose, involucra-formed bracteas. Jj . 

 *"*. G. Native of Cochinchina. Convolvulus aggregatus, Lour, 

 coch. p. 109. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 471. Stem very hairy, terete. 

 Lobes of leaves acutish, ovate, entire. Sepals lanceolate, pilose. 

 Corolla tubular, 5-cleft, large, 'white ; segments acute, hairy, 

 closed. 



stggregate-fiovtered Ipomcea. Shrub tw. 



185 I. VITIFOLIA (Sweet, hort. brit. p. 289. Blum, bijdr. 709.) 

 leaves cordate, palmately 5-cleft : lobes finely toothed ; pedun- 

 cles many-flowered ; corolla orange yellow, fj . ^. S. Native 

 of the East Imlies, as of Silliet, Travancore, Malabar, &c. 

 Conv. vitifolius, Lin. mant. p. 203. Burm.ind. 45. t. 18. f. 1. 

 Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 61. Conv. angularis, Roxb. herb. Stems 

 terete, downy, or with a few villi. Leaves lobed to the middle, 

 variously pilose ; lobes unequal, irregularly crenate-toothed. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, blackish. Capsules large, and are, as 

 well as the black seeds, glabrous. 



Vine-leaved Ipomcea. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 twining. 



186 I. ANGULARIS (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 454.) 

 leaves cordate, 5-lobed : lobes short, entire, acute ; peduncles 3, 

 many-flowered ; corolla orange-yellow. Tj . r ^. S. Native of 

 Java. Conv. angularis, Lin. mant. 203. Burm. ind. 46. t. 19. 

 f. 2. Hardly more than a variety of I. vitifotia. Capsule 

 large. 



Angular-leaved Ipomoea. Shrub twining. 



187 I. TCBEROSA (Lin. hort. ups. p. 39. spec. 227.) gla- 

 brous ; leaves palmately 7-parted : lobes elliptic-lanceolate, en- 

 tire ; peduncles dichotomous ; sepals equal, an inch long. Tj,. 

 *^ > . S. Native of tropical America, Madras, Islands of Bourbon, 

 France, Ceylon, &c. Jacq. amer. p. 37. Ker, bot. reg. 768, 

 but not of Lour. Conv. tuberosus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 591. 

 Sloane, jam. 56. hist. 1. p. 152. t. 96. f. 2. Steins terete. 

 Lobes of leaves acute, 1-3 inches long. Petioles 3 inches long. 

 Flowers solitary, and pedicellate in the forks, and spicate along 

 the branches of the peduncle. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 2 

 inches long, tubularly campanulate, yellow. Capsule large. 

 Seeds large, black. 



J'ar. ft. uniflbra (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 453.) 

 peduncles 1 - flowered ; sepals acutish. !/,'"' S. Native of 

 South America. Convolvulus gossypifolius, H. B. et Kunth, 

 nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 107. Conv. macrocarpus, Spreng. syst. 

 1. p. 592. 



Tuberous-rooted Ipomcea. Fl. Aug. Oct. Clt. 1731. Shrub 

 twining. 



18^1. HEPATICIFOLIA (Lin. spec. 230. Burm. ind. 50. t. 20. 

 f. 2.) very hairy ; leaves 3-lobed : lobes very blunt ; peduncles 

 equal in length to the petioles ; flowers capitate, involucrated ; 

 bracteas ovate-linear. . . S. Native of Ceylon and China. 

 Convolvulus hepaticifolius, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 594. Stems 

 simple. Leaves deeply lobed ; lobes sometimes entire, sub- 

 emarginate, ovate ; middle one coarctate at the base, more than 

 an inch long. Corolla purplish. 



Hepatica-lcartd Ipomoaa. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1759. PI. 

 twining. 



189 I. PEDA'TA; glabrous; leaves pedately 3-5-cleft : lobes 

 lanceolate, obtuse, mucronate ; peduncles cymose ; sepals 

 rounded : inner ones the largest. 1? . rx . S. Native of Guaya- 

 quil. Flowers purple, funnel-shaped, (v. s. in herb. Ruiz, et 

 Pav.) 



Pedate-\ea\ed Ipomce'a. Shrub twining. 



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190 I. PARVIFLORA (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 34.) glabrous ; leaves 

 cordate, palmately 5-lobed ; umbels axillary, pedunculate ; calyx 

 and capsules hairy ; sepals ovate, mucronate, length of capsule. 



0. ^. S. Native of the Island of Santa Cruz. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 885. Pers. ench. 1. p. 185. Conv. Sloanei, Spreng. syst. 



1. p. 593. Sloane, jam. p. 55. hist- 1. p. 153. t. 97. f. 1. Ip. 

 triloba and I. sanguinea of some gardens. Nearly allied to /. 

 triloba, but differs in being glabrous, not hairy ; stem triangular, 

 from decurrent lines. Leaves lj inch long; lobes lanceolate, 

 obtuse, mucronate : outer ones gibbous at the base, outside. 

 Pedicels muricated. Flowers small, purplish. 



Small-Jlorfered Ipomoea. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1822. PI. tw. 



191 I. UMBELLA'TA (Lin. spec. 227.) glabrous; leaves digi- 

 tate ; leaflets 7, nearly equal, lanceolate, entire, acuminated ; 

 peduncles very short, sub-umbellate. If.. *"\ S. Native of 

 tropical America. Poir. diet. 6. p. 10. Conv. septenata, 

 Spreng. 1. p. 591. Plum. spec. 3. Burm. amer. p. 81. t. 92. 

 f. 2. Tourn. inst. p. 116. Flowers scarlet. Stamens exserted- 

 Capsule glabrous, oblong, acuminated, 3 -celled. Perhaps a 

 species of Qu&moclit. 



Umbellate-flowered Ipomcea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1739. 

 PI. tw. 



192 I.? CLAU'SA (Rudolph, ex Led. dec. pi. dona. no. 5) 

 leaves ternate or quinate ; peduncles dichotomous, many- 

 flowered ; corollas tubular, closed. If. . ? ^\ S. Native of St. 

 Domingo. 



Cfoscrf-flowered Ipomcea. PI. tw. 



$ 6. Leaves entire at both ends, never cordate. Flomert not 

 cronded into heads. Capsules and sepals middle-sized. 



193 I. BUCHANA'NI (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. 6. p. 474.) 

 glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acuminated, on short pe- 

 tioles, entire: peduncles ^ an inch long, 1-3-flowered; sepals 

 ovate, glabrous. ^^.S. Native of Bengal. Ip. salici folia. 

 Roxb. in Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 88. Stem terete. Leaves 3-8 

 inches long. Corolla white, with a cylindrical tube, 1| inch 

 long, and an obscurely divided limb. Cells of capsule 3-seeded, 

 ex Wall. 



Buchanan's Ipomoaa. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1816. PI. tw. 



194 I. LINIFOLIA (Blum, bijdr. p. 721.) plant rather pilose ; 

 leaves linear, quite entire, blunt at both ends, mucronulate, 

 sometimes somewhat hastate at the base ; peduncles axillary, 

 about equal in length to the leaves, few-flowered ; sepals obtuse, 

 glabrous. 0.? '"'. S. Native of the Moluccas. 



Flax-leaved Ipomosa. PI. tw. 



195 I. PHILIPPE'NSIS (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 

 475.) glabrous ; leaves linear, mucronulate, glabrous, on short 

 petioles, entire ; peduncles terete, 1 -flowered, about | an inch 

 long ; sepals ovate, rather mucronulate : outer ones a little 

 smaller. % . 1 / *\ S. Native of the Philippines, and China, 

 near Wangoo. Stem terete, filiform. Leaves 1-2 inches long, 

 and 1-2 lines broad; petioles ciliated. Peduncles glabrous, 

 bibracteate. Corolla unopen, a little larger than the calyx. 

 Capsule pea-formed, glabrous. 



Philippine Ipomcea. PL tw. 



196 I. GRASUNEA (R. Br. prod. p. 414.) glabrous; leaves 

 long-linear, mucronate, quite entire ; peduncles 1 -flowered ; 

 sepals obtuse ; corollas very long. If . ? r \ S. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic, on the shore. Conv. gramineus, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 607. 



Grassy-leaved Ipomcea. PI. tw. 



197 I. REIXWARDTIA'NA (Blum, bijdr. p. 720.) leaves elliptic- 

 oblong, acuminated, rounded at the base, entire, smooth above, 

 and downy beneath ; peduncles few-flowered, shorter than the 

 petioles ; sepals bluntish, clothed with silky villi : outer ones 



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