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Plants of the Punjab. 



Climbing Plants with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



Petals united. 



Ipomsea Batatas, 

 Sweet Potato, 



Shakarliand. 



CONVOLVULACE.E. 



F. B. I. iv. 202. 

 The Plains. 

 Cultivated. 

 Introduced from 

 America. 



smooth or slightly hairy, tubers red, white or rarely 

 yellow, stem usually hairy, often prostrate, leaves ovate, 

 heart-shaped, short-pointed, angular, more or less lobed, 

 flowers 2 in. or more, purple or many-flowered, long 

 stalks, corolla widely tubular, funnel-shaped, stamens 

 included, capsule 4 celled, widely cultivated and eaten ; 

 for other characters see the former species. 



Ipomaea eriocarpa, 



Bhanwar. 



Convolvulace^. 



F. B. I. iv. 204. 



The Plains to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Sim' a, 



(Collett). 



Koi. 



Ipomaea ch^yseides, 



CoNVOLVULACEiE. 



F. B. I. iv. 206. 

 The Pla ns to 



4,000 ft. 



Valleys below Simla 



(Collett). 



Ipomaea obscura, 



Convolvulacejb. 



F. B. I. V. 207. 

 The Plains to 

 3,000 ft, 



Ipomsea sepiaria, 



Convolvulace^. 

 F. B. I. iv, 209. 

 The Plains. 



hairy, twining, leaves 2| by 1 in., oblong-heart-shaped, 

 short-pointed, stalk 1 in., flowers | in,, pink, sessile in 

 heads, bracts -I in., hairy, csiljx lobes like the bracts, 

 but smaller, corolla bell-shaped, capsule ^ in., round, hairy, 

 2-celled ; for other characters see the former species. 



annual, smooth, twining much, sometimes prostrate, 

 often rough with very small projections,*leaves 1| by 1| 

 in., broadly ovate, heart-shaped, entire, or 3-lobed, toothed, 

 long-pointed, flowers |-| in., yellow, in close clusters on 

 stalks -|-3 in. long, calyx lobes 5 in., finally spreading ; 

 capsule I or more, wall thick, somewhat angular, seeds 

 almost velvety ; for other characters as the former species. 



like the last species, but flowers white or yellowish 

 with a purple spot at the base, on few-flowered stalks, 

 capsule ovoid, seeds densely brown-velvety. 



like the last species, but perennial, flower stalks long, 

 flowers larger, pale purple or white with a dark spot. 



Ipomaea aqautica, 



Ipomaea cymosa, 



Convolvulace^. 

 F. B. I. iv. 211. 

 The Pla ns to 

 4,000 It, 



see Water Plants, Alternate, Exstipulate, Simple, 



hke the last described species, but annual, leaves 

 larger, heart-shaped or with forked base or oblong, blunt- 

 pointed, flowers white or yellowish in compact clusters 

 on short stalks. 



