CONVOLVULACE^E. 353 



QuAMOCLiT, Tournef. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 258.) 



l.phoeniceum, Choisy, (G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 129. — 

 Ipomoea phoenicea, Roxb. fi. ind, 1, p. 502 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 92. — 

 Convolvulus phoeniceus, Spreng. — Ipomoea angularis, Willd. ?) © v_/ 

 Moluccas. Coromandel. Bengal, Fl. large, bright scarlet, C. S. ; fr. 

 H. S. 



2. coccineum, Choisy. ( G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 258. — Ipomoea coccinea, 

 L.; Roxb. H. B. p. 14 ; — B. M. 7, t. 221. — Convolvulus coccineus, 

 Spreng.) v^ St. Domingo. New Spain. Carolina. Fl. largish, 

 scarlet, tinged with orange, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



3. hederifoUum, Choisy. (G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 259. — Ipomoea hede- 

 rifolia, L. — Convolvulus hederifolius, Spreng.) © W. Indies. Fl. large, 

 violaceous, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



4. pennatum, (Q. vulgare, Choisy. G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 260; — J. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 129. — Ipomoea Quamoclit, L. ;—B. M. 7, t. 244 ; 

 Lam. ill. t. 104, /. 1 ^—Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 503 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 93. 

 — Convolvulus pennatus, Desrouss. — C. Quamoclit, Spreng. — C. pen- 

 natifolius, Salisb ;—Rheed. II, t. 60;—Rumpk. 5, t. 155. /. 2.) 

 ^t«I <Ptwci^1 Lal-kamaluta. © ^-n North and South America. Mauri- 

 tius. E. Indies, northwards as far as Deyra-Dhoon. Fl. largish, 

 scarlet. R. S. ; fr. C S. 



/3. rubrum; fl. deep-red. ?^ <ptsi«l^ Rukto-kamaluta. 



y. album; fl. white, tinged at base with green. C*^ ^\sm^ Shwet- 



kamaluta. 

 Batatas, Rumph. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 260.) 



1. edulis, Choisy. (G. Don. I. c.;—J. Grah. Cat. B. pip. 129.— Convol- 

 vulus Batatas, Michx. ; — L. ; Roxb. fl. ind. i, p. 483 ; ed. Carey, 2, 

 p. 69. — Ipomoea Batatas, Lam., excl. syn. Feuillee. — Convolvulus 

 esculentus, Spreng. — C. edulis, Thunb. — Ipomoea Catesbaei, Meyer.) 

 Sweet or Spanish Potatoe. ^. «>^ East Indies. Cultivated every where 

 within the tropics. FL largish, pale rose-coloured, with a purple eye, 

 Feb. and March ; fr. C. S. 

 a. erythrorrhiza ; Tubers red. ^Tt^I •1<P<1<P*H ^t^ Lal-shukarkundo- 



aloo. 

 /3. leurcorrhiza ; Tubers white. J1C*pIt *l<P<l<P^ ^^Tt^ Sufed-shukar- 



kundo-aloo. The red variety is always preferred, and is in general 



cultivation all over the warmer parts of Asia. 

 2.panicttlata, Choisy. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 261 ;—J. Grah. Cat. 

 B. pi. p. 129. — Convolvulus paniculatus, L. ; — Schuvi. pi. guin. p. 

 94 ; — Roxb. fi. ind. \, p. 478 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 63. — Ipomoea panicu- 

 lata, R. Br.; — B. Reg. 1, t. 62; not Burm. — I. mauritiana, Jacq. 

 hort. schunbr. 2, t. 200. — I. gossypifolia, Willd. enum. — I. eriosperma. 

 Beam. — I. quinqueloba, Willd.; — RiJm. and Sch. — I. insignis, Andr.; 

 B. Repos. t. 636 \—B. Reg. I, t. 75 ;— fi. M. 43, t. 1790.— Convol- 

 vulus gossypifolius, Spreng. — C. insignis, iSjorew^. — C. roseus, H. B. and 



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