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— B. Reg. 4, t. 317. — I. angustifolia, Jacq. icon. rar. t. 317 ; — Rheed, 

 11,^55.) © c^ China. Japan. New Holland. America. C. G. H. 

 Guinea. Ceylon. Java. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Seram- 

 pore.) Fl. middle-sized, straw-coloured, more yellow at the plaits, 

 with a crimson eye, R. and C. S. ; fr. C. S. 

 C. — Stems twining. 

 I.Turpethum R. Br. (G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 26S;—B. Reg. 4, t. 

 279 -y—Roth. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B.pl.p. 131. — Convolvulus Turpethum, 

 L. ;—B. M. 46, t. 2093 •,—Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 476 ; ed. Carey, 2. p. 

 57; — Hook. bat. misc. 3, p. 297; — Wight, ill. suppl. t. 88.) c^^^ 

 Teooree. fsf?;^ Trivrit. % New Holland. Otaheite, Friendly and Ma- 

 rianne Islands. Ceylon. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serarapore.) 

 Fl. largish, white, with a tinge of cream-colour, R. and C. S. ; fr. H. 

 S. Bark of the root employed by the natives as a purgative, which 

 they use fresh, rubbed up with milk. About six inches in length of a 

 root as thick as the little finger is reckoned a common dose. Cattle do 

 not eat the plant. (Roxb.) 



8. lactea. Wall. Assam. 



9. straminea. Wall. Mergui. Dec. 1840. 



10. pileata, Roxb. (fl. ind. 1, p. 504; ed. Carey, 2, p. 94; — G. Don's 



Mill. diet. 4, p. 269. — Convolvulus pileatus, Spreng.) %. China. Fl. 



middle-sized, rose-coloured. In H. C. G. fl. and fr. Nov. to Feb. 



{Roxb.) 

 W.atropurpuha, Choisy. {G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 269. — Convolvulus 



atropurpureus, Wall. ; — Roxb. fl. ind; ed. Carey, 2, p. 54 ; — pi. as. 



rar. 1, p. 43. — Ipomoea sphaerocephala, D. Don. pr. fl. nep. p. 98, 



excl. syn. Roxb,) 2/. Nepal. Gossain Than. Fl. large, deep-purple. 



Has fl. in H. C. G. ? 



12. barbata, Choisy. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 269. — Convolvulus barba- 

 tus, Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 155.) B Rangoon. Banks of the Irrawad- 

 di. Fl. largish, pale-yellowish. Has been introduced into H. C. G. 

 Fl. ? 



13. hispida, (I. sessiliflora. Roth. G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 269 ;— Wight, 

 icon. 1, ^ 169 ; — Rom. and -S'cA.-- Convolvulus sessiliflorus. Spreng. — 

 C. hispidus, Vahl.—C. sphserocephalus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 472 ; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 53. — C. tamnifolius, Klein; Rom and Sch. — Ipomoea 

 sphaerocephala, Swt. ; — not D. Don.) © Arcot. Dindygul. Madras. 

 Prome. Interior of Bengal, (Serampore, Bhaugulpore, Monghir.) Nepal. 

 Cape Verde Islands. Fl. small, rose-coloured, C. S. ; fr. H- S. 



/3. leucantha ; fl. white. (Serampore.) 

 14. polyanthes, Rom, and Sch. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 270, — Convol- 

 vulus umbellatus, L. sp. p. 221 ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 14; not Ipomoea 

 umbellata, L. sp. p. 227,) ^. Martinique. St. Domingo. Jamaica. 

 Cuba, about Havannah. Fl. smallish, bright yellow, with a tinge of 

 green, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



