Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 313 



the base, lanceolate or elliptic, often spathulate ; length 3 to 7 in., 

 width 2-5 to 6 in. ; petiole 2 to 5 in. long. Flowers in many-flowered 

 axillary cymes, on peduncles 2 to 6 in. long ; pedicels -25 to -75 in. 

 long; bracts deciduous. Sepals elliptic, shortly acute, glabrous, 

 •25 to "3 in. long, enlarged and concave in fruit, "4 to "O in. long. 

 Corolla 1-5 to 2*25 in. long, glabrous externally, wide-campanulate, 

 purplish-pink. Stamens 5, anthers straight. Ovary 4-celled for three- 

 fourths of its height or throughout. Capsule ovoid, "3 in. long, 4-celled 

 throughout, 4-valved. Seeds woolly with long hairs which protrude 

 from the chinks of the capsule. Bl. Bijdr. 709 ; Bot. Eeg. t. 62 : 

 Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 379. Convolvulus paniculatus, Linn 

 Sp. PI. 223 ; Eoxb. Flor. Ind. I. 478, and ed. Carey & WaU. II. 63; WaU 

 Cat. 1350 ; Spreng. Syst. I. 591. C. platensis, Spreng. Syst. I. 591 

 C. insignis, Spreng. Syst. I. 592. C. roseus, Kunth in Humb. & Bonpl 

 III. 108 (not of Miller). Ipomcea digitata, Linn. Syst. ed. X. 924 

 Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Brasil. VII. 278 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 389 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 202. I. mauritiana, Jacq. Hort 

 Schoenbr. II. 39, t. 200. I. gossypifolia, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 208 

 I. eriosperma, Beauv. Fl. Owar. & Benin II. 73, t. 105. I. insignis, 

 Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 665; Bot. Eeg. t. 75; Bot. Mag. t. 1790. I. tuberosa, 

 G. F. W. Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq. 102. I. platensis, Ker-Gawl. Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 333; Bot. Mag. t. 3685; Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 387. Batatas 

 paniculata, Choisy Convolv. Or. 54, t. 1, f. 2, and in DC. Prod. 

 IX. 339 ; Wight Madr, Journ. Lit. IV. t. 11. B. edulis, var. y, Choisy 

 in DC. Prod. IX. 339. 



Peeak: Scortechini ! Penang: Wallich 1350! DescJiamps ! Singa- 

 POEE : Chan-chu-kang, Bidley 3909 ! — Disteib. Cosmopolitan in the 

 tropics. 



5. Ipomcea Batatas, Lamk Encycl. Meth. VI. 14. A trailing or 

 twining glabrous or sparingly hairy herb with tuberous roots ; tubers 

 red, white, or occasionally yellow. Leaves ovate-cordate, acute, entii-e 

 or angular or somewhat lobed; 2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3-5 in. wide ; petiole 

 2 to 5 in. long. Floioers in few-flowered cymes, very often none pro- 

 duced, on axillary peduncles 1 to 4 in. long ; pedicels -25 to 6 in. long ; 

 bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous. Sepals narrowly oblong, acute, the 

 outer shorter, '5 to "6 in. long. Corolla 1 to 2 in. long, purpHsh, 

 glabrous externally, campanulate. Stamens 5, filaments slightly 

 hirsute at the base. Ovary 4-celled, glabrous, half-enveloped by the 

 undulate disk. Capsule 4-celled, or casually 3-1-ceUed by sup- 

 pression. Seeds glabrous. Bl. Bijdr. 712; Meissn. in Mart. Fl. 

 Brasil. VII. 282 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 202 ; HalHer 

 f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 380. I. Catesbcei, G. P. W. Mev. Prim. Fl. 



