Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. 315 



nicobarica, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. XLV. 2, 141. Co7ivolvulus denticu- 

 latus, Lamk Encycl. Meth. III. 540. 



Pekak : Bindings, Scortechini 1066 ! Curtis 3449 ! Penaxg : 

 Bagian Jumal, Curtis 1974 ! Pahang : Eumpin, Bidletj ! Nicobaes : 

 common. Andamans : very common. — Distbib. Coasts of the Indian 

 and Pacific Oceans, from the Seychelles to Polynesia. 



This species, in the writer's experience, prefers shingle beaches, though occasionally 

 it is to be met with on sandy beaches along with I. hiloba. 



8. Ipomcea triloba, Linn. Sp. PI. 229. A twining or prostrate 

 herb with glabrous slightly angular stem. Leaves cordate, acuminate 

 to an often rounded tip, entire or toothed or occasionally 3-lobed ; 1*5 

 to 2 in. long, 1-25 to 1-75 in. wide ; petiole slender, 1-75 to 2 in. long. 

 Flotoers in axillary 1-4-flowered cymes ; peduncles 1 to 1'5 in. long ; 

 bracts lanceolate, "2 in. long, deciduous ; pedicels "25 to -35 in. long. 

 Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, ciliate with spreading yellowish hairs, 

 •35 in. long. Corolla tubular, purple, -5 in. long. Capsule pilose. 

 Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 383. 



SiNGAPOEE : Hullett ! — Disteib. Cultivated in the tropics ; native 

 of America. 



Under his n. 68, Mr. Hullett sent to Calcutta, in 1884, as Ipomcea coccinea, a 

 mixture of two species, one of which is Quamoclit phcenicea, the other being Ipomcea 

 triloba ; as they are not noted as cultivated it seems possible that I. triloba may 

 at least casually occur as an escape at Singapore. For the detection of this mixture, 

 which had not been observed by the writer when arranging the Calcutta Con- 

 volvulacea in 1894 (see Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2, 83 et seq.), we are indebted 

 to Dr. H. HaUier. 



9. Ipomcea Pes-Cape^, Eoth Nov. Sp. 109. A glabrous extensive 

 sand-binding creeper. Leaves orbicular or oblong, obtuse emarginate 

 or 2-lobed ; 1 to 4 in. long and sometimes wider than long ; thick, fleshy, 

 when dry distinctly nerved ; petiole 1 to 4 in. long. Flowers in 

 axillary 1-3-flowered cymes ; peduncles 1 to 4 in. long ; bracts 

 •2 in. long, lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels '75 to 1'5 in. long. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, glabrous, '5 to -6 in. long, slightly enlarged in fruit. 

 Corolla tubular-campanulate, glabrous, 2 in. long, purple. Capsule 

 ovoid, glabrous, "5 in. long. Seeds villous. Choisy Convolv. Or. 63, and 

 in DC. Prod. IX. 349 ; Meissn. in Mart. PI. BrasH. VII. 256 ; HalUer f. 

 Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 381. I. biloba, Porsk. Plor. ^gj^t.-Arab. 44 ; 

 Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 212. L maritima, E. Br. Prod. 

 486 ; Bl. Bijdr. 720; Bot. Eeg. t. 319. Convolvuhis Pes-Caprce, Lmn. 

 Sp. PI. 159 ; Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 14, Flor. Ind. I. 486, and ed. Carey & 

 Wall. II. 74; Wall. Cat. 1360. C. maritimus, Lamk Encyc. Meth. 



