Flora of the Malayan Peninsula. . 317 



Vahl Symb. I. 17 ; Koxb. Fl. Ind. I. 432, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 

 68; Wall. Cat. 1355 {not o/Linn.). C. Adansonii, Lamk Encyc. Meth. 

 III. 560. Eumph. Herb. Amboin. V. t. 155, f. 1. Eheede Hort. Malab. 

 XI. t. 52. 



Andamaxs : Port Blair, Prain ! and probably in some of the other 

 provinces. — Disteib. Tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. 



12. Ipomcea sagitt^folia, Bm-m. Flor. Ind. 50. A perennial glabrous 

 or at times pubescent or hirsute twining herb. Leaves ovate-cordate, 

 acute, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, entu'e or sinuate, rarely 

 lobed, basal lobes usually rounded; length 1 to 2-5 in., width -75-2 in. ; 

 petiole 1 to 2 in. long. Floivers in axillary peduncled sub-umbellate 

 cymes ; peduncles -5 to 7 in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate, caducous ; 

 pedicels "3 to '5 in. long, in fruit thickened and clavate. Sepals ovate, 

 sub-obtuse, shghtlypuberulous, -2 in. long, when dry slightly muriculate 

 externally. Corolla pale purple or white with a purple eye, 1"5 to 2 in. 

 long; tube cylindric, Kmb abruptly explanate. Capsule '25 to "3 in. 

 long, ovoid, 2-4-seeded. Seeds furred. I. sepiaria, Koen. ex Eoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 14, Flor. Ind. I. 500, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 90 ; Choisy 

 Convolv. Or. 82, and in DC. Prod. IX. 370, Wight Ic. t. 838; Clarke in 

 Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 209. I. striata, Both Nov. Sp. 111. I. Heynei, 

 Wall. Cat. 1387. Convolvtdus maximtts, Vahl Symb. III. 26. C. strictus, 

 Vahl Symb III. 27. C. marginatus, Lamk Encyc. Meth. III. 558. 

 C. sepiarius, Wall. Cat. 1384. C. incrassatus, Wall. Cat. 1386. Eheede 

 Hort. Malab. XI. t. 53. 



Kedah : at 100 feet elevation. King's Collector 1705 ! Malacca i 

 Merhman Eoad, Derry 353 ! Singapgee : Bidley 6660 ! 11261 ! — 

 Disteib. S.E. Asia generally. 



13. Ipomgea staphtlina, Eoem. & Schult. Syst. IV. 249; var. 

 malayana, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 106. A glabrous 

 scandent shrub over 90 feet long. Leaves glabrous, rather thick, dull 

 green on both surfaces, sub-acute rather prominently veined ; 2-5 to 

 4 in. long ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long. Floicers numerous in rather 

 dense panicles, 2-5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; peduncles '5 to 1*5 in. long ; 

 bracts small, caducous; pedicels "1 to "25 in. long, mostly short. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, glabrous, '2 in. long. Corolla white, slightly tinged 

 with pink ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped throughout, 1 to 1"25 in. long, 

 hardly "3 in. wide at the throat, limb rather narrow, abruptly explanate. 

 Capsule ovoid, sub-acute, -3 in. long, 4-seeded. Seeds with long silky 

 hairs. Convolvulus polyanthus, Wall. Cat. 1378. Lettsomia sumatrana, 

 Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 560. 



Penang : Porter {Wallich 1378) ! Peeak : Larut, Scortechini ! 

 King's Collector 1119 ! 2538 ! 5091 !— Disteib. Sumatra. 



