736 BENGAL PLANTS. [Ipomea. 
Cultivated occasionally, especially in the western pro- 
es. 
A creeping, rarely twining plant, with tuberous roots. 
Vernac. Mita-alu, Shakarkand-alu. The Sweet Potato ; 
the red variety is more frequently found in cultivation 
our provinces than is the white. 
1357. Ipomaa Prs-capre Sweet. J. biloba F. B. I. iv. 212; E. D. 
I. 3 Convolvulus Pes-capre F. 1. i 
Orissa; Sundribuns ; Chittagong: on Ahi sea-shore 
among sand, common. Mr. Kurz once found the plant 
owing on a hill near Raniganj in W. Bengal; how it 
found its way there is unknown. 
A pT littoral, creeping perennial. Uriya 
Kansarinata; Beng. Chagal-kuri. 
1358. eres REPTANS Poir. JI. aquatica F. B. I. iv. 210; E. D. 
Convolvulus repens F. T, i. 482. 
In all the provinces, very common 
A long-stemmed creeper, eaniteisije roots at each node, 
floating on the surface of ponds, marshes, or sluggish 
itches, or prostrate on wet mud where water has 
recently stood ; often purposely planted: the leaves and 
young shoots very generally used as a vegetable. Beng. 
mi-Sak. 
1359. Ipomaa sEpraRtIA Keen.; F. I. i. 499; F. B. I. iv. 209; 
In the central and eastern province 
wining, hirsute aR unee Bey. Ban-kalm 
1359/2. Var. strpuLacea F. B. I. iv. 209. Sinischeilae stipu- 
ceus F. I. i. 484. 
In the southern, central, and eastern provinces, from 
Orissa to Chittagong. 
A twining, hirsute perennial. 
1360. Ipomama opscura Ker; F. B. I. iv. 207 E. D. I. 397. 
Convolvulus obseurus F. I. i. 472. 
In most of the Resdgece 
annual twin 
1361. revilaie TRICOLOR ‘Cav. 
ardens. 
An annual climber; native of America. 
