508 



(11) I. FASTiGiATA, (Sweet.') 



fdeni. Sweet. Hort. p. 288.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 380, 



Syn. Convolvulus fastigiatus, Boxb. fior. Ind. II. p. 48.— ^ 



C. platanifolius, Vahl. — C. esSequebensis, Spreng.- — Ipomaea pla- 



tanifolia, RoelA. 8^ SehUlt. 



Spec. Char. Glabrou?, elongated: leaves cordate-acuminated 

 and mucronulate, entire, sinuate, pandiirate or ^-lobed, glabrous : 

 petiole long : peduncles exceeding the petiole-, S-12-flowered, 

 cymose, glabrous or somewhat villous at the base : sepals lanceo'^ 

 late, mucronately awned, glabrous, outer ones shorter : capsule 

 Smooth : seeds glab'tous : flowers large, pii'rple.-^^Varies in the 

 fetem being angular, peduncles fewor many-flowered, sepals shorter 

 or longer awned, and leaves pubescent on the veilis. 



^Cdncahs. Behgal. Flowering in Febriiary and March, 



(12) I. DAsysPERMA. (Jacq.) 



Ident. Jacq. Eel. T. p. 13"2. t. 89.— Dec. prod. XI. p. 386. . 



Syn. I. tuberculata, Ker. {not Roem. ^ Schult.) — Convolvulus 

 dasyspermus, Spreng. — -'U. pedatus, Roxh. flor. Ind. II. p. 63, 



Engrav. Ker. Bot. Rfeg. I. t. 86-. 



Spec. Char. Herbaceous, smooth : leaves 3-parted, segments 

 3*\:left, longer ones pihnately 5-16bed, lower ones bifid, all gla!Bi*oiis, 

 linear-lanceolate, mucronulate, petioles stipulaceous at thebase : 

 pediincles shorter than the leaf, 1-3-flowered : sepals ovate, obtuse, 

 as if cordately spurred at the base before flowering, outer ones 

 shorter : capsule glabrous : seeds with long orange silky hairs : 

 flowers deep cream-coloured, tinged with yellow and with a lilac- 

 purple eye. 



Perfinsula, flowering in the cold season. 



(13) I. tuberculata, (Roem. ^ Schult.) 



Ident. Roem. & Schult. 4. p. 208. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 386. 



Syn. Convolvulus tuberosus, Desv. — C. digitatus, Roxb.—^h 

 stipulata, Jacq. H. Schcenb.: — Batatas Loureiriij Don. 



Engrav. Bot. Reg. t. 86. — Jacq. 1. c. 11. t. 199. 



Spec Char. Stem glabrous, smooth or warty, murieated : 

 leaves quinate ; lobes lanceolate, entire at the margin, mucronate, 

 outer ones often 2-Gleft ; petioles stipulaceous : peduncles often 1- 

 flowered : sepals obtuse, unequal, ovate-oblong, membranaceous at 

 t|ie margin : capsule smooth ; seeds glabrous : flowers very large, 

 ■nhite lilac-purple, 



Ttninsula, flowering nearly all the year^ 



