Ipomma.] ci. coNVOLTiTLACEiE. (C, B. Clarke.) 199 



6. I. coccinea, Idrm. ; Bot. Mag. t. 221 ; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 glabrous, sepals elliptic suddenly acuminate, seeds densely furred. Roxh. Hort. 

 Beng. 14 ; Andr. Bat. Rep. t. 499 ; Mdsm. in Mart. Brasil. viii. 217, with syn. 

 I. luteola, Jacq. Ic. Rar. i. t. 35 ; Blwme Bijd. 711. 1. phoenicea, Roxh. Hort. 

 Bang. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 502, and ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 92. Convolvulus 

 coccineus and luteolus, S^eng. Syst. 1. 599. 0. phoeniceus, 8preng. Syst. i. 596 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1372. Quamoclit coccinea, Moench Hort. Marh. 453 ; Choie. in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 335, loith syn. Q. phoenicea, CAois. Convolv. Or. 61, t. 1, fig. 1, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 336. 



Cultivated and quasi-wild tliroughout India, erroneously supposed by Eoxburgh 

 to be a native of Coromandel. — Introduced from tropical America. 



Stems subscandent, -weak. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., entire or lobed ; petiole 2-4 in. 

 Peduncles 2—6 in., slender ; cyme lax, few or many-flowered ; bracts inconspicuous. 

 Sepals \ in., unaltered in fruit. ' Corolla crimson, in garden varieties orange or 

 yellow; tube 1 in., mouth } in. diam. Ovary completely 4-celled. Capsule ; in. or 

 rather more, ovoid, smoothj completely 4-celled ; dissepiments thin, membranous, per- 

 sistent. 



6. X. Quamoclit, Linn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 244 ; leaves pinnate segments 

 numerous linear, sepals elliptic, seeds nearly glabrous. Roxh. Hort. Beng. 14, 

 and Fl. Ind. i. 502, and ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 93 ; Blume Bijd. 708 ; Meissn. in 

 Mart. Brasil. vii. 217, vdth syn. Oonvolrulus pennatus, Lamk. Enc. iii. 567. 

 C. Quamoclit, Spre/ng. Syst. i. 591 ; Wall. Cat. 1375. Quamoclit vulgaris, 

 Chois. Convolv. Or. 52, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 336. — Rumph. Herh. Amb. v. 

 t. 155, fig. 2. ; Rheede Hort. Mai. xi. t. 60. 



Common throughout India, in gardens and as a denizen; native of tropical 

 America. 



A slender, glabrous twiner. Leaves 3-5 by 2-3 in., segments distant. Peduncles 

 few-flowered. Corolla crimson or white. Flowers and capsules nearly as of /. 

 coccinea. 



STTBeESiis m. Fharbitis, Chois. in. DC. Prodr. ix. 341 (genus). Corolla- 

 tvhe narrow. Anthers included. Ovary 3-ceUed, 6-ovuled. Capsule 3-celled, 

 6-4-8eeded. 



7. I. bederacea, Jacq. Collect, i. 124, and Ic. Rar. i. t. 36; hairy, leaves 

 ovate-cordate 3-lobed lobes ovate acuminate, peduncles 1-5-fld. mostly shorter 

 than the petioles, sepals elliptic elongate-linear patently hirsute near the base, 

 seeds glabrous. Bot. Reg. t. 85 ; Blume Bijd. 710 ; Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. 

 vii. 228. I. ccernlea, Koen. ; Roxh. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 501 ; ed. 

 Carey ^ Wall. ii. 91 ; Bot. Reg. t. 276. 1. punctata, Pers. Syn. i. 184. I. nil 

 and barbata, Roth Cat. Bot. i. 36, 37. I. Dillenii, Roem. ^ Sch. Syst. iv. 227. 

 Convolvulus nU, lAnn. ; Bat. Mag. t. 188. 0. hederaceus, Idnn. ; Wall. Cat. 

 1373. C. DDleniij Lamh. Enc. iii. 544. C. cceruleus, Spreng. Syst. i. 593. 

 Convolvuloides triloba, Moench Hart. Marh. 452. Pharbitis hederacea and 

 nil, Chois. Convolv. Or. 57, 58, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 343, 344. P. diversifolia, 

 Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1988. P. variifolia, Dene, in Nauv. Ann. Mus. iii. 390. 

 P. Purshii, punctata and barbata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 263, viith many other 

 syn. 



India ; both cultivated and apparently wild, common. — ^Disteib. Tropical and 

 subtropical regions of both hemispheres. 



Stem twining, sparsely retrorsely hirsute. Leaies 2-S in. diam. ; petiole 1-4 in. 

 Peduncles rarely longer than the petioles ; pedicels usually J in. ; bracts 2, J in., 

 linear, close to the calyx. Sepals ^1 in., subequal, narrowly linear upwards, very 

 hirsute, or nearly glabrous near the base. Corolla li-2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, 

 rose-coloured, blue, or somewhat orange below. Anthers never twisted. Capsule 



