200 CL coNVOLTULACE^. (0. B. Clarke.) {Ipomma. 



^ in., ovoid, subglobose, smooth. — Probably an American plant, naturalised in the 

 Old World. /. icabra, Forsk., is adduced as a syn. by Choisy (DC. Prodr. ix. 344), 

 which, if this is correct, is the oldest name ; bnt Forskahl says his plant had 5-lobei 

 leaves, hence the name of Linnaeus and Meissner has been here retained. 



Vab. integrifolia, Chois. ; leaves ovate-cordate acute entire, peduncles about as 

 long as the petioles, sepals elliptic much elongate. I ccerulescens, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 

 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 500, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 90. — Cultivated and apparently 

 wild. Intermediate states connect this with I. hederacea. It is often called I. Tiis- 

 pida, but it differs Jix>m that in the elongate lignlate termination to the sepals. 



Vas. kimalaica ; leaves and flowers larger, sepals in fruit attaining 1^ in., seeds 

 densely closely villous. — Himalaya, alt. 4-5000 ft., from Kashmir to Sikkim, in the 

 inner valleys at some distance &om the plains. 



8. X. pnrpurea, Zamk. III. i. 466; hairy, leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 entire, peduncles few-fld., sepals eUiptic-oblong acute patently hirsute near the 

 hase, seeds glahrous. Meissn. in Mart. BrasU. vii. 223. Convolvulus pui^ 

 pureus, Linn. ; Bot. Mag. tt. 113, 1005, 1682. 



IitniA. ; ascending to 3—7000 ft. in Kashmir, Sikkim, the Khasia Mts. and W. 

 Deccan Peninsula, probably not a native. — ^Disteib. Tropical America ; extensively 

 cultivated in all warm countries. 



Besembles the entire-leaved var. of /. hederacea ; but the leaves are smaller ; 

 peduncles often longer and slenderer; pedicels 1 in., nmbelled, deflexed in &uit; 

 sepals ^— J in., unequal, without the ligulate termination characteristic of I. hederacea. 

 Inhabits very remote parts of the mountains, and has about as good a claim to be 

 regarded as Indian as has I. hederacea. 



9. I. laciniata, Clarke ; glahrous, leaves 5-7-partite segments serrate or 

 pinnatifid, pedimcles 1-3-fld. shorter than the leaves, corolla-tuhe long linear. 

 Pharhitis laciniata, Dab. m Hook. Kew Joum. iii. 178 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 167.— Ipomsea n. 40, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



We^ Dbccan PBNiNsnLA ; Bababoodan HiUs, Law ; Bombay and Malwar, 

 Dalzell; Belgaum, Ritchie. 



Stem slender, creeping or twining. Leaves 1-2 in. diam., subdigitate, lobes 

 elliptic or almost linear ; petiole ^1 in. Peduncles mostly 1-fld., thickened upwards 

 in fruit; bracts i in., linear. Sepals ^— J in., elliptic, somewhat wider in fruit. 

 Corolla white, tube 2 by ^ in., purple within, limb lJ-2 in. diam. Anthers scarcely 

 esserted. Ovary 3-celled. Capsule ^ in., ovoid, subglobose, glabrous. Seeds closely, 

 densely furred. 



10. Z. dissecta, TFUld. Phyt. 5, t. 2, fig. 3; glabrous, leaves digitate, 

 lobes liuear-cuneate toothed or pinnatifid, peduncles sub- l-flowered loiter 

 than the leaves, coroUa very smaJl. Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 416 ; Chois. in 

 DC. Frodr. ix. 363, paHly. I. coptica, Roth N<m. Sp. 110 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 89, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 384; Dais. ^- Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166. Convolvulus 

 copticus, Linn. Mant. 559 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 477, and ed. Carey §■ Wall. u. 62 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1351. C. stipulatus, Lamk. Enc. iii. 546. 0. Thonningii, Schum. 



PI. Guin. 98. 



W. India and the Deccan, not common, Heyne, Shuier, Wight. Chxlon ; north 

 of the Island, Gardner. — Disteib. Tropical Africa and Australia. 



Stems 1-3 ft., prostrate, hardly twining. Leaves 1-1 J in. diam. ; petiole J in. 

 Peduncles \-\\ in. : bracts near the flower, minute ; or flowers subsessUe amongst the 

 digitate leaflike bracts. Sepals J in., oblong ; in fruit widened, rigid, back often 

 muricate. CoroUa | in., tubular-funnel-shaped, white. Capsule \ in. diam., glabrous, 

 6-vaIved, normally 6-seeded. Seeds glabrous or very nearly so. 



Subgenus IV. Aniseia, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 429 (genus). Two 

 outer sepals (at least in fruit) much longer than the inner, cordate or sub- 



