Ipomma.} ci. conyolvdlace^. (C. B. Clarke.) 201 



hastate. Stamens included. Ovary 2-celled, 4-seeded,^ — Not -well distinguish- 

 able from Euipomeea, in which the outer sepals are usually somewhat 

 larger. 



11. X. uniflora, Roem. §■ Sch. Sygt. iv. 247, not of Blwme; glahrescent, 

 leaves petioled oblong obtuse, peduncles 1-flowered, sepals ultimately enlarged 

 decurrent, corolla^ 1 in. campanulate. I. lanceolata, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 

 282. Convolvulus uniflorus, Lamk. Enc. iii. 544 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 4/7, t. 21, 

 fig. 2. 0. emarginatus, Vahl Symb. iii. 23. C. Rheedii, Wall. Cat. 1368, and 

 in Boxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 70 ; Wight in Hooh. Bot. MisceU. ii. 

 106, t. 8. Aniseia uniflora, Chois. Convolv. Or. 101, t. 2, fig. 9, and in DC. 

 Pi-odr. ix. 431 ; Wiffht Ic. t. 850 ; Balz. 8r Gibs. Bomb. Fl. WS.—Bheede Sort. 

 Mai. xi. t. 54. 



Throughout India, from Nepal, Wallich, and Khasia, </. D. S., to Ceylon, 

 {Thwaites) and Malacca {Griffith, Maingay) ; not common, more frequent in the 

 Decoan Peninsula. — Djsteib. Malaya to Fiji Islands ; Tropical Africa. 



Creeping in "wet places, twining. Leaves 3 by 1 in., often emarginate ■with a 

 mucro, base euneate ; petiole J in. Pedimcles IJ in. ; bracts minute, persistent. 

 Sepals in flower ^-i in., outer elliptic, acute ; in fruit |-1 in., 2 outer subcordate 

 ovate Bcarious nervose, inner lanceolate. Corolla hairy without. Capsule ^ in., 

 ovoid, glabrous. " Seeds glabrous, margins minutely strigose. 



12. I. calycina, Bentk. in Gen. PI. ii. 872; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 entire, peduncles short few-fld., sepals ultimately cordate or sagittate, corolla 

 scarcely 1 in. tubular. I. sagittata, Boxb. Ic. ined. not of Desf. I. cariosepala, 

 Klotz. in Nub. PI. Convolvulus calycinus, Boxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. 

 i. 471, and ed, Carey 8r Wall. ii. 51 ; Wall. Cat. 2265. 0. Hardwickii, Spreng. 

 Syst. curae post. 60. Aniseia calycina, Chois. Convolv. Or. 100, and in DC. 

 Prodr. ix. 429 ; Wight HI. t. 168 b, fig. 5, and Ic. t. 833 ; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. 

 Fl. 163. 



Dbccan Peninsula; frequent; extending to Banda {Edgeworth) and the W. 

 Himalaya (Boyle). — Distkib. Tropical Africa. 



Stems much twining, villous. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply cordate, sparsely hairy or 

 glabrate; petiole IJ in. Pedimcles ^ in. ; pedicels § in. ; braotsj in., linear. Sepals 

 in flower ^ in., unequal, ciliate ; outer in fruit J by 5 in., lanceolate, hastate. Corolla 

 rose or white ; mouth funnel-shaped, narrow. Capsule \ in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds 

 villous, margins with long silky hairs. 



13. X. barlerioides, Benth. in Gen. PI. ii. 872 ; hirsute, leaves ovate- 

 oblong scarcely acute, peduncles longer or shorter than the petioles 1-fld., 

 corolla 2-3^ in. fuimel-shaped. Convolvulus barlerioides. Wall. Cat. 2256. 

 C. oblongus. Wall. Cat. 1382. Aniseia barlerioides, Chois. Convolv. Or. 102, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 432. 



N. W. India, Boyle ; Subsiwaliks, Edgeworth ; Kumaon, alt. 4000 feet, Strachey 

 4- Winterbottom. Oudh ; E. Thompson. Chota Nagpoee ; Clarke. W. Deccan 

 Peninsula southward to Courtallam ; Wight, Balzell, Bitchie, &e. 



Twining. Leaves 2-3 in., base obtuse or subcordate ; petiole 0-1 J, very variable 

 on the same stem. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; longer than the petioles in the N. Indian 

 plant (Choisy's type), hardly any in other S. Indian examples ; bracts J in., linear. 

 Sepals in flower J in., lanceolate ; in fruit much widened, 2 outer ovate. Corolla 

 purple or purplish-white, glabrous or sparsely hairy without ; tube very narrow at 

 the base ; mouth 2|- in. diam. Capsule \ in., ovoid, glabrous. Seeds oblong, villous 

 or pubescent, margins sometimes hirsute. 



StrBGENtfs V. Batatas, Chois. in DC. Prodr, ix. 337 (genus). Corolla 

 widely tubularrfunnel-ishaped. Stamens included. Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. 



