202 CI. coNVOLV0LACBa!. (C. B. Clarke.) llpomcea. 



14. I. dig'itata, Linn. ; Meisen. in Mart. Srasil. vii. 278, mth all syn. ; 

 glabrous, leaves large palmately 6-7-lol)ed, peduncles many-fld. longer than 

 Qie petioles, sepals elliptic shortly acute glabrous, seeds woolly with hairs ^ 

 in. long. Chois. in JDC. Prodr. ix. 389, char, emend. I. paniculata, Br. Prodr. 

 486 ; Blume Bijd. 709 ; Bot. Peg. t. 62, not of Burm. I. mauritiana, Jacg. 

 ITort. Schoenb. ii. 39, t. 200. I. gossypifolia, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 208. 

 I. eriosperma, Beauv. Fl. Owar. et Ben. ii. 73, t. 105. I. insignis, Andr. Bot. 

 Pep. t. 635 ; Bot. Reg. t. 76 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1790. I. tuberosa, G. F. W. Mey. 

 Fsseq. 102. I. plantensis, Bot. Peg. t. 333; Bot. Mag. t. 3685 ; Oiois. in DC. 

 Prodr. is.. 387. Convolvulus paniculatus, Zimi. Sp. PI. 223 ; Poxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 478, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 63 ; Wall. Cat. 1350. C. digitatus, platensis, 

 and insignis, Spreng. Syst. i. 591, 592. 0. roseus, Kunth. in Humh. ijr Bonpl. 

 iii. 108, not of Mill. Batatas paniculata, Chois. Convolv. Or. 64, t. l,fig. 2, and 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 339 ; Wight in Madras Journ. v. 4, t. 11 ; Dalz. Isf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 167. B. edulis, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 339, var. y only. 



Tbopical Inbia ; common, from Bengal and Assam to Ceylon ; not in the drier 

 ■western portion. — Disteib. Tropical Asia, Africa, America and Australia, in moist 

 climates. 



A large, scandent perennial. Leaves 3-7 in. diam., often lobed nearly to the 

 base ; lobes lanceolate or elliptic, often spathnlate ; petiole 2-5 in. Peduncles often 

 6 in. ; bracts deciduous ; flowers not capitate. Sepals J-^ in., wider concave in fruit. 

 Corolla 14-2J in., widely campanulate, glabrous, pink-purple. Anthers never twisted. 

 Ovary completely 4-eelled, unless perhaps near the top. Capsule ^ in., ovoid, com- 

 pletely 4-celled to the apex, 4-valved, the long wool from the seeds exsert from the 

 fissures. 



15. X. pentapbylla, Jacq. lo. Par. t. 319, not of Cav. ; thinly hirsute,, 

 leaves digitate, leaflets broad-lanceolate subsessile, peduncles long laxly 

 dichotomous, sepals large elliptic outer patently hirsute, seeds glabrous. 

 Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. vii. 287, with all syn. I. pilosa, Cav. Ic. iv. 11, t.. 

 S2S, not of Sweet. Convolvulus pentaphyllus, i»ji». /Sjo. PI. 223. 0. hirsutus, 

 Poxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 479, and ed. Carey 8r Wall. ii. 65. 0. 

 munitus, Wall. Cat. 1354 ; Wight in Hook Bot. Miscell. ii. 104, t. 7. C. 

 nemorosus, Poem. ^ Sch. Syst. iv. 303. Batatas pentaphylla, Chois. Convolv. 

 Or. 54, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 339 ; Wight Ic. t. 834 ; Dalz. ^ Gibs. Bomb. FL 

 167. Spiranthera pentaphylla, Bojer Sort. Maurit. 226, 



W. IimiA ; Hindoostan, Gujerat, W. Deccan Peninsula, frequent. — Distbie.. 

 Africa, Polynesia, Tropical America ; often cultivated. 



A twining annual. Leaflets 2-4 in. ; petiole 2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; bracts | 

 in., linear; pedicels ^-2 in., fulvous-hirsute. Sepals ^ in, obtuse or subacute; in 

 fruit enlarged, sometimes nearly 1 in. Corolla l| in., wide-funnel-shaped, glabrous,, 

 white or ochroleucous. Ovary completely 4-eell6d. Capsule ^-^ in., ovoid, papery, 

 completely 4-celled; endocarp separating, with a, hole opposite the back of each 

 seed. 



16. X. Batatas, Zamk. Enc. vi. 14; glabrous or sparingly hairy, leaves, 

 ovate-cordate acute angular or more or less lobed, peduncles long many fld., 

 sepals elliptic shortly acute glabrous, seeds glabrous. Meissn. in Mart. Brasil. 

 vii. 282. I. Catesbaei, G. F. W. Mey. Esseq. 103. Convolvulus Batatas, 

 Linn. ; Poxb. Fl. Ind. i. 483, and ed, Carey 8r Wall. ii. 69 ; Blrnne Bijd. 712 ;, 

 Wall. Cat. 1356. 0. indicus, Moris. Hist. ii. sect. 1, t. 3, fig. 4. C. edulis, 

 Thunb. Fl. Jap. 84. G. eseulentus, Salisb. Prod. 123. Batatas edulis, Chois, 

 Convolv. Or. 53, and in DC. Prod]-, ix. 338. B. xanthorhiza, Bojer Hm-t, 

 Maimt. 225. — Pumph. Serb. Amb. v. t. 130. Pheede Hort. Mai. vii. t. 50. 



Cultivated in India, but not extensively. — Native of America. 



Tubers red, white or rarely yeUow. Stem usually hairy. Flowers 2 in. and 



