^04 01. coNVOLVULACBiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipomcea. 



Vae. lobata ; leaves 3-7-lobed sometimes nearly to the base, lobes narrowed near 

 their bases, capsule l in. diam. papery glabrous, seeds ellipsoid minutely adpressedly 

 fulvous-silky with braid-like markings. — S. Decean Peninsula ; Wight, Stocks, Law. 

 Wight has named this /. hepaticifolia, Burm., from which it recedes in the dis- 

 tinctly-cordate ovate bracts. 



20. X. pes-tlgTiAis, Idnn. ; Moxb. JFl. Ind., ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 93; 

 haiiy, leaves deeply 5-9-lobed, heads peduneled, outer bracts ovate or elliptic 

 oblong not cordate, corolla medium-sized funnel-shaped pink. Blume Bijd. 

 709 ; Wight Ic. t. 836 ; Ch<m. Canvolv.' Or. 73, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 363 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165. Convolvulus pes-tigridis, Sp-emg. Syst. i. 592 ; 

 Wall. Cat. 1374. 0. bryonisefolius, Salish. Prod. 125. Convolvuloides pal- 

 mata, Moench. Meth. 453. — Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 59. 



Throughout India from the Punjab to Malacca and Ceylon, frequent in the drier 

 Jow hills. — DisTEiB. Malaya, China, Polynesia, Tropical Africa. 



Stems twining, patently hirsute. Leaves 1-5 in. diam., hirsute on both surfaces ; 

 lobes elliptic, acimiinate, narrowed at the base ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles J-3 in. ; 

 heads dense, fulvous-hirsute, outer bracts 1 in., inner smaller narrower acute. Sepals 

 ^^ in., lanceolate, acute, hirsute, hardly enlarged in fruit. Corolla H in., tube 

 narrow, mouth suddenly widened, sparsely hairy without. Capsule ^ in., ovoid, 

 papery, glabrous. Seeds minutely velvety or nearly glabrous. 



Vae. hepaticifolia ; leaves 3-lobed or angular. I. hepaticifolia, lAnn. Sp. PI. 230 ; 

 Burm. Fi: Ind. 60, t. 20, fig. 2 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 74, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 363. 

 Convolvulus hepatieifolius, Spreng. St/st. i. 594. — S. Decean Peninsula and Ceylon ; 

 frequent. 



Vae. capitellata; leaves ovate-cordate acute entire. I. capitellata, Chois. Convolv.. 

 Or. 75, and in BC. Prodr. ix. 363. I. tamnifolia, Burm. Fl. Ind. 60, partly {as to 

 the Indian plant) not of Linn. Convolvulus capitellatus. Wall. Cat. 2250.- — Through- 

 out the Decean extending north to Behar and Hindoostan ; not rare. — A complete 

 series connects the /. pes-tigridis with its 3-lobate-leaved form, and another connects 

 it with the entire-leaved form. The entire-leaved form has been supposed to be 

 Wight's I. bracteatai; while on the other hand Wight supposed his I. bracteata with 

 lobed leaves to be /. hepaticifolia. The two species are easily separable, /. brac- 

 teata having bracts obtuse outer distinctly cordate : I. pes-tigridis bracts acute outer 

 not at all cordate. 



21. X. eriocarpa, .Sr. Prodr. 484; hairy, leaves oblong-cordate acute, 

 beads sessile, bracts ovate-linear, corolla small oampanulate pink, capsule 

 patently hairy. Chois. in BC. Prodr. ix. 369 ; Bemth. Fl. Austrcd. iv. 426. 

 I. sessiliflora, Both Nrnt. Sp. 116 ; Wight Ic. t. 169 ; Chms. Ccmvolv. Or. 76, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 366 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 166. I. hispida, Boem. ^ 

 Sch. Syst. iv. 288. I. ligulata, Bajer Soi-t. Maurit. 229. I. sphssrocephala, 

 Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 372. I. 'Horsfieldiana, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 611. 

 Convolvulus eriooarpus and sessiliflorus, Spreng. Syst. i. 598, 899. 0. spbaero- 

 cepbalus, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 472, and ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 

 53; WaU. Cat. 1844. C. bispidus, Vahl Symb. 329. 0. Rampania, WaM. 

 Cat. 225 (not now in WaUicb's Herbarium). 



Throughout India, alt. 0-4000 ft. ; common. Cetlon ; ascending to 4000 ft. — 

 — DisTEiB. Affghanistan and Tropics of the Old World. 



Stems twining, patently villous. Leaves 2^ by 1 in., sparsely hairy on both 

 surfaces; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 0, or (in one Hindoostan example of Thomson's) 

 ^2J in. ; heads sometimes few-fid., rarely reduced to one subsessile flower ; bracts J 

 in., hirsute ; sepals similar to the bracts but smaller, unaltered in fruit. Corolla | 

 in. Capsule J in., globose. Seeds puberulous. 



22. I. Stocksii, Clarke ; hairy, leaves elliptic subacute, beads sessile, 

 bracts lanceolate inconspicuous, corolla small, capsule glabrous. 



