Ipomcea.] ci. convoltulacej:. (C. B. Clarke.) 20& 



Dbocan Peninsula ; Stocks. 



Stems prostrate, twining, patently hairy. Leaves 2 in., rhomboid, base obtuse or 

 subeordate ; petiole i-li in. Bracts I in., hispid. Sepals 5-4 in., eUiptic-laneeo- 

 late, patently hispidulous. Capsule ^-| in., ovoid, 2-cell6d, 4-seeded. Seeds furred, 

 margins villous. — Near /. eriocarpa. 



'* Floweirs pedicelled, cymose, subracemose or solitary. 



t Leaves undivided or angular on- somewhat lobed, rarely deeply. 



23. X. angustifolia, Jacq. Ic. Mar. t. 317, not of Chois. ; glabrous,, 

 leaves sessile hastate-oblong or -linear acute, peduncles long 1-3-fld., sepals 

 ovate acuminate, corolla small yellow. Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 425. I. den- 

 ticulata, Br. Prodr. 485 ; Bot. Reg. t. 817, not of Chois. I. filicaulis, Blume 

 Bijd. 721 ; Chois. Cmvolv. Or. 66, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 353; Dalz. 8r Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 165 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6426. Convolvulus hastatus and angustifolius,, 

 Lamh. Enc. iii. 542, 547. 0. fllicaulis, VaM Symb. iii. 24. 0. simplex, Pei-s. 

 8yn. i. 178. 0. denticulatus, Spreng. Syst. i. 603. 0. linifolius. Wall. Cat. 

 1389. C. medium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 474, and ed. Carey §• WaU. 256 ; WalL 

 Cat. 1346, not of Linn. 0. Blumii, Dietr. Syn. PI. i. Qlb.—Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 xi. t. 55. 



Hills of the Dbccan Peninsula and Ceylon ; extending north to Bundelcund, 

 Edgeworih. Khasia Mts.. alt. 0-3000 ft. ; common, and thence to Malacca. — 

 DisTEiB. S. E. Asia, Malaya, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



Diffuse, biennial, twining. Leaves IJ-S in., more or less toothed. Peduncles 

 often longer than the leaves ; bracts minute, persistent ; pedicels long. Sepals ^-^ 

 in. Corolla f in., funnel-shaped, eye purple. Capsule f in., ovoid, papery, glabrous, 

 2-celled. Seeds glabrous. 



24. X. tridentata, Both, Cat. Bot. ii. 19 ; glabrous, leaves sessile has- 

 tate-oblong or suhquadrate obtuse truncate or 3-toothed, peduncles often as 

 long as the leaves 1-3-fld., sepals ovate acuminate, coroUa small yellow. Chois. 

 Cmvolv. Or. 65, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 353 ; Balz. Sr Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165. 

 Evolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 392; Burm. Fl. Ind. 77, t. 16, flg. 3. 

 Convolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. PI. 157 ; Boxb. Fl. Ind. i. 475, and ed. 

 Carey ^ Wall. ii. 56 ; Wall. Cat. lS47.—Bheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 65. 



Dbccan Peninsula and Cbtlon ; frequent ; extending north to Chota Nagpore. — 

 DiSTBiB. Ava, Banca. 



Eootstoak woody, giving off numerous, closely-prostrate, elongate stems. Leaves 

 usually less than 1 in., sometimes subemarginate, mucronate. Flowers, capsules and 

 seeds, nearly as of /. angustifolia, with which Thwaites (JSmim. 211) unites it ; but 

 it is a smaller plant with smaller flowers, never twining. 



25. X. linlfolia, Blume Bijd. 721 ; sparsely hairy or glabrate, leaves 

 petioled narrowly oblong lower often subeordate ovate-oblong, peduncles few 

 or many-fld., sepals elliptic obtuse glabrous, corolla small yellow, capsule 1- 

 ceUed 4-seeded. Ch(m. in DC. Prodr. ix. 369; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 4S^. 

 I. setulosa, Zoll. Verz. by Moritz. 61. Convolvulus csespitosus, Boxb. Hart. 

 Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 483, and ed. Carey f Wall. ii. 70 ; Wall. Cat. 1357. 

 C. Benthamii,' WaU. Cat. 1393. Hewittia csespitosa, Steud. Nbm. Bot. 

 Sijnneria csespitosa, Chois. Convolv. Or. 106, t. 6, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 435. 



Subtropical Sikkim, J. D. H., &c. Assam and Silhet, frequent ; Wallich, 

 Masters, &c., and thence to Malacca. — Disinra. Malay Archipelago, Australia. 



Annual or biennial. Stems slender, much twining (creeping, Roxburgh). Leaves 

 1^2i in., oblong, narrowed suddenly at both ends ; lower often subeordate, some- 

 times ovate ; petiole j-i in. Peduncles 1-3 in., slender ; bracts minute, persistent. 



