206 CI. CONVOLVULACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) llpomcea. 



I J in. ; margins, when dry, inflexed aboye, but hardly acute. Corolla f in., 

 subcampaiiulate, glabrous without. Ovary 2-celled. Capsule \ in., ovoid, papery, 

 with hardly any trace of the dissepiment near its base. Seeds glabrous. 



26. X. cliryseides, Ker in Bot. JReg. t. 270 ; leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 glabrous entire toothed or 3-lobed, peduncles many-fld., sepals elliptic glabrous, 

 corolla small yellow. Wight Ic. t. 157 ; Dane, in Nouv. Ann. Mus. iii. 393 ; 

 Chois. Convolv. Or. 87, and in DC. Prodr. is.. 382 ; Ddz. 8r Oibs. JBomh. Fl. 

 166. I. dentata, WiUd. ; Roem. Sf Sch. Syst. iv. 789. I. subtriflora, ZoU. 

 Verz. by Moritz, 51. Convolvulus chryseides, Sjn-eng. Syst. i. 598. 0. den- 



tatus, Vahl Symb. iii. 25 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ WaU. ii. 63 ; WdU. Cat. 

 1349. Lepistemon muricatum, Spanoghe in lAnneea 1841, 339. 



Throughout India, alt. 0-4000 ft. and Ceylon, frequent — Disteib. Malaya, S. 

 China, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



Stems much twining, glabrous, often miiriculate, sometimes in places hairy. 

 Leaves 1-2 m.; petiole ^2 in. Peduncles ^3 in.; bracts small, caducous ; cymes 

 dense. Sepals | in., ultimately spreading. Corolla J-f in., funnel-shaped, glabrous 

 without, uniform yellow. Capsule ^ in. and upwards, ovoid, somewhat angSar, top 

 acute or depressed, 2-ceUed; wall thicker than in the preceding species. Seeds 

 pnberulous. 



27. X. polyantba, Mig. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 613; sparingly pubescent, 

 leaves ovate-cordate acute entire, cymes peduncled laxly dichotomous many- 

 flowered, sepals broad-eUiptic obtuse nearly glabrous, corolla smallish yellow. 

 Convolvulus polyanthus. Wall. Cat. 1378. 



E. Bengal ; Soorma bank, J. D. S. ; Soonderbund ; Clarke. — Distrib. Java. 



Stems twining, pubescent in places. Leaves 2-3 in., deeply cordate, pubescent on 

 the nerves beneath or nearly glabrous ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. ; bracts 

 small, caducous ; cymes 2-5 in. diam., minutely pubescent. Sepals J in. Corolla 

 |-1 in., subcampanulate, clear yellow or ochroleucous. 



Vae. affinis ; less diffuse, more pubescent, cymes 3-7-fld., sepals pubescent or 

 almost villous. Convolvulus afSnis, Wall. Cat. 1385. — Assam, E. Bengal, Soonder- 

 bund ; Wallich, M.f. ^ T., &c., frequent. Distrib. Burma. — ^Referred by Choisy (in 

 DC. Prodr. ix. 380) to 7. gemella, Both., with which it can have no near afEnity ; it 

 is very near Z chryseides, but has a larger wider corolla, and much longer 

 pedicek. 



28. X. reniformis, Chois. Convolv. Or. 64, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 351, 

 syn. Linn. excl. ; glabrous or spariDgly pubescent, leaves small reniform or 

 ovate-cordate toothed, peduncles or very short few-fld., sepals ovate obtuse 

 glabrescent ciliate, corolla small yellow. Dalz. §• Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 164. I. 

 cymbalaria. Fend in Flora 1844, 312. Convolvulus reniformis, Ro.vb. Sort. 

 Befog. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 481, and ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 67 ; Wall. Cat. 1398. 

 Evolvulus emargiaatus, Burm. Fl. Ind. 77, t. 30, fig. 1 ; Linn. ms. in Herb. 

 Prop. 



Deocan Peninsula and Cetlon, alt. 0-3000 ft., common ; extending northwards 

 to Eajputana and Behar. — Disteib. S. E. Asia, Tropical Africa. 



Closely creeping, much branched, often rooting from nearly every node. Leaves 

 i-lj in., often small, broader than long, obtuse, sometimes ovate, occasionally 3- 

 lobed ; petiole i-| in. Peduncles usually subobsolete, 1-3-flowered ; bracts incon- 

 spicuous. Sepals J in., glabrescent on the back, ciliate, even in fruit. Corolla ^f 

 in., campanulate. Ca^stde f in., subglobose, 2-celled; cells often 1 -seeded. Seeds 

 glabrous, dark chestnut-coloured.— Choisy says this species was Convolvulus gan- 

 geticus, Linn. Amcen. Acaxl. iv. 306 (Evolvulus, Linn. Sp. PI. 391), to which species 

 Linnaeus assigns " leaves and flowers very hirsute, peduncles capillary." 



