Ipomma.'] ci. coNVOLVULACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) 209 



petiole Ij in. Peduncles 0-1 J in., often 1-fid. ; bracts ^ in., linear ; pedicels often 

 1 in. or longer. Sepals nearly J in., somewhat searious. Corolla widely tubular- 

 funnel-shaped. Ovary 2-celled, not at all 4-celled. Capsule globose, glabrous. Seeds 

 smooth. 



37. X. fasti^lata, Sweet Bort. Brit. ed. 2, 372; minutely puberulo- 

 Bcabrous or glabrate, leaves ovate-cordate acute entire or lower lobed, peduncles 

 long many-fld., pedicels short, sepals elliptic suddenly acute, corolla l|^-2 in. 

 purple. Chois. Convolv. Or. 84, and in ^C. Prodr. ix. 380 ; Meissn. in Mart. 

 Brasil. vii. 267, with syn. Convolvulus fastigiatus, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 13, and 

 Fl. Ind. i. 468, and ed. Carey §■ Wall. ii. 48, not of Wall. 



Benqal, Boxhv/rgh. Introduced from America. 



Extensively scandent, twining. Leaves 3-4 in., mostly entire (in the Indian plant), 

 those on the runners often lobed; petiole often 3-5 in. Peduncles 1-4 in.; bracts 

 caducous ; cymes dense, pedicels rarely exceeding J in. Flower and fruit very 

 nearly as of /. denticulata, from which it differs little except in its numerous shorter 

 pedicels. — A common American species, introduced in S. E. Asia. Miquel (Fl. Ind. 

 Bat. ii. 616). Koxburgh describes it as a native of the interior of Bengal, and in 

 flower most part of the year, but no one has met with the plant ■wild. 



38. X. sepiaria, Koen. ; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 500, and 

 ed. Carey 8f Wall. ii. 90 ; leaves ovate-cordate acute entire glabrous or some- 

 what pubescent, peduncles long, pedicels short subumbelled clavate in fruit, 

 sepals ovate subobtuse, corolla largeish pale-purple or white with a dark eye, 

 seeds furred. Choig. Convolv. Or. 82, and m DC. Prodr. ix. 370 ; Wight le. 

 t. 838 ; Dalz. f Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 166, not of Benth. I. striata. Roth Nov. 8p. 

 111. I. Heynii, Wcdl. Cat. 1387 {Choisy, no specimen now in Herb. Wall.). 

 Convolvulus maximus and striatus, Vahl Synib. iii. 26, 28. C. marginatus, 

 Lamk. Enc. iii. 558. C. sepiarius and incrassatus. Wall. Cat. 1384, 1386. — 

 Rheede Hort. Mai. xi. t. 53. 



Throughout Ihbia ; from Hindostan to Malacca, frequent. Cbtion, common. — 

 DisTEiB. Malaya. 



Perennial, twining, glabrous or in places pubescent or hirsute. Leaves 1-2J in., 

 entire or sinuate, rarely lobed, basal lobes usually rounded ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles 

 J-7 in., usually long ; bracts small, lanceolate, caducous ; pedicels 0-^ in. Sepals 

 1 in., obscurely pubescent. Corolla often 1 4 in. and upwards ; tube cylindric, dark 

 purple within; mpnth suddenly widened. Capsule f-J in., ovoid, 4-2-seeded. — 

 CotwolvuVus triflorus, Vahl Symb. iii. 30 {Ipomcea triantha, Eoem. & Seh. Syst. iv. 

 243 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 83, am,d in, DC. Prodr. ix. 370), is only known by Vahl's 

 description. Choisy does not see how it differs from I. sepiaria; but Vahl states 

 that the pedicels are about as long as the peduncles, which is not the case in I. 

 iepiaria. It may hare been Ipomiea denticulata. 



Vae. stiptdacea ; leaves more elongate often angular or lobed sometimes hastate 

 with basal lobes acute, stipules obscure minute, sepals rather larger, corolla shorter, 

 than in L sepiaria type. I, stipulacea. Sweet Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 ; Chois. Convolv. 

 Or. 84, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 379. I. subtrilobans, Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. ii. 613. 

 Convolvulus stipulEiceus, Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 484, and ed. Cajrey ^ 

 Wall. ii. 71. — Bengal Plain and Chittagong; Eoxbwrgh, &c., not rare. — Miguel's I. 

 subtrilobans is intermediate between /. sepiaria and this. 



39. X. Beladamboe, Roem. Sr Sch. Syst. iv. 233 ; glabrous or nearly so, 

 leaves ovate-cordate entire, peduncles short or long stout many-fld., sepals 

 ovate obtuse, corolla large purplish or white, seeds glabrous. I. rugosa, Chois. 

 Convolv. Or. 64, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 350; Wight Ic. t. 887. I. repens, 

 Lamk. Enc. vi. 18, not of Roth. Convolvulus rugosus, Rottl. ; Willd. in Act. 

 Berol. iv. 196. 0. flagemformis, Roxb. Hort. Beng, 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 481, and 



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