210 CI. coNTOLvniACEj:. (C. B. Clarke.) [IpomcBa. 



ed. Carey Sf Wall. ii. 68 ; WaB. Cat. 1897. 0. Beladambu, Sp7-eng. Syat. L 608, 

 and cureB post. 63. — Sheede Sort Mai. xi. t. 68. 



S. Deccan FmnssvUL ; Wight, &c. Ceylon, abundant in damp fields. 



Extensively trailing. Leaves 3-4 in. diam., subobtuse ; petiole 1-2^ in. Peduncles 

 i-i^ in. ; bracts A in., lanceolate, deciduous ; pedicels J in., stout, somewhat thickened 

 upwards in fruit. Sepals y-J in., unequal, outer often shorter, glabrous, wrinkled 

 when young. Corolla ^2 in., purple in the dried examples, pure white in Roxburgh's 

 figure. Capsule J in., globose, glabrous, 4-seeded. 



40. X. aquatica, Forsk. Fl. JEg. Arah. 44; glalirous or nearly so, leaves 

 elliptic-oblong cordate or hastate or elongate entire or angular sablobed, 

 peduncles long few-fid., pedicels long, sepals ovate obtuse, corolla large purple, 

 seeds minutely closely sUky. I. reptans, Poir. Fnc, Suppl. iii. 460 ; JBlume 

 JBijd. 714 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 62, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 349 ; Ddlz. ^ Gibs. 

 JBomb. Fl. 164. I. repens, Itoth 2/ov. Sp. 110. I. subdentata, Miq. Fl. Ind. 

 Sat. ii. 614. Convolvulus reptans, Linn. ; Roxh. Hort. Beng. 14. 0. repens, 

 VaM Syrrib. i. 17; Roxb. Fl. Ind. i. 432, and ed. Carey 8; WaU. ii. 68 ; Bbime 

 JBijd. 713 ; Wall. Cat. 1355, not of lAnn. 0. Adansonii, Lawk. Etui. iii. 560. 

 — Rumph. Herb. Amh. tt. t. 155, fig. i. Rheede Sort. Mai. xi. t. 52. 



Throughout India, common ; abundant in Bengal Plain. Oetlon ; borders of 

 tombs, and cult, as a vegetable, Thwaites. — ^Distbib. Tropical Asia, Australia, 

 Africa. 



Annual ; stems trailing on mud, and floating, sometimes to a great length, hollow. 

 Leaves 3-6 in. ; petiole 1-6 in., usually very long. Peduncles 2-7 in., 1-5-flowered ; 

 bracts inconspicuous ; pedicels often 1-2 in. Sepals ^ in., glabrous or nearly so. 

 Corolla 2 in., usually pale purple, glabrou.<!.- Capsule y in., ovoid, glabrous, 4-2- 

 seeded. Seeds most minutely hairy, or very nearly glabrous. 



41. X. salicifolia, Roxb. Fl. Lnd. i. 498, and ed. Carey ^ WaU. ii. 88 ; 

 glabrous, leaves short-petioled linear-lanceolate base rhomboid or rounded, 

 peduncles very short 1-3-fld., sepals broadly elliptic subobtuse, corolla large 

 white. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 367. I. Buchananii, (Mois. Convolv. Or. 92. 



Bengai. ; Eungpore, Hamilton. 



Only known from Roxburgh's description and his Ic. Ined. at Kew. Biennial 

 stem twining. Leaves 7 by 1 in., acuminate ; petiole \ in. Peduncles 0-J in. ; 

 bracts i in., Bnear-lanceolate ; pedicels ^-^ in. Sepals f by J in. Corolla-tube 1^ by 

 1 in., cylindric ; month 2J in. diam. Capsule nearly J in. diam., globose, glabrous. 

 Seeds j in., oblong, black, apparently (from the figure) minutely hairy. — ^^xburgh 

 describes the capsule as 2-celled, with 3 seeds in each cell, which is hard to believe ; 

 in his picture, the stigma is distinctly 2-lobed, while the capsule seems 3-valved. 



42. X. stapbylina, Roem. Sf Sch. Syst. iv. 249 ; glabrous, leaves ovate 

 subcordate, peduncles short many-fld. laxly racemose-paniculate, sepals ovate 

 obtuse, corolla middle-sized purplish white, seeds with sUky hairs y in. long. 

 Chois. Convolv. Or. 78. I. racemosa, Roth Nov. Sp. 115, not of Poir. ; Choig, 

 in DC. Prodr. ix. 371 ; Wi^ht III. t. 168. Convolvulus malabaricus, Roxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 469, and ed. Carey Sf WaU. ii. 49, aU syn. excl. ; 



Wall. Cat. 1341. C. racemosus, Roem. 8r Sch. Syst. iv. 302. C. Kleinii, 

 Spreng. Syst. i. 606, and cures post. 61. C. polyanthus. Wall. Cat. 1378. C. 

 gangeticus, Wcdl. Cat. 1340, by admixture. 



S. Deccan PEsrasuLA ; common. Assam ; Jenkins. Penang ; Wallich. 



Shrubby, subacandent. Leaves i by 2^ in., subacute, not acuminate, prominently 

 nerved ; petiole 1-2 in. Peduncles J-2 in., usually shorter than the petioles, numerous, 

 often panicled towards the end of the branches ; bracts small, caducous ; pedicels 

 0-J in., mostly short. Sepals i in., glabrous. Corolla 1 in., purplish in the tube, 

 mouth nearly white. Capsule J in., ovoid, subacute, 4-seeded. 



