IpomcBa.] ci. CONVOLVULACB^. (C. B, Clarke.) 213 



caducous ; pedicels often more than 1 in. Sepals ^-| in. ; in fruit widened. Corolla 

 2 in., tubular-funnel-shaped, glabrous, margin scarcely lobed. Ovary 2-oeIled, not 

 imperfectly 4-celled, Capsule J in., ovoid, glabrous. 



49. X. camosa, Br. Prodr. 485 ; glabrous or nearly so, leaves lobed or 

 oblong emarginate, peduncles 1-3-fld., sepals ovate obtuse, corolla largeish 

 ockroleucous, seeds villous. Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 419. I. acetossefolia, 

 Roem. §■ Sch. Syst. iv. 246 ; Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Brasil. vii. 265, t. 94. I. 

 longifolia, Bmth. PI. Hartw. 16 ; Bat. Beg. 1840, t. 21. I. littoralis, Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 112. Convolvulus littoralis, Linn. Sp. PI. 227. 0. acetossefolius, 

 Vahl Ed. i. 18. C. arenarius, Vahl Symh. i. 18. 0. carnosus, Spreng. Syet. i. 

 609. 0. stoloniferus, Cyr. PI. Bar. i. t. 6. Batatas littoralis and acetosaefolia. 

 Ohms. Convolv. Or. 124, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 337, 838. 



Malacca ; Griffith. — Distrib. 'Tropical seashores of both hemispheres. 



Very near I. biloba. Leaves often deeply lobed, sometimes subentire emarginate, 

 but then much more elongate than those of L biloba, oblong or linear, or often fiddle- 

 shaped ; nerves much more obscure. Ovary completely 2-celled, imperfectly 4-celled. 

 Cajpsnle and seeds exactly as of /. biloba. 



50. X. vitifolia, Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 372; hairy, leaves cordate 

 palmately 5-lobed, peduncles 1-7-fld., sepals ovate-acute hirsute, corolla middle- 

 sized stilphur-coloured, seeds glabrous. Blume Bijd. 709 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 72, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 361 ; Bah. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 165 ; Kurz For. Fl. 

 ii. 219. I. angularis, Ckois. Convolv. Or. 72. Convolvulus vitifoHus, Linn. 

 Mant. 203 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 45, t. 18, fig. 1 ; Roxh. Sort. Beng. 14, and Fl. 

 Ind. i. 476, and ed. Carey Sr Wall. u. 61 ; Wall. Cat. 1348. C. angularis, Limi. 

 Mant. 203 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 46, t. 19, fig. 2 ; Sassk. PI. Jav. Rar. 519. 



Throughout India (except the dry N.W.) ; from Sikkim, Assam, Chittagong and 

 Burma, southwards to Ceylon and Malacca.^ — Distrib. Malay Islds. 



A large climber. Leaves 2-6 in. diam. ; lobes triangular, acute, often toothed or 

 acutely lobed; petiole f-2 in. Peduncles 1-4 in. Sepals \ in., often | in. in fruit. 

 Corolla Ij in., campanulate. Capsule J in. diam., depressed globose, membranous, 

 2-celled, normally 4r-seeded. 



61. X. pilosa. Sweet Sort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 ; hairy, leaves ovate-cordate acute 

 often deeply 3-lobed white woolly beneath, cymes peduncled persistently brac- 

 teate, corolla small purple, seeds pubescent margins silky. Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 86, and m DC. Prodr. ix. 363; Wight lo. t. 837; Dalz. ^ Giha. Borrib.Fl. 166. 

 I. dickroa, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 364. Convolvulus pilosus, Roxh. Sort. 

 Beng. 14, and Fl. Ind. i. 473, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 55. 0. albicans, Wall. 

 Cat. 1401. 0. dichrous, Roem. Sr Sch. Syst. iv. 263. 



W. Himaxata, alt. 1-3000 ft., Pdnjab and Scinbe; frequent. Bengal; Wallinh. 

 — DisTEiB. Tropical Africa. 



Annual, twining, patently hirsute. Leaves 2-4 in., lobes acuminate, often nar- 

 rower below ; petiole 2 in. Pedmicles 1-3 in. ; bracts J in., linear-lanceolate ; pedicels 

 usually J-f in. Sepals J in. and upwards, narrow-lanceolate, acuminate. Corolla 

 J in., narrowly funnel-shaped, with scattered long hairs without. Capsule \-^ in., 

 ovoid-globose, glabrous, 4-valved, normally 4-seeded. 



ft Leaves divided, or very deeply lobed. 



52. X. kentrocaulos, Clarke; glabrous, leaves deeply palmate segments 

 eUiptic-lanceolate acuminate entire, peduncles many-fld., sepals 1 in. elliptic- 

 oblong, corolla large, seeds J in. glabrous. I. tuberosa, A. Rich. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 67 ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 862, the old-world plant, not of Linn. C. panicu- 



