214 CI. CONTOLVULACE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Ipomcea. 



latus, Watt. Cat. 1350, Heyne's Ipomcsa tvherosa only. Oonvolvulua kentro- 

 caulos, Stead, in PI. Schimp. n. 800. 0. formosus, Roxh. Ic. Ined, 



N.W. India ; Eoyle. Deocan Peninsula ; Bottler, Wight, &e. Cetlon. — 

 DisTKiB. Malaya, Tropical Africa. 



Stem stout, twining, muricate or smooth. Leaves 3-5 in. diam. ; petiole 2-5 in. 

 Peduncles 2-6 in. ; tracts deciduous ; pedicels 5-I in. Hepals narrow ; in fruit 1^ by 

 ^ in., subpatent, hardly imbricated. Corolla 2 in., tubular-campanulate. Capsule 

 ^-J in., globose. — In /. tuberosa, Linn., the fruiting-sepals are 1-1^ in. broad, con- 

 cave, much imbricate, seeds | in., furred ; see Trans. Sort. Soc. Land. i. 184, t. 11. 



53. X. sinuata, Oriega Dec. 84 ; leaves palmate glabrous or nearly so, 

 leaflets narrowly lanceolate toothed or pinnatifid, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals 

 nearly 1 in. elliptic-oMong glabrous, corolla middle-sized, seeds glabrous or 

 nearly so. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 362. I. dissecta, Chois. I. c. 363, as to the 

 Indian material, not of Willd. Convolvulus dissectus, Linn. Mant. 204 ; Jacq. 

 Sort. Vindob. ii. 74, t. 159. C. Kleinii, Wall. Cat. 1377. 



Introduced from tropical America ; N .W. India ; Boyle. Hindostan ; Thomson. 

 Bengal ; Jenkins, Bottler, Wight, &c. — Native of tropical America, widely spread in 

 the Old World. 



Stems twining, hirsute or glabrous. Leaves 2-4 in. diam., sometimes hirsute on 

 the midrib. Corolla \\ in., campanulate, white, throat purple. Capsule ^-| in. 

 diam., glabrous, 2-celled, normally 4-seeded. Seeds J in. 



64. I, rhyncorbiza, Ddz. in Hook. Kew Journ. iii. 179 ; leaves deeply 

 palmate sparsely hispidulous segments oblong lobed or pinnatifid, peduncles. 

 1-2-fld., sepals 5 in. elliptic-lanceolate unequal glabrous, corolla middle-sized 

 yeUow. Dalz. | Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 167. 



The CoNCAN ; Syhadree Mts. (Bombay), Tulkut Ghat, Dalzell ; Concan, Stocks. 



Boot tuberous ; stems filiform, twining, glabrous. Leaves 3 in. diam. ; lobes 

 obtuse or mucronate ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 2-4 in. ; bracts §■ in., linear. Corolla 

 l\ in. by 2 in. diam. Fruit not known. , 



65. X. quinata, Br. Prodr. 486; leaves palmate, leaflets lanceolate 

 entire, peduncles 1-2-fld., sepals 5 in. elliptic glabrous or nearly so, corolla 

 rather large, seeds glabrous shining apex crested. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 385 ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 416. I. hirsuta, Br. Prodr. 486. I. pentadactylis,. 

 Chois. I.e. Convolvulus tenuifolius, Vahl 8ymb. iii. 33. 0. quinatus and 

 Brownii, Spreng. Syst. i. 590. 0. pentadactylis. Wall. Cat. 1367. C. munitus,. 

 Wall. Cat. 1354, as to Hamilton's Convolvulus tenuifolius only. 



Chota Nagpoee ; frequent, Clarke. — Disteie. Burma ; S. China, N. Australia. 



Stems prostrate, hardly twining, patently fulvous-hirsute or glabrous. Leaves 

 3-4 in. diam., glabrous or with patent fulvous hairs ; leaflets obtuse or subacute, not 

 acuminate ; petiole 1^ in., mostly hairy. Peduncles shorter than the petioles ; bracts- 

 J in., linear, persistent. Corolla H in. and upwards, white or purplish. Capsule -j 

 in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous, 2-celled, 4-valved, normally 4-seeded. Seeds J by | in. 

 — Easily distinguished from all other Iponueas by the crest of the seed. 



66. X. palmata, Fm-sh. Fl. JSg.-Arab. 48 ; glabrous, leaves digitate 

 nearly or quite to the base, lobes elliptic or lanceolate subentire, peduncles 3-1- 

 fld., sepals ovate obtuse, corolla large purplish, seeds villous margins woolly. 

 Choig. Convolv. Or. ix. 386; Beiith. Fl. Austral, iv. 415; Boiss. Fl. Orient, i. 

 464. I. senegalensis, Zamk. HI. i. 464. I. stipulacea, Jacq. Sort. Schoenh. ii. 

 39, t. 199. I. pendula, Br. Prodr. 486 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 613 ; Bot. Beg. t. 

 632; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 387 (syn. I. Horsfallise exol.). I. pulchella. 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 116 ; ' Wight Ic. t. 156 ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 386. I. tuber- 

 culata, Roem. Sr'Sch. iSyst. iv. 208 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 91, and in DC. Prodr 



