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8-15'" longa, 3-6'" lata, margine recurva, penninervia reticulato- 
venulosa, utrinque hirsutie cana ramosa vestita. Spicas terminales, 
1-2" longue, basi bracteis pluribus membranaceis ovatis vel lanceo- 
latis longe acuminatis extus tomentoso-pubescentibus ad 4'" longis 
suffultge. Flores approximati sessiles oppositi, demum remotiusculi, 
superiorum bracteolse fugacissimse. Calyx 5 fidus intus glaber 
(initio scaber), extus villis ramosis albis dense vestitus, laciniis 
post corollas lapsum arete supra drupam conniventibus deltoideis 
globosis. Corolla decidua, villis calycis occulta, infundibulari- 
campanulata, circiter 2'" longa, extus glabra, limbo brevi asqualiter 
5 lobo, lobis semiorbicularibus cyaneis acumine discolore flavo 
terminatis ; tubus limbo longior, in sicco fulvus, intus ad medium 
barbatus. Stamina 5, lobis corollas alterna inclusa. Filamenta 
brevissima glabra. Antheras ovatas dorso inserts. Pollen flavum. 
Stylus e calyce valvato-connivente breviter exsertus, -f" longus, 
filiformis simplex glaber, diu persistens. Stigma minutum emar- 
ginatum. Drupa exsucca globosa glandulis minutissimis conspersa, 
1J'" metiens fulvida glabra indistincte nervosa 4 locularis, 4 
sperma, basi foraminulis 2 confluentibus perforata. Semina exal- 
buminosa erecta axi prope basin affixa albida ventre angulata, 
dorso convexa. 
CONVOL VUL ACE^E . 
Ipomcea gracilis . 
K. Br. pr. 484. 
Glabra vel pubescens, caulibus procumbentibus nunc volubilibus 
herbaceis, foliis hastatis integerrimis longe petiolatis, lobis posticis 
divaricatis acutis, terminali elongato-lanceolato, apice obtuso vel 
bilobulato, petiolis subtus in apice biglandulosis raro eglandulosis, 
pedunculis axillaribus solitariis uni-paucifloris passim divisis folio 
longioribus, pedicellis pedunculo et calyce brevioribus bracteolas 
lineari-subulatas subasquantibus, calycis segmentis lanceolatis longe 
acuminatis sub^qualibus 5-nerviis, exterioribus dorso rugulosis 
tuberculatis corolla ter quaterve brevioribus, corolla infundibulari, 
filamentis basi barbatis, antheris oblongo-sagittatis, stigmatibus 
duobus , capsula globosa biloculari 4-valvi tetrasperma. 
Ad flumina Victoria et Sturt’s et Hooker’s Creek. 
Herba saspe elongata. Folia ad 4'' longa, ad 2 7/ lata. Petioli 
canaliculati. Corolla purpurea, inferne saturatius colorata. Geni- 
talia alba, sed filamentorum barba purpurea. 
Ipomcea denticulata. 
R. Br. pr. 485. 
Glabra, caulibus volubilibus vel prostratis herbaceis angulatis, 
foliis parvis brevissime petiolatis caidem semiamplexantibiis hastato- 
lanceolatis linearibusve nuicronulatis , lobis posticis acute dentatis , 
