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cymes, very rarely solitary ; bracts small, rarely leafy. Sepals 5, equal 
or unequal. Corolla usually small ; tube infundibuliform with a wide 
or narrow throat, and with 5 vertical bands each ending in 2 distinct 
nerves ; limb plicate. Stamens 5, adnate to corolla-tube, included. 
Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; ovules 4;. style filiform; stigmas 2, linear or 
elliptic-oblong. Fruit a globose 2-celled capsule, usually 8-valved, 
rarely 4-valved. Seeds normally 4, usually glabrous, often slightly 
winged along the margins. — Disteib. Species 60 to 70, mostly in 
Brazil ; 2 to 3 in S.E. Asia. 
Jacquemontia paniculata, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 541 ; 
XVIII. 95. A slender climber ; stems twining, puberulous. Leaves 
ovate-cordate, acute, entire, pubescent beneath, puberulous at length 
glabrescent above, 1-5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide ; petiole '5 to 1 in. 
long. Flowers axillary, in small dense many-flowered sub-capitate 
cymes; peduncles puberulous, 1 to P5 in. long; bracts inconspicuous. 
Sepals 5, ovate-cordate, pubescent, - 25 in. long, not altered in fruit. 
Corolla tubular, - 5 in. long ; mouth narrow, limb pink or white, shortly 
acutely 5-lobed. Capsule globose, glabrous, -2 in. in diam. Seeds 
glabrous. Convolvulus parviflorus, Vahl. Symb. III. 29 ; Boxb. Plor. 
Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. II. 51 ; Choisy Convolv. Or. 98, and in DC. Prod. 
IX. 413; Clarke in Hook. f. Elor. Brit. Ind. IV. 220. C. asclepiadeus , 
Wall. Cat. 1396. Ipomcea paniculata, Burm. Flor. Ind. 50, t. 21, f. 3. 
I. parviflora, Pers. Synops. I. 183 {not of Vahl.). 
Peeak : Kampong Kota, Wray 3337 ! — Disteib. Tropical Africa, 
S.E. Asia generally, Australia. 
11. Mekremia, Dennst. 
Shrubs or herbs, usually climbing, rarely erect or prostrate ; stems 
very rarely winged. Leaves entire, lobed, or divided. Flowers 
axillary, usually long-peduncled, solitary or in few-flowered, rarely 
many-flowered cymes ; bracts small. Sepals 5, sub-equal, elliptic or 
lanceolate, acuminate, rarely rounded or truncate, convex, usually 
slightly accrescent in fruit. Corolla campanulate, white, less often 
yellow or orange, the tube with 5 vertical bands each usually marked 
by 5 dark- violet lines; limb plicate, margin slightly 5-lobed. Stamens 5, 
unequal, included or exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers usually 
twisted ; pollen never spinulose. Ovary 2-celled or occasionally 
4-celled ; ovules 4 ; style filiform ; stigma 2-globose. Fruit a 4-valved 
capsule, 1-4-locular, sometimes the style separating with a small stopple. 
Seeds 4, rarely fewer, dull, glabrous, rarely puberulous. — Distrib. 
Species about 40, in all warm countries. 
