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acuminate, '3 to -5 in. long, glabrous. Corolla funnel-shaped, -6 in. 
long, pale yellow with a purple eye ; limb slightly lobed. Stamens 5 ; 
filaments slightly hairy at the base ; anthers straight. Ovary and style 
glabrous ; ovary 2-celled, each cell 2-ovuled. Capsule ovoid, papery, 
glabrous, 2-celled. Seeds glabrous. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIII. 117. Con- 
volvulus hastatus, Desr. in Lamk Encyc. Meth. III. 547. C. filicaulis, 
Vabl Symb. III. 24. C. denticulatus , Spreng. Syst. I. 603. C. medius, 
Roxb. Flor. Ind. I. 474, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 56; Wall. Cat. 1346 
(not o/Linn.). C. Bhimei, Dietr. Syn. PL I. 675. Ipomcea denticulata, 
R. Br. Prod. I. 485; Bot. Reg. t. 317 ( not of Choisy). I. filicaulis, 
Bl. Bijdr. 721; Choisy Convolv. Or. 66; DC. Prod. IX. 353. I. Blumei, 
Steud. Nomencl. I. 815. I. angustifolia, Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. 
Ind. IV. 205 ( not of Jacq., nor of Choisy). Rheede Hort. Malab. XI. t. 55. 
Perak: Larut, Scortechini 138! 1833! Kwala, &e., Wray 859! 
1751 ! Sungah Ryah, King’s Collector 996 ! Penang : Batu Gaja, &c., 
Deschamps ! Malacca : Griffith ! Tanjong Kling and Bukit Bruang, 
Eervey ! Pahang: Pekan, Ridley! Katapang, Ridley 1236! Singa- 
pore : Hullett 69 ! 232 ! King’s Collector 1174 ! King ! — Distrib. 
Throughout S.E. Asia, Tropical Africa, and Australia. 
3. Merremia tridentata, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 552. 
A diffuse glabrous herb with a woody rootstock giving off many closely 
decumbent elongated stems. Leaves glabrous, hastate-oblong, or 
spathulate-linear, or sub-quadrate, '5 to '8 in. long, T5 to -5 in. wide, 
apex obtuse truncate or 3-toothed ; petiole 0. Flowers 1 to 3 on wiry 
axillary peduncles as long as or longer than the leaves ; bracts very 
small, lanceolate. Sepals ovate, acuminate, -25 to -35 in. long. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, - 4 to '5 in. long, yellow with pink eye ; limb slightly 
lobed. Stamens 5. Capsule ovoid, papery, glabrous, 2-celled. Seeds 
glabrous. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVIII. 116. Convolvulus tridentatus, 
Linn. Sp. PI. 157 ; Roxb. FI. Ind. I. 475, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 56 ; 
Wall. Cat. 1347. Evolvulus tridentatus, Linn. Sp. PL ed. II. 392. 
Ipomcea tridentata, Roth Cat. Bot. II. 19; Choisy Convolv. Or. 65, 
and in DC. Prod. IX. 353 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 205. 
Malacca : Griffith 5861/1 (K.D.) ! Maingay 1147 (KD.) ! Johore : 
Batu Pahat, Ridley 11,114 ! — Distrib. India generally, Africa, Bangka. 
4. Merremia crsspitosa, Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 552. A 
sparsely hairy or glabrescent annual or biennial slender twining or 
creeping herb. Leaves narrowly oblong, the lower often sub-cordate 
and ovate-oblong, sometimes slightly hastately lobed, 1-5 to 2-5 in. long, 
•5 in. wide ; petiole - 25 to • 5 in. long. Floivers cymose, few or many 
on slender peduncles 1 to 3 in. long ; bracts minute, persistent. Sepals 
elliptic-obtuse, -25 in. long, margins when dry often indexed above. 
