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the base, lanceolate or elliptic, often spathulate ; length 3 to 7 in., 
width 2-5 to 6 in. ; petiole 2 to 5 in. long. Flowers in many-flowered 
axillary cymes, on peduncles 2 to 6 in. long; pedicels "25 to ‘75 in. 
long ; bracts deciduous. Sepals elliptic, shortly acute, glabrous, 
■25 to -3 in. long, enlarged and concave in fruit, - 4 to -5 in. long. 
Corolla 1-5 to 2-25 in. long, glabrous externally, wide-campanulate, 
purplish-pink. Stamens 5, anthers straight. Ovary 4-celled for three- 
fourths of its height or throughout. Capsule ovoid, '3 in. long, 4-celled 
throughout, 4-valved. Seeds woolly with long hairs which protrude 
from the chinks of the capsule. Bl. Bijdr. 709 ; Bot. Beg. t. 62 ; 
Hallier f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 379. Convolvulus paniculatus, Linn. 
Sp. PI. 223 ; Boxb. Flor. Ind. I. 478, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 63 ; Wall. 
Cat. 1350; Spreng. Syst. I. 591. C. platensis, Spreng. Syst. 1.591. 
C. insignis, Spreng. Syst. I. 592. C. roseus, Kunth in Humb. & Bonpl. 
III. 108 {not of Miller). Ipomaa digitata, Linn. Syst. ed. X. 924 ; 
Meissn. in Mart. PI. Brasil. VII. 278 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 389 ; 
Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 202. I. mauritiana, Jacq. Hort. 
Schoenbr. II. 39, t. 200. I. gossypifolia, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. 208. 
I. eriosperma, Beauv. PL Owar. & Benin II. 73, t. 105. I. insignis, 
Andr. Bot. Bep. t. 665; Bot. Beg. t. 75; Bot. Mag. t. 1790. I. tuberosa, 
G. P. W. Mey. Prim. PI. Esseq. 102. I. platensis, Ker-Gawl. Bot. Reg. 
t. 333 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3685 ; Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 387. Batatas 
paniculata, Choisy Convolv. Or. 54, t. 1, f. 2, and in DC. Prod. 
IX. 339 ; Wight Madr. Journ. Lit. IV. t. 11. B. edulis, var. y, Choisy 
in DC. Prod. IX. 339. 
Perak: Scortechini ! Penang: T Vallich 1350! Deschamps ! Singa- 
pore : Chan-chu-kang, Ridley 3909 !— Distrib. Cosmopolitan in the 
tropics. 
5. Ipomcea Batatas, Lamk Encycl. Meth. VI. 14. A trailing or 
twining glabrous or sparingly hairy herb with tuberous roots ; tubers 
red, white, or occasionally yellow. Leaves ovate-cordate, acute, entile 
or angular or somewhat lobed ; 2 to 4 in. long, 2 to 3'5 in. wide ; petiole 
2 to 5 in. long. Floivers in few-flowered cymes, very often none pro- 
duced, on axillary peduncles 1 to 4 in. long ; pedicels - 25 to - 5 in. long ; 
bracts small, lanceolate, deciduous. Sepals narrowly oblong, acute, the 
outer shorter, '5 to '6 in. long. Corolla 1 to 2 in. long, purplish, 
glabrous externally, campanulate. Stamens 5, filaments slightly 
hirsute at the base. Ovary 4-celled, glabrous, half-enveloped by the 
undulate disk. Capsule 4-celled, or casually 3— 1-celled by sup- 
pression. Seeds glabrous. Bl. Bijdr. 712 ; Meissn. in Mart. PI. 
Brasil. VII. 282 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 202 ; Hallier 
f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 380. I. Catesbcei, G. P. W. Mey. Prim. PL 
