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III. 550. C. bilobatus, Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14, Flor. Ind. I. 485, and ed. 
Carey & Wall. II. 73 ; Wall. Cat. 1359. Batatas maritima, Boj. Hort. 
Maurit. 225. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. V. t. 159, f. 1. Rheede Hort. 
Malab. XI. t. 57. 
Penang : on the coast, Deschamps ! — Distrib. Sea-shores of all 
tropical countries. 
10. Ipomcea littoralis, Boiss. PI. Orient. IV. 112. A glabrous or 
slightly puberulous sand-binding creeper. Leaves oblong, emarginate 
or lobed, often deeply so, and sometimes linear-oblong or linear or 
sub-lyrate, nerves very obscure ; length 1-25 to 1'5 in., width ‘25 to 
•75 in. ; petiole 1 in. long. Flowers in axillary 1-3-flowered cymes ; 
peduncles 1 in. long ; bracts -2 in. long, linear-lanceolate, sub-per- 
sistent ; pedicels in fruit slightly clavate, '75 to 1 in. long. Sepals 
ovate-obtuse or ovate-lanceolate, - 6 in. long, obtuse with or without a 
terminal mucro. Corolla white or yellowish-white, 1'75 to 2 in. long, 
campanulate. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, - 4 in. long. Seeds villous. 
Hallier f. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XVI. 555. I. carnosa, R. Br. Prod. 485 ; 
Benth. PI. Austral. IV. 419; Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 213. 
I. acetoscefoiia, Roem. & Sch. Syst. IV. 246; Meissn. in Mart. PI. Brasil. 
VII. 255, t. 94. I. longifolia, Benth. PI. Hartweg. 16 ; Bot. Reg. 
1840, t. 21. Convolvulus littoralis, Linn. Sp. PI. 227. C. acetoscefolius, 
Vahl Eclog. I. 18. C. arenarius, Vahl Symb. I. 18. C. carnosus, 
Spreng. Syst. I. 609. C. stoloniferus, Cyril. PI. Rar. I. t. 5. Batatas 
littoralis, Choisy Convolv. Or. 124, and in DC. Prod. IX. 337. B. 
acetoscefoiia, Choisy in DC. Prod. IX. 338. 
Malacca : Griffith. Pahang : Rumpin, Ridley ! — Distrib. Sea- 
shores of all tropical countries. 
11. Ipomcea reptans, Poir. Encyc. Meth. Suppl. III. 460. An annual 
glabrous aquatic, stems prostrate on mud or floating on the surface 
of ditches and pools, hollow and spongy, rooting at the nodes below. 
Leaves elliptic-oblong, or cordate or hastate or oblong or lanceolate, 
entire or angular or sub-lobate ; 3 to 6 in. long, 1 to 2'5 in. wide; petiole 
1 to 6 in. long. Flowers in axillary 1-5-flowered cymes ; peduncles 
2 to 7 in. long ; bracts inconspicuous ; pedicels 1 to 2 in. long. Sepals 
ovate, obtuse, glabrous or faintly puberulous, -4 in. long. Corolla 2 in. 
long, purple, infundibuliform-campanulate. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, 
'3 in. long, 2-4-seeded. Seeds glabrous or very minutely closely silky. 
Bl. Bijdr. 714; Choisy Convolv. Or. 62, and in DC. Prod. IX. 349 ; Hallier 
f. Bull. Herb. Boiss. V. 380. I. aquatiea, Porsk. Plor. iEgypt.-Arab. 
44 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Plor. Brit. Ind. IV. 210. I. repens, Roth Nov. 
Sp. 110 ; Bl. Bijdr. 713. I. subdentata, Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. II. 614. 
Convolvulus reptans, Linn. Sp. PI. 158; Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14. C. repens. 
