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Vahl Symb. I. 17 ; Eoxb. FI. Ind. I. 432, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 
68 ; Wall. Cat. 1355 (not of Linn.). C. Adansonii, Lamk Encyc. Meth. 
III. 560. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. Y. t. 155, f. 1. Rheede Hort. Malab. 
XI. t. 52. 
Andamans : Port Blair, Prain ! and probably in some of the other 
provinces. — Distrib. Tropics of the Eastern Hemisphere. 
12. Ipomcea SAGiTTiEFOLiA, Burm. Flor. Ind. 50. A perennial glabrous 
or at times pubescent or hirsute twining herb. Leaves ovate-cordate, 
acute, glabrous or sometimes pubescent, entire or sinuate, rarely 
lobed, basal lobes usually rounded; length 1 to 2’5 in., width '75-2 in. ; 
petiole 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers in axillary peduncled sub-umbellate 
cymes ; peduncles '5 to 7 in. long ; bracts small, lanceolate, caducous ; 
pedicels '3 to ■ 5 in. long, in fruit thickened and clavate. Sepals ovate, 
sub-obtuse, slightly puberulous, '2 in. long, when dry slightly muriculate 
externally. Corolla pale purple or white with a purple eye, 1’5 to 2 in. 
long; tube cylindric, limb abruptly explanate. Capsidc ’25 to ’3 in. 
long, ovoid, 2-4-seeded. Seeds furred. I. sepiaria, Koen. ex Roxb. 
Hort. Beng. 14, Flor. Ind. I. 500, and ed. Carey & Wall. II. 90 ; Choisy 
Convolv. Or. 82, and in DC. Prod. IX. 370, Wight Ic. t. 838; Clarke in 
Hook. f. Flor. Brit. Ind. IV. 209. I. striata, Roth Nov. Sp. 111. I. Heynei, 
Wall. Cat. 1387. Convolvulus maximus, Vahl Symb. III. 26. C. strictus, 
Vahl Symb III. 27. C. marginatus, Lamk Encyc. Meth. III. 558. 
C. sepiarius, Wall. Cat. 1384. C. incrassatus, Wall. Cat. 1386. Rheede 
Hort. Malab. XI. t. 53. 
Kedah : at 100 feet elevation, King’s Collector 1705 ! Malacca : 
Merliman Road, Derry 353 ! Singapore : Bidley 6660 ! 11261 ! — 
Distrib. S.E. Asia generally. 
13. Ipomcea staphylina, Roem. & Schult. Syst. IV. 249; var. 
malayana, Prain Journ. As. Soc. Beng. LXIII. 2. 106. A glabrous 
scandent shrub over 90 feet long. Leaves glabrous, rather thick, dull 
green on both surfaces, sub-acute rather prominently veined ; 2-5 to 
4 in. long ; petiole 1 to 2 in. long. Flowers numerous in rather 
dense panicles, 2 - 5 in. long, 2 in. wide ; peduncles '5 to 1'5 in. long , 
bracts small, caducous; pedicels - 1 to - 25 in. long, mostly short. Sepals 
ovate, obtuse, glabrous, '2 in. long. Corolla white, slightly tinged 
with pink ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped throughout, 1 to 1'25 in. long, 
hardly -3 in. wide at the throat, limb rather narrow, abruptly explanate. 
Capsule ovoid, sub-acute, - 3 in. long, 4-seeded. Seeds with long silky 
hairs. Convolvulus polyanthus, Wall. Cat. 1378. Lettsomia sumatrana, 
Miq. Flor. Ind. Bat. Suppl. 560. 
Penang: Porter (Wallich 1378)1 Perak: Larut, Scortechini ! 
King’s Collector 1119 1 2538 ! 5091 !— Distrib. Sumatra. 
