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LXXXV. CONVOLVULACM. 
[Ipotncea. 
The species is widely dispersed over tropical Africa and Asia. R. Brown’s Australian 
specimens include a narrow-leaved form corresponding precisely with the Guinea plant originally- 
described by Jacquin and by Yahl, together with the broader-leaved form more prevalent in E. 
India and the Archipelago. — Benth. 
36. 2. plebeia (mean), R. Br. Prod. 484 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. iv. 426. A 
slender twiner, softly pubescent and sprinkled with rather long hairs, which are 
reflexed on the branches, scattered on the leaves or sometimes wanting. Leaves 
on slender petioles, cordate-lanceolate or the lower ones broadly ovate-cordate, 
acuminate, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, with the basal auricles rounded, li to Sin 
long. Peduncles slender, 1 -flowered, articulate and minutely bracteate near the 
base (the peduncle much shorter than the pedicel). Outer sepals ovate-lanceolate, 
subulate-acuminate, hispid, about 4 lines long ; the inner ones smaller. Corolla 
campanulate, fully iin. long, often pubescent at the top. Stigma with 2 
globular lobes. Capsule shorter than the calyx, glabrous, 2-celled. Seeds 
pubescent. — Convolvulus pleheius, Spreng. Syst. i. 604 ; Chois, in DC. Prod, 
ix. 412. 
Hab.: Bay of Inlets, Bunks and Solander : Rockingham Bay, J Dallaclvy : Rockhampton, Pi 
O’Shanesy : islands of Moreton Bay, F. v. Mueller ; Walloon and Comet River, Bowman. 
It does not appear for what reason Choisy removed this plant to the genus Convolvulus : the- 
stigma is certainly that of Ipomota, where Brown placed it. — Benth. 
37. I. eriocarpa (capsule woolly), 11. Br. Prod. 484 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iv. 426. A twining annual, more or less hirsute with rigid hairs, mostly reflexed 
on the stem, scattered on the under side of the leaves or confined to the margins 
and principal veins. Leaves petiolate, from deeply cordate-ovate to lanceolate 
or hastate, acuminate, 1 to 3in. long, the upper surface usually glabrous. 
Peduncles exceedingly short, bearing 1, 2 or rarely more small flotvers either 
quite sessile or very shortly pedicellate. Sepals ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminate, hirsute, 2 to 3 lines long. Corolla scarcely exceeding the calyx or 
sometimes not so long in Australian specimens, rather larger in some extra- 
Australian ones, slightly hirsute outside. Stigma with 2 globular lobes. Capsule 
globular, pubescent or hirsute, but becoming nearly glabrous when ripe. Seeds 
glabrous. — Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 369 ; Convolvulus eviocarpus , Spreng. Syst. 
i. 598 ; Ipcmcea sessiliflora, Roth.; Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 366; Wight, Ic. t. 169 
(a remarkably luxuriant large-leaved specimen, apparently with an 8-seeded fruit, 
probably by a mistake of the artist) ; I. Horsfieldiana, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 611 ; 
Convolvulus spharocejihalus, Roxb. FI. Ind. i. 472. 
Hab : Endeavour River, Banks and Solander ; Burdekin River. Boivman, Fitzalan. 
The species is common in tropical Africa and Asia, and is also (probably introduced) in the- 
West Indies. 
38. I. heterophylla (leaves various), 11. Br. Prod. 487 ; Benth. Ft. Austr. 
iv. 426. Stems erect or ascending, not twining, rather slender, simple or 
branched, 1 to 2ft. high, more or less hirsute, as well as the foliage, with long 
loose hairs, rarely at length nearly glabrous. Leaves petiolate, lanceolate or 
oblong, quite entire or bordered by coarse teeth or lobes, especially below the 
middle, never cordate, 1 to 3in. long, the upper ones small and narrow 7 . 
Peduncles very short or the flowers almost sessile, between 2 linear bracts or 
bracteoles almost as long as the calyx. Sepals lanceolate, subulate-acuminate, 
ciliate and hispid with long hairs, 3 to 4 lines long. Corolla campanulate, rather 
longer than the calyx. Stigmas large and broad, usually distinct. Capsule and 
seeds glabrous. — Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 354 ; /. polytnorpha, Roem. and Schult. 
Syst. iv. 254; Convolvulus Brmrnii, Spreng. Syst. i. 612, altered in the Index to 
C. Robertianus. 
Hab.: Islands of t lie Gulf of Carpentaria. B. Brown; Cape York, Deemel ; Flinders River, 
Sutherland ; Rockhampton, O’Shanesy ; Curriwillinghi and Annadilla, W. Barton .- many other 
localities. 
