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LXXXV. CONVOLVULACErE. 
[ lpomeea . 
Anthers narrow, at last spirally twisting. Style capillary, glabrous, short. 
Capsule globose-ovate, attenuating to a point, about lin. long, 4-valved, 2-celled, 
4-seeded. Seeds glabrous, dark-brown, about Jin. long, elliptic, 3-angular and 
smooth. 
Hab.: Mulga scrubs, Barcoo River, W. Hill; Moonie and Balonne Rivers, R. Fitzgerald 
(F. v. M.) 
14. I. alata (winged), R. Br. Prod. 484; Bentli. FI. Atustr. iv. 418. A tall 
twiner, quite glabrous. Leaves petiolate, cordate-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminute with the point usually long and fine, sometimes angular or lobed at 
the base, 3 to 4in. long, the petiole often winged. Peduncles rather longer than 
the petiole, often winged, bearing each a single rather large white flower. Sepals 
very broad, obtuse, coloured, nearly lin. long at the time of flowering, Corolla 
campanulate, about 2in. long. Capsule globose, about lin. diameter, bursting 
irregularly. Seeds glabrous. — Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 369 ; Convolvulus alatvs, 
Spreng. Syst. i. 596. 
Hab.: Thursday Island. Specimens of a dead plant, which 1 believe to be this species. 
The S. American I. altissinui, Mart., and the Central American I. codonantha, Benth., cannot 
in the dried state, when in flower, be distinguished from I. alata. There may, however, be 
differences in the seeds, and we have no similar species either from Asia or Africa. — Benth. 
15. I. Turpethum (from “ Turbith,” the Arabic name of the root used as a 
drug), It. Br. Prod. 485 ; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 418. “ Kar-kor,” Cloncurry. 
Palmer. A tall twiner, the young parts, foliage, and inflorescence softly 
pubescent, the old stems often bordered by narrow longitudinal wings. Leaves 
petiolate, mostly broadly cordate-ovate and acuminate, but sometimes obtuse 
or angular at the base, 2 to lin. long, or when luxuriant twice that size. 
Peduncles usually shorter than the leaves, bearing a short raceme of few rather 
large white flowers, but sometimes 1 -flowered. Bracts ovate, thin, coloured, 
4 to lin. long, very deciduous. Pedicels at first short and thick, but lengthening 
to lin. Outer sepals broadly ovate, often fin. at the time of flowering and 
lengthening to lin., the inner ones rather smaller. Anthers large, much twisted 
when fading. Ovary 2-celled. Capsule much shorter than the calyx, globular, 
membranous. Seeds glabrous.- — Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 360 ; Bot. Reg. t. 279 ; 
Convolvulus Turpethum, Linn.; Bot. Mag. t. 2093 ; Wight in Hook. Bot. Misc. 
iii. t. Suppl. 88; I. anccps and I. triquetra, Rcein. and Schult.; Chois, in DC. 
Prod. ix. 360; Anjxjreia alulata, Miq. FI. Ind. Bat. ii. 587. 
Hab.: Broadsound, R. Brown; Lizard Island, M'Gillivray ; Sir Charles Hardy’s Island, 
Henne ; ^uttor River, Bowman; Flinders Riv -r, Sutherland; Rockhampton, O’Shanesy. 
The species extends from the Mauritius and Ceylon over the peninsula of India, the 
Himalayas, and the Eastern Archipelago, as far north as Formosa, and is also said to be in the 
West Indies, probably introduced from Asia. — Benth. 
16. I. grandiflora (flowers large), Lam. III. i. 467 ; Clarke in Hook. FI. 
Brit. Ind. iv. 198. A tall twiner, the stems often softly muricate. Leaves 
petiolate, broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or somewhat 3-lobed, witL 
rounded auricles, mostly 2 to 4in. long. Peduncles shorter or rather longer than 
the petioles, bearing 1 or rarely 2 or 3 large (pale purple or pink ?) flowers. 
Bracts very small ; pedicels short. Sepals obtuse, J to fin. long, all nearly 
equal in length, but the outer ones broad and almost cordate at the base, of a 
much firmer consistence than in I. Turpethum, and when in fruit above lin. long. 
Corolla 2^ to 3in. long, the tube cylindrical at the base but dilated upwards and 
not nearly so slender as in 1 bona-nox. Anthers included in the tube. Capsule 
ovoid or globular, f to lin. diameter or even larger. Seeds large, minutely 
silky-pubescent, and usually, but not always, either bordered or covered all over 
with long woolly hairs. — I. longiflora, R. Br. Prod.; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 418; 
