Ipomcea.] 
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9. I. congesta (flowers crowded), R. Br. Prod. 495 ; Benth. FI. Anstr. 
iv. 417. A tall hirsute twiner, nearly allied to I. liederacea, but generally larger 
and the hairs less spreading. Leaves broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire 
for obscurely 3-lobed ?), usually 3 to 4in. long. Peduncles longer than in 
I. hederacea, bearing a dense cyme of 3 or more large blue purple or pink flowers. 
Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, fin. long. Corolla nearly 3in. long. Ovary 
3-celled. — Chois, in DC. Prod. ix. 369 ; Convolvulus congestus, Spreng. Syst. 
i. 601 ; Pharbitis insularis, Chois. Conv. Or. and in DC. Prod. ix. 341. 
Hah.: Endeavour River , Banks and Solander ; Rockingham Bay, -J. Dallachy ; Lady Elliott’s 
Island. A. Thozet. 
Also in Norfolk Islands and in the islands of the S. Pacific. 
10. * 1 . purpurea (purple), Roth, Catal. i. 36; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 417. 
Stems twining, more or less hirsute, with reflexed hairs or rarely glabrous. Leaves 
cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire or very rarely somewhat 3-lobed, glabrous or the 
petioles and veins pubescent, nearly 2 to 4in. long. Peduncles longer than the 
petioles, bearing 1, 2 or 3 pedicellate flowers. Bracts small and narrow. Sepals 
lanceolate, scarcely acuminate, under ^in. long, mostly hairy at the base. 
Corolla often above 2in. long, purple blue pink or rarely white or variegated, 
campanulate, more or less tubular towards the base. Ovary 3-celled. — 
Convolvulus pur pure us, Linn.; Bot. Mag. t. 113, 1005, 1682 ; Pharbitis liispida, 
Chois. Conv. Or. and in DC. Prod. ix. 341. 
Hab.: An American species, found near all settlements as a stray from garden culture. 
11. :; T. Learii (after J. G. Lear), Pa.vt. Mag. of Bot. vi. A perennial hairy 
twiner. Leaves 3-lobed, 3 to 5in. long, underside pale. Peduncles axillary, 
longer than the leaves, bearing a cyme of several flowers accompanied by linear- 
lanceolate bracts. Calyx hairy. Sepals erect, linear-lanceolate. Corolla lilac 
in the bud, expanded limb 4 or 5in. diameter, of a rich violet-blue, with 5 purple 
rays. Stamens unequal, included. Style long as the tube. Ovary 3 or 4-celled 
surrounded by a 5-lobed disk. Stigma granulated. — Pharbitis Learii, Lindl. Bot. 
Reg. 1811, t. 56: Bot. Mag. t. 3928. 
Hab.: Buenos Ayres. Naturalised near townships. 
12. I. peltata (leaves peltate), Chois. Conv. Or. and in DC. Prod. ix. 359 ; 
Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 418. A tall woody twiner, with a milky juice (Seenunm), 
covering whole trees with its dark green foliage [Dallachy), quite glabrous or the 
veins of the leaves hairy underneath. Leaves broadly ovate, shortly acuminate, 
more or less peltate or the upper ones cordate with a narrow sinus, 6 to lOin. 
long. Flowers large, usually white, in loose cymes on a common peduncle 
usually shorter than the petiole. Sepals broad, obtuse, coriaceous, nearly equal, 
about fin. long when in flower. Corolla broadly campanulate, at least 2in. long. 
Anthers large, glabrous (woolly according to Choisy). Fruit not seen. 
Hub.: Rockingham Bay, Dallachy. 
Also in the Mascarene Islands, in the Indian Archipelago, and in the islands of the S. Pacific. 
The flowers are white, according to Dallachy and Seemann, white or purplish according to 
Desrousseaux (Lam. Diet. iii. 672), sulphur-coloured according to Biume, yellow according to 
Choisy. — Benth. 
13. I. calobra (an aboriginal name), Hill and F. v. M. Fragnt. xi. 73 and 
137. “Calobra,” Barcoo, HUD, “ Weir,” Moonie and Balonne Rivers, Fitzgerald 
(F. v. M.). A tall twiner from a large often somewhat turnip-shaped tuber. 
Leaves cordate or lanceolate-oblong, often exceeding 4in. broad, glabrous, entire, 
the lateral nerves rather distant. Sepals exceeding iin. long, broadly ovate, 
obtuse, glabrous. Corolla nearly 3in. broad, reddish at the centre, paler outwards. 
Stamens short, inserted near the base of the corolla-tube, hairy at the base. 
