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IPOMCEA cymosa. 
The White-cluster Ipomcea. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Convolvulace^e. 
IPOMCEA. Choisy. 
I. cymosa ; caule tereti, foliis ovato-cordatis apice acutis etiam acurainatis 
elongatis superne nigrescentibus, peduuculis axillaribus bifido-multifloris 
brevibus, sepalis coriaceis obtusis aut raribs acutiusculis flavo-nigres- 
centibus exterioribus ssepe brevioribus. Choisy Convolv. orient, p. 80. 
Convolvulus cymosus, Desrousseaux Encycl. bot.3. 556. 
Convolvulus pentagonus, Poxb.fi. ind. 1^485. Wall.fi. ind. 2. 72. 
Convolvulus bifidus, Vahl. symb. 3. 31. 
Convolvulus Rothii, Spreng. syst. 1 . 600. 
Convolvulus lcevis minor, Rumph. arnboin. 5. 431. t. 158. 
Convolvulus blandus, Roxb. FI. ind. 1 . 470. Wall.fi. ind. 2. 50. 
Ipomcea cymosa, Rbmer fy Schultes syst. veg. 4. 241. 
Ipomcea bifida, Roth. nov. sp. 118. 
Ipomcea corymbosa? Id. 109. 
Ipomcea Heynii, Romer fy Schultes syst. veg. 4. 237. 
Ipomcea Rothii, Id. 23 7’ 
Ipomoea blanda, Sweet Hort. Sub. Lond. ed. 2. 288. 
Ipomcea radicans? Blume Bijdr. 7 12. 
If all the above names are really, as M. Choisy states, 
synonyms, it must he confessed that the Botanists who have 
invented them have much to answer for. Thirteen different 
names for the same plant form rather an unusual supply of 
confusion even in the bewildering nomenclature of Botanists. 
It is however to he said in justification, or at least palliation, 
that the plant is variable in appearance, sometimes smooth, 
sometimes hairy, and that, like other Ipomceas, it occasionally 
indulges in throwing out angles from its leaves. 
It appears to be wild all over the tropics of Asia ; the 
Circars and the Moluccas according to Roxburgh, Amboyna 
according to Rumphius, and apparently Java, are its favourite 
countries. According to Rumphius, the flowers open about 
