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XCVII. CONVOLVULACEA2. 
[Aniseia. 
10. ANISEIA, Choisy. 
Twining herb. Leaves elliptic, mueronate or lanceolate. 
Flowers axillary, solitary (or cymose). Sepals 5, herbaceous, outer 
3 larger, ovate, decurrent on peduncle, accrescent in fruit, inner 
2 smaller, lanceolate. Corolla funnel-shaped, tube hairy with 5 
bands except opposite sepals, limb nearly entire. Stamens in¬ 
cluded. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 4; style filiform; stigmas 2, 
globose. Capsule 4-valved, 2-celled. Seed 4, smooth. Species 
about 5, American, 1 cosmopolitan. 
(1) A. martinicensis Choisy , Convol. Rar. 144; Prain, lx. 301. 
Ipomea uniflora R. and S. in Hook. fil. F.B.I. iv. 201. 
Slender twiner glabrous or nearly so. Leaves oblong-lanceolate 
mucronulate, 75 to 3 in. long, *5 to 1 in. wide; petioles -6 in. long. 
Flowers solitary; peduncle 1 in. long. Sepals, outer -6 in. long, 
in fruit increased to 1 in. long. Corolla white, tube 1 in. long, 
limb x in. across. Capsule ovoid, -5 in. long. Hob. Hedges. 
Pahang, Pekan. Malacca (Griffith). Perak, fcwala Dipang 
(Scortechini); Kota Bharu (Kunstler). Kelantan, Kamposa 
(Ridley). Distrib. Tropics generally. Native names : Akar Ulan 
Putih; Akar Lidah Patong. Use : As a vegetable. 
11. JACQUEMONTIA, Choisy. 
Twining herbs (or shrubs) pubescent. Leaves cordate or 
elliptic. Flowers generally light blue in compound capitate or 
umbellate cymes. Sepals 5. Corolla usually small, funnel-shaped 
with 5 vertical bands, limb plicate. Stamens 5, included. Ovary 
2-celled; ovules 4; style filiform; stigmas 2, linear or oblong. 
Capsule 8-valved (rarely 4-valved). Seeds 4, glabrous. Species 
60 to 70, nearly all Brazilian, 2 or 3 Asiatic. 
(1) J. paniculata Hallier , Engl. Bot. Jahrb . xvi. 541; Prain, 
lx. 302. 
Stems puberulous. Leaves ovate-cordate, pubescent beneath, 
glabrous above, 1-5 to 3 in. long, 1 to 2 in. wide; petioles -5 to 1 in. 
long. Heads about -5 in. across, dense; peduncles 1 in. long, 
puberulous. Sepals ovate-cordate, pubescent, -25 in. long. Corolla 
•5 in. long, pale blue. Capsule globose, -2 in. through. Hab. 
Scarce, in dry spots. Perak, Kampong Kota (Wray). Perlis, 
Bukit Lagi, Kanga, on rocks (Ridley). Distrib. Africa, Indo- 
Malaya, Australia. 
/• violacea Choisy. A pretty climber with bright blue flowers 
an inch across, often cultivated in our gardens, comes from Central 
America. 
12. MERREMIA, Dennst. 
Climbing shrubs or herbs or prostrate. Flowers axillary, long 
peduncled, solitary or in few-flowered cymes. Sepals 5, sub- 
