Mcrremia.] 
XCVII. CONVOLVULACEiE. 
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equal, elliptic or lanceolate acuminate. Corolla campanulate, 
yellow or whitish yellow, tube with 5 vertical bands, limb plicate, 
slightly lobed. Stamens 5, unequal; anthers twisted. Ovary 
2-(or 4-)celled; ovules 4; stigmas 2, globose. Capsule 4-valved, 
1 to 4-locular. Seeds 4. Species about 40, all warm countries. 
This genus is included in Ipomcea in the Flora of British India. 
Corolla glabrous ; leaves not peltate. 
Leaves 5-lobed, hairy; flowers large . 
Leaves entire or slightly lobed; flowers small; 
slender twiners. 
Sepals acuminate. 
Twiner; flowers cream with purple eye 
Prostrate herb in sand .... 
Sepals obtuse. 
Leaves narrow oblong; flowers primrose 
yellow; twiner ..... 
Leaves ovate cordate often crenate; flowers 
lemon yellow; slender twiner 
Leaves peltate, very large woody liane 
Corolla hairy outside. 
Leaves hairy; cymes compact; flowers medium 
Leaves glabrous; cymes lax; flowers large 
(1) Mi vitifolia 
(2) M. hastata 
(3) M. tridentata 
(4) M. csespitosa 
(5) M. convolvulacea 
(6) M. nymphseifolia 
(7) M. umbellata 
( 8 ) M. crispatula 
(1) M. vitifolia Hallier, Engl. Bot. Jahrb. xvi. 552; Brain, 
l.c. 303. 
Climbing on bushes or creeping, hairy. Leaves cordate palmate, 
5-lobed, lobes acute, 3 to 6 in. across; petioles hairy, 1 to 4 in. 
long. Cymes 1- to 7-flowered, hairy; peduncles 1 to 4 in. long. 
Sepals ovate acute, hairy, -5 in. long. Corolla brilliant yellow, 
1*5 in. across. Capsule depressed, globose. Hah. Common on 
river banks, creeping in sand and over bushes, but seldom flowering. 
Pahang River. Perak, Kwala Kangsa; Larut (Scortechini). 
Kelantan, Kampong Kota (Gimlette) and all along the Lebir 
River. Perlis, Chupeng (Ridley). Distrib. Indo-Malaya, Siam. 
Native name : Akar Lulang Bulu. 
(2) M. hastata Hallier, he. 552; Prain, l.c. 303. Ipomoea 
filicaulis Bl. Bijdr. 721; I. angustifolia Clarke in Hook. fil. F.B.I. 
iv. 205. 
A slender wiry climber. Leaves hastate-lanceolate, toothed 
at base, 2 to 3 in. long, *3 to -5 in. wide, acute; petioles very short. 
Flowers 1 to 3. Sepals narrow, acuminate, *5 in. long. Corolla 
•6 in. across, creamy yellow with a purple eye. Capsule ovoid, 
papery. Hob. Very common in grassy spots, climbing over 
bushes. Singapore, Tanglin; Ang Mo Kio ; Johor, Below Gunong 
Pulai. Pahang, Kwala Pahang. Malacca, Pulau Besar (Maingay). 
Negri Sembilan, Gunong Berumbun (Cantley). Perak, Kwala 
Wok (Wray); Temengoh on rocks. Penang (Curtis); Ayer Hitam. 
Kelantan, Kwala Lebir (Gimlette). Setul. Distrib. Tropical 
Africa, Asia and Australia, Native name: Akar Kurumak, 
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