Merremia.] xcvn. convolvulace^. 459 
(7) M. umbellata Hallier, Eng. Bot. Jahrb. xvi. 552. Ipomoea 
cymosa R. and S. Syst. iv. 241; Bot. Reg. 1843, t. 24. 
Long twiner hairy or glabrescent. Leaves oblong cordate 
acuminate, hairy all over or on nerves beneath only, 1*5 to 4 in. 
long, 1 to 3 in. wide; petioles *2 to -6 in. long. Cymes corymbose; 
peduncles *5 to x in. long. Sepals elliptic blunt. Corolla tubular 
campanulate, yellow-buff creamy, 1 to 1-5 in. long. Capsule 
globose. Seeds black, hairy. Hab. Common in thickets in open 
country, marshy ground. Singapore, Sepoy Lines. Johor, Kota 
Tinggi. Muar. Pahang, Pekan. Malacca, Chenana putih 
(Cantley); Kesang Batu (Hervey). Selangor, Klang; Kwala 
Lumpur (Curtis). Perak, Ipoh (Curtis); Lahat; Thaiping. 
Dindings, Lumut. Province Wellesley, Tasek Gelugur. Penang 
(Wallich); Bukit Padi (Curtis). Distrib. Tropical Africa and Asia. 
var. occidentalis Hallier, Verslag. Buitenz. 1895, 127. Leaves 
wide cordate, 4 in. long, 3-5 in. vide. Cymes umbellate. Perak, 
Sungei Rayah (Kunstler). Distrib. South America. 
(8) M. crispatula Brain , Beng. PL ii. 730. Ipomoea petaloidea 
Choisy, Mem. Soc. Gen. 31, p. 457. 
Large climber. Leaves ovate cordate, glabrous or lanceolate 
above, 5 in. long, 3-5 in. wide; petioles 1*5 in. long. Peduncles 
i*5 to 2 in. long. Flowers sub-racemose. Sepals elliptic ovate, 
large. Corolla wide, funnel-shaped, 175 in. across, villous outside, 
yellow. Capsule ovoid, -5 in. long. Seeds velvety. Hab. Negri 
Sembilan, Bukit Dusun Tua (Cantley). Very rare. Distrib. India. 
13. IPOMCEA, Linn. 
Herbs (rarely shrubby) twining or prostrate. Leaves alternate, 
often lobed. Flowers solitary or cymose, axillary. Sepals 5. 
ovate or linear. Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, limb 
plicate slightly or not lobed. Stamens 5 ; filaments filiform. Ovary 
1- to 3-celled (rarely 4-celled); ovules 4 (or 6); style filiform; 
stigma capitate, or bilobed. Capsule 4- to 6-valved. Seed 4 
(rarely 6), smooth or woolly. Species 300, tropics generally. 
Corolla funnel-shaped. 
Leaves hairy or pubescent all over, lobed. 
Leaves deeply lobed; flowers white . 
Leaves glabrous or nearly so. 
Leaves large palmate; flowers large, pink . 
Leaves 5-lobed small; flower smaller light pink. 
Leaves entire or slightly bilobed; flowers large, 
4 in. long ...... 
Creepers in sea sand; flowers 1-5 in, long or 
less. 
Leaves oblong, bilobed; flowers dark pink . 
Leaves ovate-cordate; flowers pink . 
Leaves oblong to linear; flowers white 
Creeper and twiner, waste ground. 
Leaves ovate cordate; flowers white, purple 
eye . . . , 
( 1 ) I. pes-tigridis 
(2) I. digitata 
(3) I. pulchella 
(4) I. illustris 
{5) I. pes-caprse 
(6) I. littoralis 
(7) I. carnosa 
(8) I, obscura 
