Ipomeea.] xcvil convolvulace^e. 461 
bilobed, 1 to 4 in. long and about as wide; petioles *i to 4 in. long. 
Cymes 1- to 3-flowered; peduncles 1 to 4 in. long. Sepals ovate 
blunt. Corolla tubular-campanulate, 2 in. long and as wide, 
mauve pink. Capsule -5 in. long. Seed hairy. Hab. Common on 
all sandy sea-shores. Singapore, Jurong; Bajau; Changi. Pahang, 
Sungei Meang. Malacca, Chenana Putih (Cantley); Pulau Sebang 
(Gooden ough). Penang (Deschamps). Perlis. Kelantan by the 
side of the railway inland from Kota Bharu. Distrib. All tropics 
sand-hills. Native name : Tapah Kudah. 
I found a patch of this sea-shore plant on a cart track in the Bukit Tangga 
Pass in Negri Sembilan; perhaps the seed had been brought up in a cart 
of sea sand. It was flowering and fruiting here, many miles from the sea, 
(6) I. littoralis Bl. Bijdr. 713. I. denticulata Choisy D.C. 
Prodr. ix. 379; Prain, lx. 314. 
Trailing sea-shore plant. Leaves ovate-cordate, acute, entire 
or toothed, 1 to 2*5 in. long, 75 to 1 in. wide; petioles *25 in. long. 
Peduncles 1 in. long; flowers 1 to 3. Sepals elliptic acute. Corolla 
1-5 in. long, funnel-shaped, pink. Capsule globose, -3 in. long. 
Seeds glabrous. Hab. Sea sands, trailing, often a long way; not 
common. Singapore, Changi. Johor, Tana Merah Road. Pahang, 
Rumpin River; Kwala Pahang. Bindings, Pangkor (Curtis). 
Penang, Bagian Jennal (Curtis). Distrib. Shores of the Indian 
and Pacific oceans, Seychelles to Polynesia. 
(7) I. carnosa R. Br. Prodr. 485. I. acetosaefolia R. and S. 
Syst. iv. 246. I. littoralis Boiss. FI. Or. iv. 112, not of Blume ; 
Prain, l.c. 316. 
Sea-shore creeper. Leaves oblong emarginate or lobed, or 
linear-oblong, 1*25 in. long, -25 to 75 in. wide; petioles 1 in. long. 
Cymes 1- to 3-flowered; peduncles 1 in. long. Sepals ovate- 
blunt, -6 in. long. Corolla 2 in. long and as wide, campanulate 
white. Capsule ovoid, -4 in. long. Seed villous. Hab. Sea 
sands; not common. Pahang, Rumpin River. Malacca, Tanjong 
Kling (Ridley, Griffith). Distrib. All tropic shores. 
(8) I. obscura Ker, Bot. Reg. t. 239; Clarke, l.c. iv. 207. 
Twiner and creeper, hairy or glabrous. Leaves ovate-cordate 
acute, 1 to 2*5 in. long and wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Peduncles 
1 to 3 in. long; flowers 1 to 3. Sepals -20 in. long. Corolla 1 in. 
across and long, yellowish white with purple spot at base. Capsule 
•25 in. long, ovoid. Seed brown-velvety. Hab. Waste ground! 
Singapore, Paya Goyang; Galang Saw-mills (Ridley). Distrib. 
Africa to Malay isles. 
(9) I. sagittsefolia Burm. FI. Ind. 50; Prain, l.c. 317. I. 
sepiaria Roxb. Hort. Beng. 14. 
Slender hairy twiner. Leaves ovate cordate, glabrous or 
pubescent, acuminate sometimes tri-lobed, 1 to 2-5 in. long, 75 
to 2 in. wide; petioles 1 to 2 in. long. Cymes 1- to 6-flowered; 
