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Ipomœa.] about as long as the leaves, 1–3-flowered. Sepals ovate, obtuse. Corolla 1–2 in. diam., broadly campanulate with a somewhat tubular base, purplish or pink. Capsule ½–¾ in. long, ovoid-globose, coriaceous, 2-celled. Seeds large, hairy.—I. pes-capræ, ''Roth. Nov. Sp. Plant. 109; Benth. Fl. Austral.'' iv. 419; ''Cheesem. in Trans. N.Z. Inst.'' xx. (1888) 171.

Prostrate or twining herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves alternate, entire or rarely palmately lobed. Peduncles axillary, 1-flowered; bracts 2, large, persistent, enclosing the calyx. Flowers usually large. Sepals equal or the inner slightly smaller. Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped; limb plaited, 5-angled or obscurely 5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments dilated at the base; anthers oblong. Ovary 1-celled or imperfectly 2-celled, 4-ovuled; style filiform; stigmas 2, ovate or oblong, flattened. Capsule subglobose, usually 1-celled. Seeds glabrous.

1. C. sepium, R. Br. Prodr.]] 483.—Rhizome long, slender, extensively creeping underground. Stems slender, twining, 3–6 ft. long. Leaves alternate, variable in size and shape, 2–5 in. long, oblong-sagittate or hastate, acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse, cordate at the base with the lobes angular or truncate or rounded, membranous, glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent. Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, angled or margined, often exceeding the leaves; bracts large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, enclosing the calyx. Sepals subequal, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla large, 1½–3 in. diam., white or pink. Ovary incompletely 2-celled. Capsule ½ in. diam., globose, apiculate. Seeds smooth.—''A. Cunn. Precur. n. 394; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel.'' i. 183. Convolvulus sepium. ''Linn. Sp. Plant. 153; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl.'' 197.