A flora of Manila - Rainforestation

CONVOLVULACEAE 383
at the base, urn-shaped above, the limb shortly 5-lobed. Stamens 5,
included, the filaments dilated at their concave bases and arched over the
ovary; disk large, culpular. Ovary 2-celled; ovules 4; style short. Fruit
a small, 4-valved capsule. (Greek "scale" and "filament," in reference to
the scale at the base of each stamen.)
Species 3 in tropical Asia and Africa, 1 in the Philippines.
1. L. binectariferum (Wall.) O. Ktze. (L. flavescens Bl.).
An herbaceous twining vine, the stems villous. Leaves ovate, 5 to 12 cm
long, densely tomentose on both surfaces, base deeply cordate, apex acute or
acuminate, margins entire or somewhat 3-lobed. Cymes axillary, dense,
globose, pubescent, 3 to 4 cm in diameter, few- to many-flowered. Sepals
strigose, acuminate. Corolla pale-yellow, slightly hairy outside, urn-shaped,
1 to 1.5 cm long. Capsule ovoid, glabrous, 2-celled, about 5 mm long.
In dry thickets near Fort McKinley, Balicbalic, etc., fl. Jan.; widely
distributed in the Philippines. Assam to Java and Borneo.
3. QUAMOCLIT Moench
Annual, twining, glabrous, slender, herbaceous vines. Leaves ovate, cordate,
angled, lobed or pinnately divided. Flowers red, in few-flowered
axillary, lax cymes. Sepals small, their apices often somewhat awned.
Corolla salver-shaped, regular or nearly so, the tube long, the limb spreading,
subentire or very slightly lobed. Stamens 5, exserted, filaments unequal.
Ovary 4-celled, 4-ovuled. Fruit a 4-celled capsule. (Apparently
from an old Mexican name.)
Species 7 in tropical America, 2 now widely distributed in the tropics of
the East.
Leaves ovate, deeply cordate at the base, entire or bi-oadly 3- to 5-
lobed 1. Q. phoenicea
Leaves pinnately divided into numerous, linear segments 2. Q. pinnata
1. Q. PHOENICEA (Roxb.) Choisy (Q. coccinea Auct.). Pula (Tag. "red").
A scandent, twining, slender vine reaching a length of several meters.
Leaves ovate, broadly cordate, acute or acuminate, margins subentire or
angled, or broadly 3- to 5-lobed, 6 to 12 cm long. Cymes axillary, long-
peduncled, few-flowered, the peduncles up to 15 cm long. Flowers erect,
red. Sepals 5, green, about 6 mm long, obtuse, slenderly spurred from
the apex. Corolla deep-red, the tube slender, slightly enlarged upward,
2.5 cm long, the limb spreading, about 2 cm in diameter. Capsule subglobose
or ovoid, about 6 mm in diameter. (Fl. Filip. pi. 17.)
In thickets, San Juan del Monte, fl. Nov.-Apr. ; of local occurence in
the Philippines, but frequently very abundant, thoroughly naturalized. A
native of tropical America now found wild and cultivated in many other
tropical countries.
2. Q. PINNATA (Lam.) Bojer {Q. vulgaris Choisy). Cabello del angel
(Sp.-Fil.) ; Cypress Vine.
A slender, twining, glabrous vine reaching a height of 4 m or more.
Leaves ovate in outline, 4 to 7 cm long, pinnately divided into numerous,
linear, distant segments. Cymes axillary, few-flowered, the peduncles 4 to
9 cm long. Flowers erect. Sepals green, about 5 mm long, apiculate,
elliptic. Corolla deep-red, salver-shaped, the tube about 2 cm long, slightly
enlarged upward, the limb spreading, 1.5 to 2 cm in diameter, distinctly
5-lobed. Capsule ovoid, 7 to 8 mm long. (Fl. Filip. pi. S3.)