dark spots on the inside, which shew through and remairf 

 When the calyx is quite dried, persistent, and in the fruit much 

 ii.ii.u, u and membranous. Capsule perhaps naturally 4-celIed, 

 as rigured and described by Herman, but one, two, or three of 

 them frequently fail, reducing* them at times to the lowest 

 number. Each cell contains one smooth seed, nor in the 

 germen could we find more than one ovulum in each cell 

 Style divides easily into two parts, or probably into as many 

 as there are cells. Filaments dilated at the base, or a broad 

 band runs from their insertion down to the bottom of the 

 corolla, but connate with it. 



We have chosen to retain the old name of Convolvulus 

 rather than adopt that of Ipom,ea ; not only for the reason 

 mentioned at No. 1572, but from an apprehension that this 

 species, with some other analogous ones, will eventually be 

 separated into a distinct genus, for which the large succulent 

 calyx becoming in the fruit inflated and bladder-like, the 

 transparent crown of the capsule and the single-seeded cells 

 seem to afford sufficient data ; 



The Convolvulus Turpethum has a very extensive range, 

 being found in Ceylon, Sumatra, Malabar, Coromandel, New 

 Holland, and Otaheite, or at least species approaching so near 

 to each other that it is not easy to distinguish them. There 

 is however a considerable variation in the appearance of the 

 bracteae, which in the specimens preserved in Herman's 

 Herbarium, now in possession of Sir Joseph Banks, and 

 especially in one from Tranquebar, are membranaceous, 

 large, coloured, and sometimes remain on till the flower is 

 nearly expanded ; the stems also vary much in the angles, 

 being more or less winged ; in our specimens, which were 

 only of the flowering branches, they were not only not at all 

 winged, but the angles themselves were obsolete. 



VVe were favoured with the specimens from which our 

 drawing was made, in April last, by the lion. William 

 Herbert, of Spofforth. 



