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* 5. CALONYCTION, Cholsy. 



Ic. t. 1361.— c.p. 3648. 



Wight; 



"-San'a^^™'^^'^* ^"^ *^^ warmer parts of the island. Norn. vulg. 



A plant (c.p 3580), closely allied to the present, though probably a Jistiuct 

 species having longer, more fleshy pedicels, and smaller and purple flowers, is culti- 

 vated by the Cinghalese, who cat the pedicels in their curries. It is said to be not 

 truly indigenous. 



2. C. ? comospermum, Boj. (Choisy, I.e. p. 346.)— c.P. 3536. 

 ilAB. Jattna, Gardner; BichweUe, near Matura, close to the sea. ' 



Plania tota glabra. FeduncuU uniflori. Sepala obtusa, mutiea vel mucronulata. 



lou^iu^cijflanata" """ '^''^^' ''^^^' ^"'"'"' '''^'"' ^«"'I«^ll^'=^''i^i' ^'•'^S^^^ 



Can this be the mveahjpocrateriformis, Choisy, as regards the Trincomale plant? 

 U appears to me to be a true species of I^omcea. 



IPOMCEA 



3535.'" '■^**''^' ^^^^- (Clioisy, in DC. Prod. is. p. 349, cum syn.)-c.p. 



nl^'?'^^'.-^^. ^^'^ borders of tanks in the hot, drier parts of the island; 

 toon?" ^^ "" vegetable by the Cinghalese. Nom. vulg. "Zang- 



2. I. Pes-Caprae, Sw. (Choisy, 1. c. cum syn.)— c.p. 1934. 

 -QAB. Very abundant near the sea. Norn. vulg. "JV 



Moodoo 



tambooroo." 



tambooroo." 



3. 1. rugosa, Choisy, 1. c. p. 350, cum syn.— c.p. 2854. 

 ±1AB. Very abundant in damp fields. JSTom. vulg. " Bin- 



4. I. reniformis, Choisy, I. c. p. 351, cum syn.— C.P. 3579. 

 -tlAB. Hot, drier parts of the island. 



TT.^" *il^*"»l'«' Illume, (Choisy, 1. c. p. 352.)-c.p. 1939. 

 ilAB. Galle, near the sea. 



v/' o"'V'"'if *' ^*^' (Choisy, 1. c. p. 353. cum syn.)— c.p. 1929. 

 var. p. 1. JihcauUs, Blume, (Choisy, I.e. cum syn.)— c.p. 1930. 



» Hab. Very abundant i 

 -Uawarce-maddoo. 



vul 



oftin ^ *"** varieties of this plant pass imperceptibly into oue another, so that it is 

 n impossible to determine to which of the two some specimens should be referred. 



Wight 



Warme 



^aVz^/* /^°*^ w *ippearance this species closely resembles the more common Rivea 

 fruit vo* j-*^ ^^^^ flowers arc handsomer, the leaves less Jocply cordate, and tlie 



fruit very different. 



natifi " ■'^*^'*^^** Thw. ; foliis rotmidato-cordatia, longiusculc acumi- 

 W». ^^7?^^^^..Slabris, aubtus tomcntellia glanduloao-pTinotuIntipque : 

 ■l^^nunculis umfloris, petiolo subacquilongis ; sepalh obloiigis, subacutis, 



