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nent and reticulated, softly pubescent; above a little harsh, 
from the hairs being shorter and stiffer. Peduncles axillary, 
round, pubescent, varying in length, but usually longer than 
the petioles : at first 2- or 3-flowered, but afterwards increasing 
in number, owing to the lateral pedicels becoming proliferous 
and giving off fresh ones. Bracteas large, membranaceous, 
deciduous. Calyz 5-parted, outer segments much larger than 
the others, concave, entire, villous, mucronate, speckled within 
with numerous black spots. Corolla white: tube short, con- 
tracted at, and nearly closed by, the filaments, which are much 
enlarged and hairy. Filaments short : anthers oblong, spirally 
twisted after shedding their pollen. Style filiform, longer 
than the stamens. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Capsules sti- 
pitate, 2-celled, 4-seeded, enclosed in the greatly enlarged, 
and now smooth greenish-white calyx. In its junior state 
the apex is covered with a green scale, which drops as it 
approaches to maturity, leaving the capsule transparent in 
the place it occupied. 
This is esteemed by the natives nearly as active as jalep 
(as a cathartic). Ihave never prescribed it, and cannot speak 
from my own observation; but I have ordered some to be 
procured, with the view of making experiments, 
Surrr. Tas. XXXVIII. Convolvulus Turpethum. Fig. l, 
Stamens and base of the corolla. Fig. 2, Capsule with its 
green scale. Fig. 3, Capsule from which the scale has 
fallen :—natural size. 
XXXIX. 
GLYCOSMIS TRIPHYLLA. 
Foliolis ternis ellipticis obtuse acuminatis integerrimis glabris, 
staminum filamentis medio non incrassatis. (SUPPL. hale 
XXXIX.) d 
anos: Tamul. 
-A ramous leafy shrub, im 3 to 5 feet high, vix scis 
any trunk. Bark, of the larger branches, brown, of the small 
