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although I believe that India does not possess a genuine indigenous 
Pharbitis; P. Nil being found only about villages. The present 
plant appears to me to be a true Calonyction, on account, partly, of 
the form of its corolla, and also (which is perhaps of greater value) of 
its habit of unfolding its flowers only at sunset. 
IpoM@a. 
I. rhyncorhiza, mihi; radice tuberosa, tubere ovali compresso sub- 
lignoso rostrato mediocri, caule filiformi volubili glabro, foliis lon- 
giuseule petiolatis subseptem-partitis supra et in nervis subtus pilis 
fulvis hispidulis, lobis inzequaliter pinnatifidis acuminatis, pedunculis 
axillaribus solitariis uni- v. bifloris filiformibus glabris folio longiori- 
bus, floribus mediocribus flavis, calycis glabri foliolis inæqualibus 
interioribus longioribus lanceolatis 7-lin. exterioribus oblongis acutis 
5-lin. 
Corolla 1} poll. longa, folia diametro 2-pollicaria, pedunculi 3-pollicares. 
—Crescit rarissime in montibus Syhadree, prope Tulkut-ghát; fl. 
Aug. et Sept. ; fructum non vidi. 
The plant is greedily sought after by the Ghaut people, who eat the 
tubers, and also make use of the leaves as Bajee (greens); hence its 
rarity. This interesting plant, as well as the former, has been disco- 
vered for the first time during the present year (1850). 
Nat. Ord. URTICACEZ. 
ELATOSTEMMA. 
E. oppositifolium; herbacea pedalis, caule simplici glabro basi nudo, 
folis longiuscule petiolatis oppositis lanceolatis acuminatis grosse - 
dentato-serratis trinerviis lineolatis supra parce pilosis subtus gla- 
berrimis supremis majoribus, capitulis in axillis alternis solitariis 
pedunculatis, pedunculis petiolo brevioribus, receptaculo communi 
plano discoideo simplici, floribus masculis et foemineis mixtis. 
Folia majora cum petiolo semipollicari 5 poll. longa, 13 poll. lata, 
tenerrima, basi inæquilatera. Pedunculus filiformis, 5—6 lin, longus. 
Capitulum diametro 4-5 lin.—Crescit in montibus Syhadree ; fl. 
Sept. 
This plant has also been discovered for the first time during the 
present year (1850). 
