AGG , PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Convolwulus. 
3. P racemosa, R, bie Bad Vian 
Annual, twining, filiform. ‘Leaves jrsilae. the douline 
ones petioled, the floral ones stem-clasping. Racemes axil- 
lary and terminal. Corol five-cleft. So 
A native of Nepal, from thence introduced by Dr. F. 
Buchanan, into the Botanic garden, whee it blossoms during _ 
the dry season. 
Stems annual, twining, slender, pretty auiogths Leaves 
cordate, entire, obtuse-pointed, soft, and smooth, the cauline 
ones are petioled; the floral ones sessile, indeed stem-clasp- 
ing. Racemes axillary, and terminal, long-peduncled, few- 
flowered, Bractes, the lower ones like the floral leaves, but 
smaller, those of the superior flowers very small. Flowers al- 
ternate, pedicelled, small, white. Calyx fjve-leaved ; leaflets — 
sub-lanceolate, growing with the pericarp into five scariose 
wings. Corol sub-campanulate ; tube short, and rather gib- 
hous; border five-parted ; segments oblong. Filaments short, 
‘iitenal, inserted into the tube of the corol near its bottom. 
Anthers ovate, within the tube. Germ ovate, one-celled, 
containing two seeds, attached to its bottom. Style length of 
the stamens. Stigma oval, apex two-lobed. Utriculus oval, 
smooth, of a very delicate, entire, membranaceous texture, 
surrounded by the five leaflets of the calyx, now enlarged 
into five scariose, cuneiform = Seed as in the age 
ee CONTOL. YULUS. y Rese oo . 
Calyx five-leaved. Corol campanulate. Germ fwo, rand 
three-celled, Stigma from two to three-lobed. Capsule, two 
or three-celled; cells two-seeded, Einbryo erect, curved 5 ; 
cotyledons pao 
_N. B. In far the greater number of our East Lindi Con- 
olvuli, and Ipomoea, the stigma consists of two globular 
i globe an aggregate of minute, roundish, ps iu- 
us | mileweltt teen specific character, ther: ore. 
