476 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, Convolvulus. 
therefore very likely that those varieties include both C. ity 
lobatus, and bicolor, 
17. C. Turpethum. Wiild. sp. pl. i, 859. 
Perennial. Leaves from broad-cordate, to arrow-shaped, 
angular. Stems three or four-angled, Peduneles many- 
flowered. Stigma of two round lobes, Capsules inflated, 
transparent, four-celled, one-valved, 
Sans, Synonyma. 
Beng, Teoree, Dood kulmi, 
' Teling. Tella-tagada. 
Common in hedges, &c, Flowering time the rainy 8 season. 
Root perennial. Stems twining, several fathoms long, from 
three to four-sided, angles membrane-winged, a little downy, 
perennial, Leaves alternate, petioled, form various, from cor- 
date to linear, all are pointed, and lobate, or angular ; behind 
a little downy. Stipules none, but instead thereof glands, Pe- 
duncies axillary, many-flowered. Flowers large, white. Brac- 
tes oval, concave, falling. Germ elevated on alarge glandular 
body. Stigma two-lobed. Capsules involved in the dry calyx, 
absolutely four-sided, four-celled, one-valved ; apex trans- 
parent, Seeds round, black, one in each cell, free, «a 
Obs. The bark of the roots is by the natives employed as 
@ purgative, which they use fresh, rubbed up with milk. 
7 ‘About six inches in length of a root as thick as the little fin- _ 
"2 get ats peckoety a Comp dose. Cattle fo.not eat ei pisat | 
‘SECT. Ir. 1. Twining » aatk divided « or apo ty Leaves, eit: 
18, C. vitifolius. Wilid, sp. pl. i. 864. voy 
Perennial, twining, hairy. Leaves cordate, five-lobed, ser- 
rulate-dentate, Peduncles as long as the leaves, from three 
to six-flowered. Leaflets of the calyx obovate, 
A native of Enh and forests ; Pegi in the cold ait 
