492 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, _Lettsomia, 
- Convolvulus cuneatus, Willd. spec. i. 873... 
‘ Some plants of this uncommonly elegant species, were 
brought from the Mysore country, by General Martin in 1792. 
He gave one'of them to the Botanicgarden at Caleutta, which 
has been multiplied by layers, and blossoms about the close 
of the rains in September, and October. 
Stems woody, twining, of very considerable extent. Bark 
smooth, dark grey. Young shoots covered with short depress- 
ed hairs. Leaves alternate, short-petioled, cuneate, emargi- 
nate, entire, smooth above, a little hairy underneath ; general 
length about two inches. Peduneles axillary, solitary, three- 
flowered, round, villous, about three quarters of an inch long. 
Pedicels shorter than the peduncles, always consisting of an 
opposite incurved pair, with a solitary shorter one in the cen- 
tre. Bractes linear.’ Calyx, leaflets ovate, a little villous. 
Corol large, of a beautiful deep bright purple colour. Tube 
ample; the five lobes of the border emarginate, which makes 
the whole appear ten-lobed. .Nectary, a fleshy ring round 
the base of the germ. Filaments broad, and hairy, at the 
base. Stigma of two, round heads. Berry oblong, dry, one- 
celled, Seeds from one to four, peas ina little dry il 
_naceous matter, 
Obs. This when in blossom, is one of the most beantifal of 
the whole order ; the large, very bright, deep purple flowers 
make it particularly conspicuous amongst its own deep green 
win =e this is much augmented by making it run over 
8. ie eymosa, R. ne 
Perennial, twming. Leaves round, reniform- ooblaaali Pe- 
duncles larger than the leaves. Flowers many, in an: ‘involu- 
ered, dense cyme, Berry globular. ’ ee 
An extensive, stout, perennial, twining plant, sini 
. the: oa ns 3; from Wynaad. the seeds were sent, 
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