494 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA. Lettsomia, 
the length. Petioles round, shorter than the leaves, hairy ; 
an obscure green gland on each side of the apex. Pedun- 
_ cles axillary, solitary, longer than the petioles, round, hairy, 
dichotomous ; each division bearing one, two, or three large 
rose-coloured flowers, with one in the fork, Bractes several, 
cuneate, hairy. Calyx ; leaflets oval, obtuse. Corol, tabe 
somew hat gibbous, a little hairy on ‘the outside. Stigma of 
_ two round lobes, Berry spherical, smooth, size of a cher? 
ry, when ripe yellow, consisting of soft yellow pulp, contain- 
ane pee large, roundish, saniobily white seeds, 
SECT. II. Corol infundibuliform. - 
10, L. bona-nox. R. ; poe 
. Perennial, twining, Leaves round-cordate. | Peduneles 
three-flowered; stigma of two cylindric lobes. Berry drys 
ovate-oblong, one-celled, from one to four-seeded, 6 6 
. Beng. Kulmi-luta. oP ely ier 
Clove-scented creeper. Asiat. Res. iv. 957. ; 
_ Midnapore creeper, its common English name. 
_ Ipomoea bona-nox. Gert. carp. ii, 247. t. 134..agrees bet- 
pa with the seed vessel of convolvulus nervosus, Burm. — 
of this species, 
A native of the forests of Midnapore in Doneel flowers 
drive tl the rains. Seed = in November, aayesolonss ~~ 
Sten eth ity sii ‘laos as. . thick ciintcadidinainasiamr® : 
ed with spongy, cracked, dull ash-coloured bark, ‘Branches 
and branchlets twining up and over large trees, to a great: 
extent ; tender shoots somewhat hairy. Leaves long-petiol- 
ed, round, and round-cordate, entire, bristle-pointed, though 
obtuse, or even emarginate ; somewhat villous, particularly. 
_ underneath, and there, while young, hoary; length from 
_ three to six inches; breadth nearly the same. | raalente 
