500 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ipomoea. 
Tiru-tali, Rheed. Mal. xi. p. 109. t. 53. is certainly this — 
plant, though quoted for Convolvulus maximus, Can they be 
the same.? Probably they are, as Vahl’s description agrees 
tolerably well with my plant. 
Teling. Metta-tootia. 
This is one of the most common species on the coast, it 
grows plentifully in every hedge, thicket, &c. Flowers dur- 
ing the rainy and cold season. — 
Stem twining, perennial; young shoots round, filiforra, 
hairy. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, pointed, somewhat 
sagittate, or angular behind, otherwise entire; smooth, often 
clouded with brownish spots in the centre ; from two to three 
inches long. Peduncles axillary, as long as the leaves, round, 
smooth, clubbed, many-flowered. Flowers large, of a beau- 
tiful. pale rose-colour. — awayatinds, lobes epehuas: 
Sor smooth, . 
6. I. cerulescens. R. i 
Perennial, twining, all the tender parts hairy. Leaves round 
cordate, acute. Peduncles erect, length of the petioles, from 
one to three-flowered. Stigma of three round lobes. Cap- 
sules smooth, three-celled, 
Native place uncertain, nor can any Asiatic names be pro- 
cured for this beautiful, distinct species, 
Stems perennial, twining to a great extent ; young shoots 
jercg and easy aaie ber apa nied anietew 
anit; surface less Bikey than the yeilbnesed Aanéta,sletlirtn 
or four inches each way. Peduneles axillary, length of the 
petioles, hairy, at all times erect, from one to three-flowered. 
Flowers pretty large; their colour when they first expand 
early in the morning, is a beautiful lively pale blue, or azure, 
gradually growing darker. Bractes lanceolate, hairy. Calyx 
pay Seen IeNate petiolt ent 
