Apomoea, PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 501 
Stigma three-lobed ; lobes round, Capsules smooth, three- 
celled, with two peas black seeds in each. 
Obs. This, and I. cerulea (probably I. hederacea of dec 
quin,) are exactly the same in the inflorescence, germ, stigma 
and capsules ; but they differ specifically, This being peren- 
nial, and having the leaves constantly without any tendency 
to be lobate, whereas that is annual, with three-lobed leaves, 
I may farther add, that plants raised from seed received from 
the Honourable Charles Greville, in London, under the name 
Convolvulus hederaceus, differ only in the colour of the flow- 
ers from my I, c@rulea, in which it is blue, and in this, heder- 
acea, white. 
7.1. cerulea, Kon, Mss, veer om 
Annual, twining, hairy. Leaves cordate, three-lobed, 
downy. Peduneles from two to three-flowered, margins | of the - 
corol sub-entire. Stigmas three-lobed, ——— three-celled. 
Beng. Neel-kulmi. 
It is common during the rains in most parts of India. 
Stems and branches twining, annual, round, hairy, from six 
to twelve feet long, as thick asa crow’s quill, Leaves alter- 
nate, petioled, broad-cordate, | three-lobed, downy ; from two 
_ to four inches long, acute, &c. almost as in Dillenius’s figures 
of Convolvulus Nil. Peduneles axillary, length of the peti- 
oles, round, hairy, from two to three-flowered. Bractes and 
leaflets of the calyx linear. Flowers large, of a beautiful 
light, but bright blue. Stigma sub-globular, large, glandu- 
desi three-lobed, Capsule much shorter than the cal % emabohy 
Semesttied: with two seeds in each. . 
I have often reared this species in miesnien, dapecount 
of the gre: ae! oe a tanigs Bese, 2H sg pat find it to 
he « ‘eads of thin plant aro sold intense, sasliiueentieg’ 
shops in Calcutta, under the name Kala dana, and used as a 
purgative. I have heard them much praised as an effectual, 
quick-operating, safe cathartic, The dose is from thirty to 
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