Flowers pink coloured within, the outer surface 

 densely clothed with white silvery hairs. 



1361, Caloj^yction speciosum (Choisy), stem 

 extensively scandent: leaves large, very glabrous: 

 peduncles long: sepals equal aristate. 



Coimbatore district, not unfrequent near villages, 

 but probably introduced, as it is frequently culti- 

 vated under the name of Moon Flower, in allu- 

 sion to the flowers opening in the evening and 

 dropping off in the morning, 



1362. Lepistemoj?^ fi^avescens (Choisy), stem 

 herbaceous, twining, hairy: leaves cordato-ovate, 

 entire or three-lobed, strigoso hispid above, nigres- 

 cent: cymes peduncled, axillary, dense, shorter 

 than the petiols: corolla 5-6 lines long, tubular, 

 inflated at the base, glabrous, or externally pubes- 

 cent on the teeth. 



Mergui. Griffith. 



The distinguishing feature of this genus is the 

 large hairy scales at the base of the filaments and 

 as no figure exists of it, I am happy to have the 

 opportunity of figuring one. 



1363» Ipomjsa pileata (Roxb.), stem slender, 

 villous: leaves cordato-acuminate mucronulate, often 

 glabrous, petiolate: peduncles scarcely the length 

 of the petiols: flowers 5-6, sessile in a perfoliate 

 boat-shaped receptacle: bracts obovate, hairy: se- 

 pals intricately hairy, the exterior ones larger, 

 ovate; interior linear, about 3 lines long: corolla 

 tubular campanulate: capsule glabrous. 



Quilon, Malabar. 



The leaves oi my specimens are decidedly pilose, 

 perhaps scarcely so much so as shown in the figure, 

 but they are far from glabrous. 



1364. Ipom^a Wightii (Wall), stem terete, elon- 

 gated, retrorsely pilose : leaves cordato-acuminate 

 acute and mucronulate at the apex, the inferior 

 ones oblong, with the margin sinuately dentate, 

 the younger ones 3-lobed, all lanuginose above, 

 whitish tomentose beneath, 2-3 inches long; petiols 

 long hairy: peduncles longer than the petiols, 2-5- 

 flowered: bracts linear aristate, 4-6 lines long, 

 acute, hairy, and as if embracing a capitulum: 

 sepals oblong linear, aristate, acute, hairy, 5 lines 

 long: corolla campanulate, rose coloured, about an 

 inch long: capsule pubescent: seed glabrous. 



Neilgherries, Mysore, &c. 



This species is figured in Wallich's splendid 

 Plant. Asiat. rar., but from a very luxuriant culti- 

 vated sp^men. The accompanying figure was 

 taken from native, but dried, specimens, hence it 

 may err somewhat in the opposite direction as re- 

 gards the size of the flowers. 



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1366. Convolvulus glomeratus (Choisy), root 

 straight: stems many, prostrate or ascending, 1-2 

 feet long, terete ; simple, glabrous : leaves ovate 

 or sub-roundish, short petioled, acute at the apex, 

 6-10 lines long, 3-4 broad, glabrous or the upper 

 ones scarcely pubescent: flowers glomerate; capi- 

 tula from about the middle to the ends of the 

 branches, axillary, peduncled: peduncles 3-10 lines 

 long, terete, villous: bracts ovato-Ianceolate acute, 

 villous, 4 lines long; a little longer than the capi- 

 tulum: capitula with from 10-12 sessile flowers; 

 and acute hairy bracts: sepals lanceolate acute, 

 lanato-villous, 2-3 lines long : corolla a little longer 

 than the calyx: seed glabrous. 



Scind, Stocks. 



The specimens from which the drawing was 

 rnade were communicated by Mr. Stocks. They 

 differ in some points from M. Choisy's character, 

 but as ^ they perfectly correspond with a "Unio 

 Itineraria" specimen, named Convolvulus capUulaiuSy 

 I have no doubt of this being the true plant. 



1367. Convolvulus microphyllus (Sieb.), stems 

 elongated, hairy, many springing from one root: 

 leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base into a 

 minute petiol, 3-6 lines long, scarcely 2 broad: 

 flowers axillary, sometimes solitary sessile, some- 

 times 2 or 3 on a rudimentary ramulus: bracts 

 linear hairy, two lines long: sepals linear acumin- 

 ate, hairy, broad at the base, 3 lines long: corolla 

 scarcely twice the length of the calyx, villous: 

 capsule globose, glabrous. 



Scind. Stocks. 



I have not, as in the preceding, an authentic 

 specimen witli which to compare the one figured, 

 but it seems to accord so well with the character 

 as to leave little room for doubt as to its being 

 the species named. 



1368. Convolvulus rhyniospermus (Hochst), 

 stems herbaceous 6-8 inches high, terete, ramous 

 or several from one root, pubescent, leafy: leaves 

 elliptico-lanceolate, sometimes acute, sometimes ob- 

 tuse at the point, mucronulate, nearly glabrous, 

 an inch long; petiol very short, villous: peduncles 

 axillary woolly, very short, one-flowered, scattered 

 over nearly the whole branch: bracts and sepals 

 elliptic acute, 2-3 lines long, the younger ones 

 woolly within. 



Scind. Stocks. 



1369. SEDnERA EVOLvuLOiDEs (R. W. Breiveriu 

 evolvuloides^ Choisy), stems sufiiuticose ramous: 



leaves ovato-lanceolate, sessile, glabrous, 3 lines 

 long, acute: flowers ajollary, solitary, short pedun- 

 cled: sepals ovate, equal, acute, often recurved, 

 about a line long: corolla very small. 



Sea Coast, near Tutichoreen, and many other 



1365. Convolvulus rufescens (Choisy), stems P^^^^* 



rusty red: leaves hastato-cordate, acute at the apex, 

 mucronulate ; sinuate on the margin, 2 inches long, 

 the auricles crenato-lobate; petiols 7 lines long; 

 peduncles short 1^-flowered: bracts minute j pe- 

 dicels 3-6 lines long: sepals ovato-acuminate, ciliate, 

 acute, 3 lines long; exterior ones pubescent: cor- 

 olla 5-6 lines long: capsule glabrous. 

 Neilgherries, not uncommon. 



Though not properly speaking common, it can 

 scarcely be called a rare plant. The circumstance 

 of M. Choisy having referred this species to Brew- 

 eria seems to indicate that these genera scarcely 

 deserve to be kept distinct. 



1370. Breweria Roxburghii (Choisy), ramous; 

 ramuli ferrugrineo-villous : leaves ovato-cordate sub- 



A procumbent plant, spreading to a considerable acuminate. 



errugmeous 



long 



duncles 



extent among long grass. 



about the length of the petiols, 3-or many-flowered: 



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