4^4 PF.NTANDKI A MONOGYNIA. ('onvolvulus. 



three indies loner, and les^ than half an inch broad. Peti- 

 oles clothed with long, soil, brown liairs. Peduncle axilla- 

 ry, longer than the petioles, hairy near the base, bearing- from 

 one to tour, small, very pale-yellow flowers, but when one, 

 or two, these arc accompanied with the rudiment of one or 

 two more, and some small, cordate smooth bractes. Calyx; 

 leaflets oval, equal, smooth, concave, with callous, smooth, 

 dark green margins. Stigma of two round lobes. Capsules 

 globular, smooth, size of a pea, one-celled, four-seeded. 

 Seed smooth, deep brown. 



31. C. stipulaceus. R. 



Creeping, smooth, with apices twining. Leaves cordate- 

 sagittate, with lobes repand. Stipules recurved. Peduncles 

 many-flowered. Calyx smooth. Lobes of the corol obcor- 

 date. Seed woolly. 



A native of Chittagong, sent from thence by Mr. W. Rox- 

 burgh to the Botanic garden at Calcutta, where it flowers 

 about the beginning; of the hot season. 



Root perennial. Stem and branches creeping, round, 

 smooth, extremities twining ; length from one to two fathoms, 

 or even more. Leaves petioled, cordate-sagittate, with pos- 

 terior lobes (barbs) often repand, smooth on both sides, 

 point rather obtuse, with a minute bristle; length from two to 

 three inches. Petioles channelled, from one to two inches long. 

 Stipules two, stout, inoffensive, recurved, acute, at the base 

 of the petiole. l J eduncles axillary, solitary, about as long as 

 the petioles, round, smooth, somewhat clavate, bearing from 

 three to six or even more, large, pure white flowers. Pedi- 

 cels clavate, shorter than the peduncles, round, smooth. Ca- 

 lyx; leaflets ovate, equal, concave, smooth, and somewhat 

 transparent. Corol; lobes of the border large, obcordate. 

 Nectary a pentagonal cup surrounding the base of the germ. 

 Style much longer than the stamens. Stigma of two round 

 lobes. Capsule ovate, smooth. Seed covered with much 

 soft, deep olive-coloured wool. 



