491 PENTANDRIA MONOGYN1A. Lettsomid. 



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 /lowers, n ith one in the fork. Bractes several, 

 cuneate, hairy. Calyx; Ira fiats oval, obtuse. Corol, tube 

 somewhat 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- 

 ing- four large, roundish, smooth, white seeds. 



SECT. II. Carol vifundibidiform. 



10. L. bona-nox. R. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves round-cordate. Peduncles 

 three-flowered; stigma of two cylindric lobes. Berry dry, 

 ovate-oblong, one-celled, from one to four-seeded. 



Beng. Kulmt-lttta. 



Clove-scented creeper. Asiat. Res. iv. 257. 



Midnapore creeper, its common English name. 



Ipomoea bona-nox. Gart. carp. ii. 247. t. 134. agrees bet- 

 ter with the seed vessel of convolvulus nervosus, Burnt, than 

 of this species. 



A native of the forests of Midnapore in Bengal ; flowers 

 during the rains. Seed ripe in November, December, and 

 January. 



Stem stout, in old plants as thick as a man's arm, cover- 

 ed with spongy, cracked, dull ash-coloured bark. Branches 

 and branchlels 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 ; somen hat villous, particularly 

 underneath, and there, while young, hoary ; length from 

 three to six inches; breadth nearly the same. Petioles of va- 

 rious length, round, villous, with a dark-coloured gland on 

 each side of the apex. Peduncles axillary, solitary, geuer- 



