4()S PENTANDRTA MONOGYNIA. Convohultl.S. 



bottom, stigma of two round lobes, Capsules entirely hid 

 in the calyx, which together with them is the size of a large 

 nutmeg. Seeds covered with a dense coat of fine brown down, 

 and hairy round the umbilicus. 



2. C semidigynus. R. 



Perennial, twining'. Leaves cordate, villous. Peduncles 

 three or more-flowered. Style half two-cleft. Stigmas glo- 

 bular. 



A native of the Shree-n?fgv/r mountains, from (hence Cap- 

 tain Hardwicke sent seeds to the Botanic garden, w here the 

 plants, three years old when this description was taken, are 

 very extensive and in full blossom in December. 



Stems woody, twining ; young pants villous. Leaves alter- 

 nate, pelioled, cordate, and ovate-cordate, entire, pointed, of 

 a very soft, villous texture, particularly underneath; three 

 or four inches hyig", and about two broad. Petioles half as 

 long as the leaves, villous. Peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 shorter than the petioles, round, downy, each bearing three 

 or more large, pure white, inodorous flowers. Bractes ovate, 

 caducous. Calyx downy. Carol villous on the outside. 

 Jjnlhers with their points bent back towards the bottom of 

 the corol, and their sagittate bases pointing to its mouth. 

 Germ bearded. Style two-cleft. Stigma globular. 



3. C.Jastigiatns. H. 



Twining, perennial, smooth. Leaves cordate, smooth. 

 Cymes long ; peduncles many-flowered. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal; in flower, and 

 full foliage most part of the year. 



Root perennial. Steins and /tranches numerous, twining; 

 all the sub ligneous parts scabrous; young shoots running 

 over bushes to an extent of many fathoms, generally tinged 

 with purple. Long limners issue from the top of the root, 

 and spread along- the surface of the earth. Leave* cordate, 

 in the young luxuriant shoots and runners they are often va- 



