470 PF.MANPKIA JIONO' YNIA. Convolvulus. 



lobed. Calyx consisting of five, smooth, obtuse, oval leaflets, 

 Filaments smooth. Style longer than the stamina. Stigma 

 of (wo FOUnd lobes. 



6. C. blandut. R. Herb. Banks. 



Perennial, twining, smooth. />w;c.<? oblong-cord ate, smooth. 

 Stipules recurved. Peduncles ;is long as the petioles, many- 

 flowered. Lobes of the corol obcordate. Stiyma of two round 

 lobes. 



A native of the mountainous parts of the Circars. 



Stem twining, running to a great extent, round, smooth. 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, oblong-cordate, pointed, entire, 

 smooth, from three to four inches long. Petioles short, chan- 

 nelled, smooth. Stipules small. Peduncles axillary, as long as 

 the petioles, erect, rigid, round, smooth, many-flowered, umbel- 

 like. Flowers large, pure white ; lobes rounded, and emargi- 

 nate. Stigma two lobed ; lobes globular. 



Obs. There is a variety of this, if not a distinct species, 

 which differs from it in no other respect, than in being whol- 

 ly covered with soft hairy down. 



7. C. laurifoHus. R. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves from ovate to elliptic, with 

 simple and parallel veins. Pedicncles axillary, many-flower- 

 ed. Capsules fleshy. 



A native of Mysore, and from thence introduced into the 

 Botanic garden at Calcutta by Dr. B. Heyne, fi here it flow- 

 ers in November. The seeds are ripe in March. 



Stews woody towards the base, twining to a very consul n- 

 ble extent. Bark of the ligneous pans smooth ; that of the 

 young shoots armed with small, stifl', adpressed hairs- Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, from ovale to elliptic, with a few adpressed 

 hairs scattered over both surfaces; veins simple 1 and parallel, 

 length from two to six inches. Petioles scarcely half the length 

 of the leaves; two dark glands at the apex, and hairy like the 

 other tender parts. Stipules none. Peduncles axillary, short) r 



