47G PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 



therefore very likely (hat those varieties include both C.snb- 

 lobatus, and bicolor. 



17. C. Twpethum. Willd. sp. pi. i. 859. 



Perennial. Leaves from broad -cord ate, to arrow-shaped, 

 angular. Stems three or four-angled. Peduncles many- 

 flowered. Stigma of two round lobes. Capsules inflated, 

 transparent, four-celled, one-valved. 



Sans. Synonyma. 



Benrj. Teoree, Dood k?dim. 



Teling. Tella-tagada. 



Commou in hedges, &c. Flowering time the rainy season. 



Root perennial. Stems twining, several fathoms long, from 

 three to four-sided, angles membrane-winged, a little downy, 

 perennial. Leaves alternate, petioled, form various, from cor- 

 date to linear, all are pointed, and lobate, or angular ; behind 

 a little downy. Stipules none, but instead thereof glands. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, many-flowered. Flowers large, white. Brac- 

 tes oval, concave, falling. Germ elevated on a large glandular 

 body. Stigma two-lobed. Capsules involved in the dry calyx, 

 absolutely four-sided, four-celled, one-valved; apex trans- 

 parent. Seeds round, black, one in each cell, free. 



Obs. The bark of the roots is by the natives employed as 

 a purgative, which they use fresh, rubbed up with milk. 

 About six inches in length of a root as thick as the little fin- 

 ger, they reckon a common dose. Cattle do not eat the plant. 



SECT. II. Twining with divided or compound Leaves. 



18. C. vitifolius. Willd. sp. pi. i. 864. ! 



Perennial, twining, hairy. Leaves cordate, five-lobed, ser- 

 rulate-dentate. Peduncles as long as the leaves, from three 

 to six-flowered. Leaflets of the calyx obovate. 



A native of hedges and forests : flowering: in the cold sea- 

 son. 



Stem twining, perennial, round, very hairy, two or three 



