106 PENTANDRIA TRIGYNIA, Evolvulus. 



hairy. Peduncles from one to three-flowered ; fruit droop- 

 ing. 



2. E. hirsufus. Willd. 1. 1517. 



Vistnu-clandi. KJieed. Mai. 11. t. G4. 



Anagallis hirsuta minor. Burnt, zeyl. t. G,/. 1. and t. 9. 

 /. 1. seems also the same plant. 



Is a native of the various parts of India, and ivi blos- 

 som most part of the year. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, but numerous, very 

 slender, cespitose, round, bifarious branches, which, while 

 young, are covered with long, soft, white hairs. Leaves 

 alternate, bifarious, subsessile, oblong, entire, hairy on 

 both sides. Peduncles axillary, solitary, longer than the 

 leaves, jointed near the middle, where two opposite, 

 lanceolate bractes are inserted ; from one to three-flow- 

 ered, but one is the most common number ; while in blos- 

 som erect, afterwards drooping. Calyx oifive lanceolate, 

 hairy leaflets. Corel rotate-campanulate margin almost 

 entire, deep bright blue. Stamens crovuiing the mouth of 

 the very short tube. Germ ovate. Styles two, but each 

 three-fourths two-cleft. Stigmas simple. Capsule, and 

 seed as in Couvolulus. 



3. E. pilosus. R. 



Perennial, diffuse, hairy. Leaves sessile, linear-lanceo- 

 late. Peduncles three-flowered, and amply bracted. 

 Style single, two-cleft. 



A native of Hiudoosthan. In the Botanic Garden at 

 Calcutta, it is in flower most part of the year. 



Root perennial. Stem scarcely any, but several, some- 

 what ligneous branches spread close on the ground ; ten- 

 der parts clothed with soft, appressed hairs. Leaves al- 

 ternate, remote, sessile, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, very short, hairy, three-flowered. Flow- 

 ers nearly sessile on the common peduncle. Corol short- 



