ILLUSTRATIONS OF INDIAN BOTANY. 



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8, COHVOLVULUi. Z. 



a 



b 



Stem erect; peduncles longish, 



twining" — a. 



Peduncles few, 1- to 3-flowered — 5. 



umbellately many-floweted, 



- 60 C. RotUerianus, Ch 



* 61 C. parviflorus. 



62 

 - 63 



C. arvensis. 

 C. refescensj Ch 



Leaves sagittate, somewhat auricled ; sepals obtuse, - - - 



hastate, cordate, sinuately toothed : sepals ovate acuminated, • 



9. Aniseia, Ch, 



Stem hairy, twining, leaves oblong cordate, acuminated, longish petioled, - 64 A. catycina, Ch 

 Stem glabrous or nearly so, rooting, leaves oblong, linear or cuneate, very 

 shortly petioled, - - - - - - - -65 A* uniflora. 



10- Hewitia. W. Sf A Shutena^ Ch. (not W. ^ A.) 

 1. H. bicolor W. & A. (C. bicolor Vahl. & C- bracteatus Vahl,) 



11. PoRANA. Burm. 

 1. P. paniculata Roxb. (perhaps not indigenous). 



12. Breweria. JR* Br. 



Stem twining, leaves cordate ovate, acuminated, softly villous, petioled, 

 2 inches long, - - - - - *. 



Stem erect r leaves from oblong lanceolate, to oval and obtuse, ahnost glab- 

 rous, sub-sessile, l|-2 lines long, * * - - - 



13. Cressa. Zf. 

 1. C. indica, Retz. 



66 B. RoxburghU, Ch, 



67 B. Evolvuloides. 



14. EvoLVULUS. Linn, 



Leaves almost sessile, hirsute on both sides, - ^ - . 



shortly petioled (various as to shape and hairiness), 



15- CUSCUTA. 



Flowers racemose, 5-cleft: style 1- - - - 



Peduncles 3-flowered, flowers 4-cleft : styles % - 



68 E. hirsutus, L. 



69 £. alsinoides, L 



- 70 C. reflexa R. 

 71 C, hyalina, R. 



6L. 



Bat Ma 



1 ConvoL gangeticus, Roxb. 2 Letts, uniflora, Roxb. 3 Letts, bona-nox, Roxb. 5 L. nervosa, R. 

 argentea, R. 8 ConvoL fulgens, Wall. 10 Letts, pomacea. 11 Letts, strigosa, R. 14 A. bracteata, Wight m Comp. 



t. 3. 15 Ipom. multiflora, R. 16 C. malabaricus Linn. 39 Letts, aggre^ata, 20 L. setj)sa R. 2J L. 

 oymosa,R. 22 Ipom. phcenicea, R. 23 Ip. Quamoclit, L. 24 C. hirsutus, Roxb. C. munitus, Wall 2o Con. Batatas 

 L. 26 C. paniculata, L. 27 C. purpureus, L. 28 Ip. ccerulea and coerulescens. Con. ml Linn. 29 Ip. bona-nox, L. 

 Ip. grandiflora, Roxb. 30 Ip. muricata, Linn, and Roxb. 31 C. aspen, Wall. 32 Convol. repens Roxb. 33 Ip. 

 pescaproe, C. biiobus R. 34 C. flagelliformis, Roxb. 35 C- renifis Roxb 3G C- hirsutus, WaU. 38 C. medius R. 

 not Linn. 40 not Linn., the Linn, plant is Rivea tilicefolia. 41 C, vitifol. R. 43 L diversifolia, Ch. not Br. 46 C. 

 sphoerocephalus R. 47 C. Kleinii, Sp. 47 I. staphylina R. and S. 49 C. blandus, R- and C. pentagoms, R. 51 C. ob- 

 scurus, Willd. 52 perhaps a variety of Ip. cymosa. 53 C. dentatus R. C. flavus Willd. 54 C. Pl^^^^' ^^ g- 

 Wightii, Wall. PI. As. Ran 57 C. pedetus, Roxb. 58 C digitatus, R. 61 ^.^^zia pi osa Rott 62 a M^^^^ 

 W Con. calycinus, R. 65 C. uniflofus, Barm. C. emarginatus, Vahl. C. Rheedii, Wall 66 C semidigynus. 67 Ip. 

 Parviflora, Rutt m E. sericius, Wall. 69 E. angustifolius, R. These two probably the same species. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATE 168 



1. IportKza racemosa (Roth, Choisy. J. staphylina 

 Roem. and Sch. and Choisy formerly), flowering branch, 

 natural size. 



2. Detached corolla split open. 



3. Calyx and ovary. 



. 4. Ovary cut transversely, 2-celled with 2 ovules 

 »» each. ^ 



5. Mature capsule. 



6. Capsule in state of dehiscence, 2-valved. 



Obs. As this species rarely perfects its fruit those 

 shown figs. 5 and 6 are taken from another species, none 

 of the proper ones being procurable when the drawing 

 was made. 



