Jj)omcea.'\ Coftvolvulacecs. 215 



rounded by enlarged spreading sep., i in., ovoid, truncate ; 

 seeds nearly ^ in., compressed, black, entirely covered with 

 copious brownish-grey hair f in. long. 



Moist region; very rare. Only found in Dolosbagie District. Fl. 

 April, May ; white, night-flowering. 



Endemic. 



This is combined with /. grandiflora in Fl. B. Ind., but seems well 

 defined. 



/. coccinea, L., and /. QuamocHi, L., both Tropical American, have 

 long been naturalised, the latter especially, which was collected by 

 Hermann, and is Fl. Zeyl. n. yj. Moon gives for this the name ' Rata- 

 pamba.' 



7. Z. uniflora, Foem. &^ Sch. Syst. iv. 247 (1819). Potupala, S. 



Ajiiseia iinijlora, Chois., Thw. Enum. 212. Convolvulus niarginatus. 

 Moon Cat. 13. C. P. 3006. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 201. Wight, Ic. t. 850. 



Stems slender, glabrous or slightly silky - pubescent, 

 twining ; 1. 2-3 in., lanceolate-oblong, acute at base, obtuse 

 or emarginate, mucronate at apex, entire, glabrous above, 

 slightly hairy beneath, petiole \-\ in.; fl. solitary, on angular 

 or slightly winged pubescent ped., bracts small, peduncle 

 \-\\ in.; sep. about f in., nearly equal in length, apiculate, 

 pubescent, the two outer enclosing the rest, oval, either cor- 

 date or decurrent at base, the two innermost linear ; cor. 

 campaniilate, limb i \ in. diam., recurved ; capsule | in., 

 ovoid, glabrous, 4-valved ; seeds ovoid, dark brown, slightly 

 pubescent, fringed with a ring of short scaly hairs round 

 margin. 



Moist low country; rather rare. Galle; Kalutara; Pasdun Korale. 

 Fl. Dec; white. 



Also in India, Malaya, Fiji Is., Trop. Africa. 



8. I. pileata, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey &^ Wall. ii. 94 (1824). 

 Thw. Enum. 212. C. P. 3501. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 203. Wight, Ic. t. 1363. 



Annual, stem long, twining, much branched, deflexed- 

 hairy ; 1. \-2\ in., broadly cordate-ovate, acuminate, obtuse, 

 apiculate, entire, hairy on both sides, petiole longer or shorter 

 than 1., deflexed-hairy ; fl. rather small, sessile, 3 or more in a 

 head, bracts as long as sep., obovate, hairy, head surrounded 

 and half concealed by a large deep boat-shaped cup (formed 

 of 2 connate outer bracts) about \\ in. long, produced at 

 either end and there blunt and everted, veiny, sparsely hairy 

 outside, peduncle longer or shorter than petiole ; sep. f in., 

 shaggy with long hair, outer oblong-oval obtuse, inner linear; 

 cor. salver-shaped, tube f in., narrow, cylindrical, limb flat, 

 over I in. diam.; capsule obovate-ovoid, somewhat depressed, 



