224 ConVolvulaceCE. [Ip07ncEa. 



26. Z. biloba, Forsk. Fl. ^gypt.-Arab. 44 (1775). l*Iudu-bin- 

 tamburu, S. 



Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. 174; Mus. 51, 65. Burm. Thes. 71. 

 Fl. Zeyl. n. 75. Convolvulus Pes-Caprcr, L. Sp. PI. 159. Moon Cat. 14. 

 Thvv. Enum. 211. C. P. 1934. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 212. Herm. Hort. Acad. Lugd.-Bat. t. 175. Rheede, 

 Hort. Malab. xi. t. 57. 



Root large, long, with a thick brown bark, stems numerous, 

 very long, prostrate, weak, not twining nor rooting, cylin- 

 drical, glabrous; 1. about i in. long, twice as broad, deeply 

 bilobed, lobes obliquely oval, spreading, subcoriaceous, 

 glabrous, venation conspicuous, pellucid, midrib terminating 

 in a mucro between the lobes, petiole 2-4 in., erect, glabrous, 

 with two glandular spots at the summit ; fl. very large, soli- 

 tary, on ped. about i| in. long, bracts lanceolate, soon falling, 

 peduncle erect, usually shorter than petiole ; sep. scarcely 

 ^ in., broadly oval, subacute, cor. widely funnel-shaped, 3 in. 

 diam., fil. dilated and hairy at base ; capsule ' h in., ovoid, 

 glabrous ; seeds pubescent, dark brown.' 



Sand of the seashore; very common. Fl. Oct.-Dec; brilliant 

 purplish-rose, deeper in the tube. 



Throughout the Tropics. 



A beautiful ornament of our sandy coasts. The roots and leaves are 

 used in medicine. Hermann, 1. c, has a long account. 



27. Z. vitifolia, Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 2, 372 (1830). 

 Thw. Enum. 426. C. P. 3685. 



Fl. B. Ind. iv. 213. Burm. Fl. Ind. t. 18, f i. 



Perennial, stems long, stout, much branched, twining, 

 young branches with spreading deciduous hair, 1. 2^-6 in., as 

 broad as long, palmately cut about \ down into 5 or 7 broad 

 acuminate lobes, margin coarsely serrate-dentate, glabrous 

 above, coarsely hairy on veins beneath, petiole shorter than 1., 

 bristly-hairy ; fl. rather large on short ped., 1-5, cyme short, 

 racemose, bracts linear, caducous, peduncle rather longer than 

 petiole, buds pointed ; sep. broadly oval, obtuse, bristly, en- 

 larged in fruit, outer ones shorter, apiculate ; cor. campanu- 

 late-funnel-shaped, limb 2 in. diam.; capsule ' \ in., depressed- 

 globose, membranous ; seeds glabrous.' 



Moist low country; rather rare. About Colombo; Hapittigam Korale; 

 Ambepussa, Rambukkama, &c., frequent. Fl. Dec.-Feb. ; bright pale 

 yellow. 



Also in India, Burma, and Malaya. 



A beautiful species even when out of flower, the younger leaves being 

 bronze-coloured. 



[/. kc7itrocaulos, Clarke. This is given in Fl. B. Ind. for Ceylon, 

 apparently following Choisy (1. c. 362). No specimens are known. The 

 closely allied /. tuberosa, L., of the West Indies, is, however, commonly 

 cultivated in gardens, and was probably mistaken for it.] 



