228 LXXXTIII. CONTOLTULACE^. 



cordate base and rounded or retuse apex. Calyx rufous-hairy ; sepala 

 suborbicular, -jL in. loug, ciliate. Corolla -^ in. long, divided to a little 

 below the middle, appressedly rufous-villous outside ; lobes oblong, 

 obtuse, veined. Ovary rufous-villous. Capsules ^-^ in. in diain., ovoid 

 or subglobose, glabrous or niiuutel}'- appressedly silky, situated a little 

 below the middle of the bract on a short pedicel which is more or less 

 wholly or partially adnate to the bract. Seed subglobose, glabrous, 

 black. M. B. I. v. 4, p. 225 ; Wall. Cat. 1322 ; Bedd. Icon. PI. Ind. 

 Or. t. 291 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 253; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. 

 Nat. V. 12 (1898) p. 172. Neurojjeltis ovata. Wall. Cat. 1323 ; Peter, 

 in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, 3 A, p. 16, fig. 8, A. — Flowers ; Jan.- 

 Teb. 



In the Bombay Presidency apparently confined to N. Kanara. 



Kanaka : evergreen forests ot the Supa sub-division of N. Kanara, rare, Talbot ; 

 near Potelli (N. Kanara), Talbot, 2735!; Baukeri (N. Kanara), Woodrow I ; Houaver 

 (N. Kanara), Woodrow I — Distrib. India (W. Peninsula) ; Malay Peninsula, Borneo. 



5. CRESSA, Linn. 



Small branched undershrubs, erect or diffuse, usually grey-pubescent. 

 Leaves small, entire. Flowers small, sessile in the upper axils or in 

 terminal clusters or spikes ; bracts 2 beneath the calyx, not enlarging in 

 fruit. Sepals 5, subequal, small, not enlarging in fruit, thin, imbricate. 

 Corolla inf undibuliform ; tube short ; lobes 5, distinct, imbricate. Stamens 

 5, exserted ; filaments filiform ; anthers oblong. Ovary 2-celled ; ovules 

 2 in each cell ; styles 2, distinct from the base, equal ; stigmas capitate. 

 Capsule 2-4-valved, 1-4-seeded. Seeds glabrous ; cotyledons linear, 

 plicate. — Distrib. Warmer regions of the world ; species 3. 



1. Cressa cretica, Lhm. Sjj. PL (1753) p. 223. An erect dwarf 

 shrub 6-15 in. high ; stem slender, much-branched, very hairy. Leaves 

 numerous, subsessile, ^-i by yV~"nr i"-' ovate, acute, densely silky-h.iiry. 

 Flowers white or pink, usually in small clusters in the axils of the 

 upper leaves ; pedicels very short ; bracts 2, linear, hairy, J^ in. long, 

 appressed to the calyx. Calyx densely silky; sepals § in. long, elliptic, 

 obtuse, concave, ciliate. Corolla i in. long, divided g-way down ; lobes 

 oblong, subobtuse, reflexed, hairy on the back near the tip. Capsules 

 X-i- in. long, ovoid, pointed and pubescent at the apex. Seeds in fvdly 

 ripe capsules usually solitary. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 225; Dalz. & Gibs, 

 p. 162 ; Peter, in Engl. & Prantl, Pflanzenf. v. 4, 3 A, p. 15, fig. 7, D-G ; 

 Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 98 ; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nut. v. 12 (1898) 

 p. 172 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, ]). 588. CresMi indica, Eetz. Obs. 

 fasc. 4, p. 24 ; Wight, 111. t. 168, B, n. 11 ; Grab. Cat. p. 133.— Flowers : 

 Nov.- Jan. VEiiN. Kardi ; Lona. 



Common in cultivated fields throughout the Presidency in the cold season. 

 KoNKAN : Woodrow] Dkccan : common, C'oo/.-e! Kanaka: Law\ Gujarat: Bhiva'.\ 

 Balsar, Kanit/carl Sind: Dal~cUl, Woodrow; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, 

 Hlocks ! — DisTuiB. Througliout India ; Ceylon and all warm regions. 



6. EVOLVULUS, Linn. 



Small herbs or undershrubs, prostrate or eivct, never climbing, often 

 sericeo-pubcsceut or pilose. Leaves small, entire, often distichous. 



