230 LXXXVIII. CONYOLTULACE.i:. 



suiRcieut reason for the change advocated by Gray, and more recently by Hallier f. 

 (Engl. Jahrb. t. 1G, p. 528), which would have the effect of upsetting the nomenclature 

 of 2o species of a genus which has been in existence for upwards of 50 j'ears prior to 

 Gray's suggestion. 



Twining; leaves exceeding 1 in. long; flowers large, in pedunculate 



cymes; styles united for about ^ their length 1. B. cor data. 



Erect; leaves less than 1 in. long; flowers small, axillary, 1-3 



together ; styles distinct nearly to the base 2. B. latifolia. 



1. Breweria cordata, Blume, Bijch. (.1825) p. 722. Stems stout, 

 twining, terete, densely fulvous-pubescent or tomentose. Leaves 2-1— 4i 

 by 1|— 3 in., ovate, acuminate, finely pubescent above, densely velvety 

 with fulvous hairs beneath, base cordate with rounded lobes ; main 

 nerves 7-9 pairs, pi-orainent ; petioles ^Ig iu. long. Flowers pure 

 white, 2-10 (commonly 4 or 5) in rusty-pubescent heads on the tops of 

 terete pubescent peduncles 1-4 in. long; pedicels -1—^ in. long, (^aljx 

 silky with fulvous hairs ; sepals ^-^ in. long, subequal, ovate-oblong, 

 acute or acuminate. Corolla 1-1^ i^i* loi^g? widely infundibuliform, 

 with 5 hairy narrowly-ti'iangular bands (viesojjetala) outside ; limb 

 subentire. Capsules ^ in. in diam., subglobose, glabrous, surrounded by 

 the slightly enlarged concave sepals. Seeds glabrous, dull-black. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 4, p. 223 ; Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 227 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb, 

 ed. 2, p. 252; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. N"at. v. 12 (1898) p. 172. 

 Breweria llocchurgldi, Choisv, iu Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. v. 6 (1834) 

 p. 493: Wight, Icon. t. 1370; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 162. Convolvulus 

 seniidk/ymis, B,oxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 13. Bonamia semidigyna, 

 Hallier f. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 16, p. 528, & Monogr. Convolv. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. v. 5, p. 814. — Flowers : Oct.-Dec. 



KoNKAN : Vingorla, BalzeU !, Kanithar I ; along the Railway line to Marmagao, 

 Cooke !, Woodrow !. Kanaka : N. Kanara, rather rare, Talbot. — Distrib. India (E. 

 Bengal and W. Peninsula) ; Ceylon, Malaya. 



2. Breweria latifolia, Benth. ex C. B. Clarice, in Booh. f. Fl. 

 B. I. V. 4 (1883) p. 224. A low much-branched erect shrub rarely 

 reaching 1 ft. high ; stems and branches argenteo-canescent. Leaves 

 \-^ in. long, elliptic-oblong, obtuse, densely silky, base usually acute ; 

 petioles yVtV ^^' ^°"to' Flowers 1-3 together, sessile in the upper 

 axils ; bracteoles 2 beneath the calyx, linear-lanceolate, acute, yV in- 

 long. Calyx silky outside, veined inside ; sepals ■^— 1- in. long, ovate, ' 

 acuminate. Corolla scarcely, if at all, exceeding the calyx ; limb very 

 shortly 5-lobed, with hairy bands {mcsopetala) between the folds. Styles 

 free nearly to the base. Capsules ovoid, acute, ^ in. long, pubescent 

 near the apex, splitting into 4 valves to the base. Seeds usually 2, 

 dark brown, glabrous, ^ in. long. Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 

 (1898) p. 172. Seddera latifolia, llochst. «& Steud. in Flora (1844) 

 Beibl. 8, t. 5, fig. B, C ; A itch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 98.— Flowers : Dec. 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Kafhiawar and Sind. Gujarat : Veniwal 

 (Knthiawar), Woodrow. Sind: Bhola Fiiranl, Stoc/cs, 443.', Bahell, 55!, J'icari/l; 

 Mulir, IVoodrcw ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks ! — Distrib. India (Panjab) ; 

 Trc'pical Africa. 



8, HEWITTIA, Wight & Arn. 



A pubescent twining herb. Leaves cordate, entire, angled or lobed. 

 Flowers axillary, solitary, or in few-flowcrcd cymes ; bracts 2 on the 



