234 LXXXAIII, CO>TOLTLLACE.i;. 



clusters, sessile on the top of a hairy peduncle -^-^ in. long ; bracts |- 

 g in. long, oblong-lanceolate, subacute, densely villous. Calyx very 

 densely silky with long hairs which often exceed g in. long ; outer 

 sepals g in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acute; inner shorter and much 

 narrower. Corolla | in. long, tubular, divided about | the way down 

 into 5 ovate acute lobes which are penicillate at the apex. Ovary 

 glabrous ; stigmas ^ in. long, filiform. Capsules globose, ^ in. in diam., 

 glabrous. Seeds minutely tuberculate. ¥1. B. I. v. 4, p. 218 ; Wight, 

 Icon. t. 1368 ; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PI. p. 99 (by error rhynchospermus) \ 

 AVoodr. in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 172.— Flowers : Oct. 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Sind. Sind : Stocks, 474 !, Dal-ell, 56 .', 

 C'ocJie\, Bhola Puran], Wuodrow ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Sfuc/cs, 474!; 

 Karachi to Magar Pir, WyJccham Perry \ — Distrib. Cordofan. 



5. Convolvulus glomeratus, CJwisy, ex DC. Prodr. v. 9 (1845) 

 p. 401. Stems Ig-S ft. long, many from a vertical root, prostrate, 

 slender, more or less pubescent. Leaves 1-1| by |-g in., oblong, acute, 

 nuicronulate, more or less sparsely pubescent, base rounded or sub- 

 cordate ; petioles g in. long, slender. Plowers in dense globose villous 

 heads, on axillary solitary hairy slender peduncles |-3 in. long ; bracts 

 foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, g-| in. long, hairy and with densely ciliate 

 margins, ^'epals nearly ^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, very 

 densely clothed with long silky hairs, the 2 outer sepals broader than 

 the 3 inner. Corolla tubular, | in. long, the upper part slightly 

 pubescent outside ; limb with 5 broadly deltoid shallow, acute lobes, 

 with a small tuft of hairs at the apex of each. Stamens equal. Ovary 

 glabrous ; stigmas -iVtV ^^^- ^°"&' clavate or elliptic-oblong. Capsules 

 \; in. in diam., subglobose, glabrous. Seeds smooth, not tuberculate. 

 PI. B. 1. v. 4, p. 219 ; Wight, Icon. t. 1366 ; Boiss. PI. Orient, v. 4, 

 p. 102; Aitch. Pb. & Sind PL p. 98; Woodr. in Journ. Bomb. Kat. 

 v. 12 (1898) p. 172.— Plowers : Dec. 



The stigmas are more like the stigmas of Jacquemontia than of 

 Convolvulus. 



In the Bombay Presidency confined to Gujarat (Katliiawar) and Sind. Gujarat: 

 Porbandar (Kathiawar), Wooclrow. Sind: Stocks, 376.', Balzell, 53 1, Woodrow, 

 Bhola Piiran ! ; Jemadar ka Landa near Karachi, Stocks, 376 ! — Distrib. India 

 (Paujab) ; Afghanistan, Beluchistan, W. Tropical Africa. 



Vab. vohihilis, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. Fl. B. I. v. 4, p. 219. Stems 

 twining; leaves larger, sometimes 2| by 1 in.; petiole ^-^ in. long; 

 heads of flowers larger. 



Gujarat: Veniwal (Katbiawar), CooAc ! Sind: Balzell I Seems hardly more than 

 n luxuriant specimen of tbe type. 



6. Convolvulus arvensis, Linn. Sj^. PL (1753) p. 153. Eoot- 

 f-tock creeping. Stem trailing or twining when near support, often 

 twisted upon itself, more or less angular, glabrous or pubescent. 

 Leaves 1-2| in. long, variable in breadth, ovate or oblong, glabrous or 

 nearly so, obtuse and apiculate at the ajiex, aiiriculate or hastate at the 

 base, the lower leaves often lobed ; petioles ^'-f in. long. Peduncles 

 1-2 in, long, axillary, solitary, slender, with a pair of small linear bracts 

 at the apex from which the pedicels issue ; pedicels J-1 in. long, 

 solitary or 2-3, in which case each pedicel except the primary one has 



