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2 small bracts beyond the middle. Sepals ^-\ in. long, broadly elliptic, 

 obtuse or truncate, glabrous or nearly so, unequal. Corolla reaching 

 I in. long, broadly infundibuliform, pink or nearly white, glabrous. 

 Stamens unequal. Ovary glabrous ; stigmas -^ in. long, filiform. 

 Capsules ^-j in. in diam., globose, glabrous. Seeds subtrigonous, dark 

 reddish-brown, glabrous or puberulous. !F1. B. I. v. 4, p. 219 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 132 ; Dalz. & Gibs. p. 163 ; Syme, Eng. Bot. ed. 3, v. 6 (1866) 

 p. 85, t. 923; Woodr. in Jouru. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 172 ; AVatt, 

 Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 518. — Flowers : Dec.-Eeb. Veen. Chdnd- 

 vel ; Hiranj)ag. 



Deccan: Jeur, Woodrow; Poona, CooJce\; Kirkee, G. M. Woodrowl, J. G. Wood- 

 row I; M^wal (Poona districts), Kmiitkarl; black soil of the Deccan, Gibson ex 

 Graham. Kanaka: Lawl Gujarat: eoiuiiion, Dalzell Sf Gibson. Sind: Karachi, 

 Woodrow ! ; Sibi, CooJce ! — Distrib. A common plant widely distributed throughout 

 the world ; known in England as the Small Bindweed. 



11. JACQUEMONTIA, Choisy. 



Twining (rarely prostrate) herbs or undershrubs, usually pubescent 

 with hairs that are often 3- or more-branched. Leaves often cordate, 

 entire or rarely toothed or lobed. Flowers in axillary compound umbel- 

 late or capitate cymes, rarely solitary ; bracts small. Sepals 5, equal 

 or unequal. Corolla small, tubular or infundibuliform ; limb plicate, 

 the vertical bands ending in 2 distinct nerves. Stamens 5, included. 

 Ovary glabrous, 2-celled ; ovules 4; style filiform; stigmas 2, large, 

 flattened, elliptic. Capsule globose, usually 8-valved, 2-celled. Seeds 

 normally 4, usually glabrous, often slightly winged on the margins. — 

 DiSTEiB. Species about 40, chiefly tropical American. 



1. Jacquemontia paniculata, HalUer f. in Engl. Jahrb. v. 16 

 (1893) p. 541 & V. 18 (1894) p. 95. Stems twining, terete, glabrous or 

 pubescent ; young parts pubescent. Leaves 1^-3 by 1-2 in., ovate, 

 acuminate, very acute, nearly glabrous, base shallouly cordate ; petioles 

 ^-1^ in. long, pubescent. Elowei's white, in pedunculate many-fiowered 

 umbellate cymes; peduncules 1-1 1 in. long, pubescent; pedicels ^-^ in. 

 long, pubescent; bracts beneath the pedicels i in. long, narrowly linear, 

 pubescent. Sepals ^ in. long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent. 

 Cox-olla tubular, | in. long, with 5 distinct glabrous bands which are 

 2-nerved at the apex ; limb with 5 ovate-deltoid acute lobes ^ in. deep. 

 Stamens equal. Ovary glabrous ; stigmas 2, flattened, ^ in, long, 

 elliptic-oblong, revolute. Capsules i in. in diam., globose, glabrous, 

 8-valved. Seeds when fully ripe trigonous, rounded and slightly tuber- 

 culate on the back, slightly winged on the margin. Ipomcea paniculaia, 

 Burm. El. Ind, (1768) p. 50, t. 21, fig. 3. Convolvulus parviJiorus,Y ah\, 

 Symb. v. 3 (1794) p. 29 ; C. B. Clarke, in Hook, f . El. B. I. v. 4, p. 220 ; 

 Dalz. & Gibs. p. 163; Trim. El. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 226 : Woodr. in Journ. 

 Bomb. Nat.v. 12 (1898) p. 172; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 2, p. 519.— 

 Elowers : Oct.-'Nov. 



KoNKAN : island of Karanja, Bahell ^- Gibson ; Marmagao, ConJce I, Woodroiu ! 

 Deccan : Dongergaon near Ahmednagar, Woodrow I ; Mutha hills, Bhiva ! S. M. 

 Country: Castleroek, Kanitkar\ Gujarat: Surat, Dalsell <^~ (jiihson; Chandod, 

 Kanitkarl — Distrib. India (Assam, W. Peninsula); Ceylon, Malaya, Australia, 

 Tropical Africa. 



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