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long, ovate, strongly mucronate, the 2 inner broader than the 3 outer. 

 Corolla pure white, the bands sometimes greenish ; tube 3-3^ in. long, 

 narrow; limb 3-5 in. in diam. Anthers shortly exserted. Capsules 

 ovoid-oblong, about 1 in. long, narrowed upwards. Seeds irregularly 

 trigonous, ^ in. long, glabrous, polished, yellow. Dalz. & Gibs. p. 164 ; 

 Wight, Icon. 1. 1361. Caloni/ction Bofia-noa; Boj. Hort. Maur. (1837) 

 p. 227. C. Roxhurglili, G. JJon, Gen. Syst. v. 4 (1837) p. 263 ; Grab. 

 Cat. p. 130. Ipom-ma Bona-nox, Linn. Sp. PI. ed. 2 (1762) p. 228; 

 Trim. Fl. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 213 ; Talb. Trees, Bomb. ed. 2, p. 252; Woodr. 

 in Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 483. /. Bona-nox, var. c/randijlora, C. B. Clarke, in Hook. f. PI. B. 

 I. V. 4, p. 197. /. grandijiora (sp.), lioxb. Hort. Beng. (1814) p. 14. — 

 Plowers : Oct.-Nov. Vebn. Gulchdndni. 



Doubtfully wild, frequently found neai' villages and bouses. Cultivated for its 

 large white fragrant flowers, wliich open in the evening and wither before noon next 

 day. Called Moon-Jiower by Anglo-Indians. — Distrib. More or less throughout India ; 

 Ceylon, Tropical Africa, E. Asia. 



2. Calonyction muricatum, G. Don, Gen. S;/st. v. 4 (1837) 

 p. 204. A large twiner ; stems often muricate. Leaves 3-6 by 2^-5 in., 

 broadly ovate, acuminate, glabrous, entire, base deeply cordate with 

 rounded lobes ; petioles 3-6 in. long. Peduncles 1-5-tiowered, variable 

 in length ; bracts caducous ; pedicels usually much thickened upwards 

 in fruit. Sepals |-f in. long, elliptic-oblong, aristate, subequal in 

 length, the 3 outer much broader than the 2 inner. Corolla 2-3 in. 

 long, rose-purple ; tube 1-2 in. long, hairy within. Anthers not 

 twisted. Capsules |-| in. in diam., globose, apiculate. Seeds | in. long, 

 smooth polished, black. Grab. Cat. p. 130. Ipomcea muricata, Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoenb. v. 3 (1798) p. 40, t. 323 (not of Cav.) ; C. B. Clarke, in 

 Hook. f. PI. B. I. v. 4, p. 197; Trim. PI. Ceyl. v. 3, p. 214; Woodr. in 

 Journ. Bomb. Nat. v. 12 (1898) p. 171 ; Watt, Diet. Econ. Prod. v. 4, 

 p. 487. — Plowers: Sept.-Nov. Yeh^. Gariya. 



Rarely if ever truly wild, often cultivated for the sake of the thickened pedicels 

 which are eaten. Konkan : on rubbish and in waste places about Bombay, 

 Gr((ham. Deccan : Kartriz Ghat, Woodrow. S. M. Country: Belgaum, Ri.tchie, 

 1889! — DiSTRiB. India (Himalayas extending from Kangra to Sikkim, Deceau hills) ; 

 Ceylon, Japan. 



16. RIVE A, Choisy. 



Climbing shrubs. Leaves cordate, usually silky beneath (at least when 

 young); petiole long. Peduncles axillary, 1-3 (sometimes 7) -flowered ; 

 bracts 2-3, narrow. Sepals 5, ovate or lanceolate-oblong, subequal. 

 Corolla large, hypocraterit'orm ; tube narrow, cylindric ; lobes of the limb 

 broad, rounded, plicate. Disk annular. Stamens 5, included ; anthers 

 narrow, oblong, not finally twisting. Ovary 4-cened ; ovules 4 : style 

 filiform ; stigmas 2, linear-oblong. Pruit a subglobose dry woody berry, 

 or an irregularly opening capstde often 1-celled from the absorption of 

 the septa. Seeds 1-4, glabrous, surrounded by mealy pulp. — Distbib. 

 East Indies and S. America ; species about 10, 



Sepals ovate, obtuse; peduncles usually 1-fIowered ; 



leaves rarely broader than long 1. R. hy poor at cr if or mis.. 



Sepals lanceolate, acute ; peduncles usually 7-flowered ; 



leaves usually broader than long , 2. R, ornata,. 



