96. CONVOLVULACEJS. [7. Porana. 



'4-*5" densely appressed hairy or hirsute, sepals oblong:, 3 outer larger. Corolla 

 ■6-'7" long by "8" diam. with white tube and spreading pink limb, anthers exserted 

 pink. Fr. dry when ripe as in last, -3" diam. scarlet. Seeds brown. 



A very luxm-iant form is found in Palamau with leaves attaining 11 by 9'5" with 

 petiole 3-8". 



3. L, Thomson!, Clarl-e. 



A robust climber with hairy (not strigose) stems, ovate -lanceolate' 

 gradually acuminate leaves 4-6" long with cordate or shallowly 

 cordate base, thinly setosely hairy both sides. Fls. l"5-2" long and 

 1'5" diam., purple, in peduncled capitate cymes with the peduncles 

 mostly as long as the petioles. Bracts oblanceolate or spathulate- 

 oblong "S-'S" long, deciduous, much less hairy than the densely 

 fulvous-hirsute sepals, the hairs of which entirely conceal them. 

 Fruit diy 2-4-seeded, •3-'4" diam. 



N. Champaran, Ramnagar Hills ! Fl. Oct. -Nov. Fr, Jan. 



L. with about 10-12 sec n. of which 3 close to the base, i)etiole 2-3'5" long, hairy. 

 Cymes about 1" diam. Peduncles 2-4". Corolla with fulvous hairs on the lanceolate 

 Ijands. 



4. L. strigosa, Roxh. 



Habit of the last which it somewhat resembles but that the leaves 

 are broadly ovate and suddenly acuminate or caudate, more densely 

 hairy (scarcely strigose) on both surfaces, sec. n. 12-16. Peduncles 

 often 6". Bracts larger, 1", elliptic-oblong, sub-foliaceous, persistent. 



Sikkim Tarai, close to Purneah, and will probably be found in Purneah. Fl. r.s. 



The brownish hairs which copiously cover the plant are spreading on the 

 branches, petioles and pediincles and long, scarcely appressed, on the leaf blades^ 

 so that the name " gtrigosa " is not an applicable one. 



5. L. setosa, Roxh. Baghchaur, Gond. 



A large handsome climber Avith milky juice. Stems and leaves 

 beneath with adpressed setose hairs. L. broadly ovate or oblong- 

 ovate, cordate, obtuse or acute or shortly cuspidate, 4-6" long and 

 broad, upper sometimes ovate-lanceolate. Flowers 1*5-2" long, 

 tubular-funnel-shaped, usually with white tube somewhat ventricose 

 in middle and a purple limb, 1-13" diam. in dense stout corymbiform 

 cymes 2-5" diam, on long stout strigose peduncles 3-9" long. Bracts 

 broadly elliptic or orbicular-oblong, coriaceous, "3", densely strigose, 

 deciduous in fruit. Berries yellow to bright orange, "3" diam. 



Widely distributed. Champaran ! Ranchi (Biru), Cardon ! Singbhum I Palamau, 

 ascending to Neterhat 3000 ft. ! Manbhum, Kurzl Puri, Luce ! Angul ! Sambalpur ! 

 Kalahandi, Coop<'r ! Fl. Oct. -Nov. Fr. Nov.-Jan. 



Leaves sometimes sparsely setose above, the hairs leaving minute dots after 

 falling, sec, n. 8-13 of which 3-4 are close to base. Petiole 1-5" strigose. Cymes 

 with main branches 2-3-chasial, flowers sessile at the angles of the ultimate 

 branches. Bracts leaving persistent scars on the cymes. Sepals •3-- 5" broadly 

 oblong or 3 outer or all orbicular, thick, concave, somewhat fleshy and accrescent 

 in fruit which they enclose till quite ripe, then spread and become coriaceous or 

 woody. Corolla strigose on the white bands. Berry depressed-globose, siicculent,. 

 4-2 -seeded. 



Note.— The specific name " sfrif/osa " suits this plant much better than the one to 

 which it is applied and the names would have been better interchanged. 



7. PORANA, mirm. 

 Scrambling or twining shrubs with usually cordate leaves and 

 small or m.s. flowers axillary and in copious panicles. Sepals at first 



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