222 ci. CONVOLVULACEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Parana. 



BRITISH BURMA ; Martaban, in tropical forests not unfrequent, Kurz. 



Branches fulvous-tomentose. Leaves 4 by If in., base rounded or scarcely cordate, 

 acute or subobtuse not acuminate, puberulous, woolly beneath ; petiole f in. Racemes 

 terminal, subsessile (lowest bract altogether leaflike) ; pedicels in. Sepals in flower 

 | in., linear-oblong, fulvous-tomentose. Corolla white, hairy without; tube f in., 

 narrowly campanulate; mouth funnel-shaped, subentire, \\ in. diam. Style as long as 

 corolla-tube, stigma subcapitate. Capsule in. diam. subglobose ; fruiting-sepals 

 oblong, subobtuse, scarious, puberulous, subpalmately 7-9- nerved. 



** Flowers small, \-% in. long. 



4. P. paniculata, Roxb. Cor. PL iii. 31, t. 235, andFl. Ind. i. 466, and 

 ed. Carey fy Wall. ii. 39 ; densely subtomentose, leaves ovate-cordate acute, 

 cymes subebracteate panicled, 3 sepals greatly enlarged in fruit, the others 

 nearly unchanged. Don Prodr. 99; Wall. Cat. 1325; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 107, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 436; Brand. For. FL 342 ; Kurz in Trimen Journ. 

 Bot. 1873, 137, and For. FL ii. 220. Dinetus paniculatus, Sweet Hort. Brit. 

 ed. 2, 373. 



Throughout INDIA, in jungles alt. 0-3000 ft. from the W. Himalaya and Assam 

 to CEYLON and Tenasserim ; less common in the S. Deccan. DISTRIB. Ava, Java. 



A powerful climber, often 30 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 3 in., pubescent above ; 

 petiole 1 in. Panicles terminating every branchlet with innumerable flowers. 

 Sepals in flower ~ in., linear-oblong. Corolla | | in., campanulate, glabrous, white ; 

 limb very shortly lobed. Filaments short. Style very short, stigma obscurely 2-lobed. 

 Capsule | in. diam., globose, hairy; 3 enlarged sepals f by |- in. obtuse, pubescent, 

 with one longitudinal and several inarched lateral nerves ; 2 others in., linear. A 

 monstrous form, collected in Sikkim by Sir J. D. H., has fascicled numerous branchlets 

 with very small leaves. 



o. P. volubilis, Burm. FL Ind. 51, t. 21, fig. 1 ; glabrous except the 

 shoots, leaves ovate subcordate shortly acuminate, cymes subebracteate panicled, 

 sepals in fruit all equal % in. subspathulate. Lamk. III. t. 186 ; Roxb. FL Ind. 

 i. 465, and cd. Carey $ Wall. ii. 40 ; Blume Bijd. 723 ; Wall. Cat. 1327 ; Don 

 Prodr. 99 ; Wight III. 168 bis, fig. 8, and Ic. t. 347 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 106, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 436; Kurz in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1873, 137, and For. 

 FL ii. 220. 



MALAY PENINSULA from Pegu to Malacca. DISTRIB. Burma, Siam, Malaya. 



A very large climber; branches glabrous, warted. Leaves 2 by 1^ in., base 

 rounded or cordate ; petiole | in. Panicles very large, minutely fulvous-pubescent ; 

 pedicels 0- in. Sepals in flower | in., oblong. Corolla | in., white ; limb distinctly 

 lobed. Style bipartite ; stigmas small, capitate. Capsule in., globose ; fruit-sepals 

 with 5-7 longitudinal, not very prominent nerves. Kurz says this extends toKhasia, 

 and .Roxburgh, that it grows in various parts of India ; but the only examples seen 

 are Malayan or cultivated. 



6. P. racemosa, Roxb. Hort. Beng. ]3, and FL Ind. i. 466, and ed. 

 Carey 8f Watt. ii. 41 ; puberulous or nearly glabrous, leaves ovate deeply 

 cordate acute, racemes compound dichotomous, bracts at the forks large cordate 

 persistent, capsule | in. ellipsoid longer than broad, fruiting-sepals equal - by 

 $ in. Jacq. f. EcL ii. t. 165; Wall. Cat. 1326; Don Prodr. 98^ Wight III. t. 

 168 bis, fig. 9, and Ic. t. 1376 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 107, and in DC. 'Prodr. ix. 

 436 ; Dalz. $ Gibs. Bomb. FL 162 ?; Kurz in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1873* 137. 

 Dinetus racemosus, Sweet Brit. FL Gard. t. 127. 



SUBTROPICAL HIMALAYA alt. 2-6000 ft., common; from the North-west (Eoyle} to 

 BHOTAN. KHASIA to MARTABAN; alt. 2-6000 ft., common. DECCAN PENINSULA? 



Forming dense, not lofty, masses. Leaves 2-3 by l in. ; petiole f in. Racemes 

 lax ; bracts at the forks leafy, sessile, scarious in fruit ; those at the pedicels in., 



