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small. Common in hedges ; flowers in the rains. Syn. Caapeba, 

 Linn. sp. 1473, Rox. Fl Ind. iii, 842; C. convolvulacea, Willd. 

 DC. Prod. 1, 101 ; Roxb. Fl Ind. iii, 842, with 18 others. 



5. CYCLEA, Arnott. 



1 . BURMANNI, M iers in Taylor's Annals. Leaves peltate elong- 

 atedeltoid acuminated, cordate at the base, shining above ; panicles 

 as long as or longer than the leaves, many-flowered, pubescent, 

 male flowers twice as large as in the following specie ; calyx inflated, 

 subglobose, 6 to 8-lobed ; corolla a half smaller, scarcely lobed. Hilly 

 parts of the Concan and Ghauts ; flowers in January. Syn. Coc- 

 culus burmanni, DC. Prod. 1, 96; Clypea burmanni, W. and A. 

 Prod. 1 , in part only. 



2. PELTATA, H. Fil. et T. Leaves peltate deltoid, slightly 

 cordate at the base; calyx companulate, 4-lobed ; petals half the 

 length, united into a 4-lobed cup. Concan. Syn. Menispermum 

 pellatum, Lam.; Cocculus peltattus, DC. Prorl, 1, 96; Clypea bur- 

 manni, W. and A. Prod. 1, 14, in part; Rheed. Mai. vii, t. 49. 



6. STEPHANIA, Lourciro. 



1. IlERNANDiFOLiA,Walp. Rep. 1.96. Climbing shrub; branches 

 striated, glabrous ; leaves ovate or sub-deltoid, truncate or slightly 

 cordate at the base, pale or glaucous beneath ; peduncles axillary, 

 umbelled at the apex ; sepals obovate obtuse ; petals a half smaller. 

 Concan. Syn. Cissampelos hernandifolia, Willd ; Clypea hernandi- 

 folia r W. and A. Prod. 1,14; Wight. Ic. t. 939; Cissampelos dis- 

 color, DC. Prod. 1, 101 ; C. hexandra, Rox. Fl Ind. iii, 842. 



VI. NYMPHAEACE^l. 

 1. NYMPHAEA, Linn. 



1. LOTUS, Linn. sp. PI 729. Leaves sharply sinuate dentate, 

 pubescent beneath ; sepals oblong obtuse, 5 to 7-ribbed ; petals 

 linear or ovate oblong, filaments broadly dilated at the base ; 

 anthers without appendages ; appendages of the stigma cylindric 

 clavate ; flowers large, red, rose-coloured, or white. Tanks in the 

 Concan. Syn. N.rubra, Rox. Fl Ind ii, 576; N. edulis, Rox. loc. 

 cit. 678 ; N. pubescens, Willd. sp. PI. ii, 1 154. 



2. STELLATA, Willd. sp. PI ii, 1153. Leaves orbicular or 

 elliptic-orbicular, obtusely sinuate dentate, or entire ; sepals nerved, 

 but not ribbed ; petals linear oblong or lanceolate acute, or narrowed 

 at the apex ; anthers with long appendages ; rays of the stigma with 

 short horns without appendages ; flowers blue, white, rose-coloured, 



