163 



name " Bhowree." Syn. P dichotoma, Ham. ex. Don. Fl. Nep. 

 99 ; P cordifolia, Ledeb. Dinetus racemosus ; Sev. Br. Fl 

 Gard. 127. 



5. PALM I A, Endl. 



1. BICOLOI?, Endl. Gen. Stem twining, hairy; leaves ovate- 

 cordate, entire, or with waved angles ; peduncles most frequently 

 1 -flowered, longer than the leaves ; bracts on the peduncle ovate- 

 lanceolate, leafy, acute, pubescent ; corolla less than an inch, yellow 

 and purple; capsules hairy, one-celled. The Concans, near Penn. 

 Syn. Convolvulus bicolor, Vahl. Synib. iii, p 25 ; Bot Mag. 2205; 

 Ipomaea bicolor, Sw. H. Suburb. 2, p 289 ; C sublobatus, Linn. 

 Supp. 135; C involucratus, Bot. Reg. 318; Hewittia bicolor, 

 Stendel. ; C bracteatus, Vahl. ; Thutereia bicolor, Chois. DC. 

 Prod. 9, 435. 



6. ANISEIA, Chois. 



1. CALYCINA, Chois. DC. Prod. 4, p 429. Stem twining, 

 hairy ; leaves oblong, cordate-acuminate, glabrous-petioled ; pe- 

 duncles shorter than the petioles, 1 to 3-flowered ; exterior sepals 

 sagittate ; corolla tubular, white ; capsule pointed ; seeds silky. 

 Surat and Broach. Syn. Convolvulus calycinus, Koxb. Fl Ind; 

 C hardwickii, Spr. xyst. iv, p 60; Ipomaea cardiosepala, Hochst. 

 in Un. itiner. No. 207 and 384. 



2. UNIFLORA, Chois loc. cit. p 431. Stems prostrate ; leaves 

 oblong-linear, very shortly petioled, mucronate, glabrous, 1 to 2 

 inches long ; corolla white, hairy on the outside ; capsule silky 

 within. Southern Concan. Syn. Convolvulus uniflorus, Desv. 

 Encycl. 3, p 544; Burm. Ind. 47, t. i, /'. 2 ; C emarginatus, Vahl. 

 Symb, ; C rheedei, Wall. Fl Ind. ii, p 70 ; Wight lllust. t. 8 ; 

 Ipomsea uniflora, Rcem. and Schult. 



7. CONVOLVULUS, Linn. 



1. ARVENSIS, Linn, sp 218. Stem slender, prostrate or 

 twining, striated, angled ; leaves narrow-sagittate, subauricled ; 

 peduncles 1 to 2-flowered, with 2 small bracts ; sepals ovate-obtuse ; 

 corolla rosy ; capsule smooth. Very common in the black soil of 

 Gujarat, also in the Deccan; flowers in the cold weather. Syn. 

 C chinensis, Kew. Bot. Reg. t. 322 ; C malcolmi, Roxb. Fl Ind. 474. 



2. PARVIFLORUS, Vahl. Symb. iii, p 29. Stems weak, twining, 

 pubescent; leaves cordate, ovate-acute, ulabrous-petioled ; peduncles 

 longer than the petioles ; flowers white, umbelled, numerous, small, 

 appear in October. Island of Caranjah ; Surat, &c. Syn. Ipomgea 

 paniculata, Burm. Ind. p 50, t. 21, /'. 3; Ip. parviflora, Pers. Ip.. 

 timorensis, Blum. Bijdr ; C mullivalvis, Br. Prod. 



