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3. MICROPHYLLTTS, Luber. inDC. Prod. 9. Stems prostrate, 

 elongated, hirsute; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base into a 

 very short petiole, half an inch to 1 inch long ; flowers axillary, 

 sometimes solitary, sometimes in twos or threes on the rudiment of a 

 branch, rotate, white or pale-pink ; capsule globose, smooth ; seeds 

 smooth. Very common in Gujarat, also in Sind, Egypt, and 

 Arabia. 



4. C ROTTLERIANUS, Chois. DC. Prod. 9, p 403. Erect, her- 

 baceous, scarcely branched, slender ; leaves linear-acute, subsessile, 

 1 to 2 inches long ; peduncles 2-flowered, very slender, longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx leaves broad-ovate, with a long acumen, hairy ; 

 flowers small, starlike, pink ; corolla twice as long as the calyx ; 

 capsule round, smooth, size of a small pea. In' Kattywar and 

 Deccan, sparingly ; flowers in October. 



8. CALONYCTION, Chois. 



1. SPECIOSUM, Chois DC. Prod. 9, p 345. Stem sometimes 

 prickly, climbing to a great height ; leaves large, quite smooth, cor- 

 date-petioled, pointed ; peduncles very long, ] to 5-flowered ; flowers 

 very large, pure white, opening at sunset. A very variable plant ; 

 in hedges. Syn. Ipoma3a bonanox, Linn. sp. 228 ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 752 ; Ip. grandiflora, Roxb. Fl Ind. ; Ip. longiflora, Willd. ; Ip. 

 latiflora, Bot Reg,, note 917; Ip. roxburghii, Steudel ; C rox- 

 burghii, Don. ; Convolvulus muricatus, Linn. ; C muricatum, Don. 

 Native name " Goolchandnee." 



9. IPOMjEA, Linn. 



1. REPTANS, Poir. Encycl. Suppl. iii, p 460. Stems creeping 

 and rooting, fistulous, smooth ; leaves sagittate, lanceolate ; petioles 

 glabrous; peduncles 1 to 5-flowered, nearly as long as the petioles ; 

 sepals ovate, glabrous ; corolla tubulose, campanulate, of a pretty 

 rose-colour. In tanks ; very common in Gujarat, where it is used 

 as a pot-herb by poorer natives. 



2. PESCAPRJE, Sw. Hort. Sub. p 289. Stems creeping to a 

 great length ; leaves subrotund, bilobed, parallel-veined, rather 

 fleshy ; peduncles, 1 to many-flowered, a little longer than the 

 petiole ; sepals ovate-lanceolate ; corolla rosy or purple. Common 

 on sandy beaches, where it serves to bind the sand. Syn. C 

 pescapraj, Linn. sp. 226; Convolvulus brasilianus, Linn.; C 

 marinus, Rumph. Amb. v, 433 ; C bilobatus, Roxb. Fl Ind. ; C 

 bauhinrefolius, Sal. ; C carnosus, Spr. syst., &c. &c. 



3. RENIFORMIS, Chois. DC. Prod. 9, p 35 1 . Stem creeping and 

 rooting ; leaves kidney-shaped, waved, and dentate on the margin, 

 obtuse ; petioles hairy ; peduncles very short, 1 to 2 -flowered ; 



