354 CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Kth. — Rheed. \\,t. 49.) ■^^ ^STvFl Bhooin-Koomra. 'B ^-^ New Hol- 

 land. Java. Guinea. Cayenne. Banks of the Orinoco. Both Penin- 

 sulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Silhet. Assam. Fl. large, rose- 

 coloured, with a dark purple eye, C. S. ; fr. H. S. Root cathartic, 

 and as such used by the natives. Cattle eat it. (Roxb.) 

 Z. pentaphylla, Choisy. {G. Bon's. Mill. diet. A, p. 261; — /. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 129; — Convolvulus pentaphyllus, Roy ; — L. amcen ; — Schtim. 

 pi. guin. ; — Roxb. H. B. p. 14. — C. aphyllus, Viviani. — C. munitus, 

 Wight, ill. ind. bot. p. 17, t. 7— C. hirsutus, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 479 ; 

 ed. Carey, 2, p. 65. — Ipomoea pentaphylla, J acq. icon. rar. t. 319. — 

 I. pilosa, Cav. icon. 4, t. 323.) © /^ Sandwich and Friendly Islands. 

 W. Indies. S. America. Guinea. Mauritius. Bourbon. Hindoostan. 

 Peninsula of India. Fl. largish, white, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



4. cisso'ides, Choisy. (G. Don's Mill, diet- 4, p. 261. — Convolvulus cis- 

 soides, Vahl. — C. calycinus, H. B. and Kth.) © /"s Tropical America. 

 Cultivated in H. C. G. {Choisy.) 



5. viscida, (Convolvulus viscidus, Roxb. H. B. p. 14 ; — not Lindl. Herb.) 

 % /-N W. Indies. Fl. middle-sized, pure white, C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



Pharbitis, Choisy. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 262.) 



I. purpurea, (P. hispida, Choisy ; — G. Don. I. c. — Convolvulus purpureus, 

 L. ; Roxb. H. B. p. 13 i—H. B. and Kth.—C. mutabilis, Salisb.—C. 

 glandulifer, Spreng. — Ipomoea purpurea, Lam. — I. hispida, Zuccag. — 

 I. Zuccagni. Rom and Sch. — I. glandulifera, Ruiz, and Pav. — I. in- 

 termedia, Schult. — I. disclor, Spreng. — Convolvulus discolor, Roxb. 

 H. B. p. 14.) © ^-s S. America. Cultivated in gardens. Fl. large, C. 

 S. ; fr. H. S. 

 a. purpurea ; (Convolvulus purpureus, B. M. 4, t. 113.) Fl. hght 



purple coloured, 

 p. violacea ; Fl. violet, 

 ■y. elata ; (Convolvulus purpureus, var. elatior, B. M. 25, t. 1005.) 



Fl. white, with 5 crimson, blue edged spots.) 

 ^. varia J (Convolvulus purpureus, var. varius, B. M. 41, t. 1682.) 



Fl. striped with blue and red. 

 t. leucantha ; Fl. white. 

 2. Nil. Choisy. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p 262;—./. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 

 130, excl. all the syn. except. Roxb. and B. Reg. 4, t. 276.— Convol- 

 vulus Nil. L. — Ipomoea Nil. Roth. — I. caerulea, Kon. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 

 1, p. 501 ; ed. Carey, 2. p. 91 ;—B. Reg. 4, t. 276.) ^ ^^ Necl- 

 kulmee. © Found every where within the tropics, both in America, 

 Africa, and Asia. Common in most parts of India, (Serampore.) 

 Fl. large pale blue, R. S. ; fr. C. S. Seeds sold in the native druggist's 

 sliops, under the name oi Kala-dana, as an effectual, quickly operating, 

 !ind safe cathartic. Thirty to forty grains of the seeds, i)reviously 

 roasted gently, and powdered, make a .sufficient dose for an adult. 

 {Roxb.) 



