356 CONVOLVULACE^, 



China. Arabia. Bengal, (Serampore, Silhet.) Assam. Senegal. Fl. 

 large, pale rose-coloured, with a dark purple eye, R. and C. S. ; fr. 

 C. S. The tender tops and leaves much esteemed and eaten by the 

 natives of all ranks. {Roxb.) 



2. Pes capra. Sweet. (G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 265 ; — J. Grah. Cat. 



B. pi. p. 130.— I. maritima, R. Br. ;—B. Reg. 4, t. 319.— I. orbicu- 

 laris, Ell. — I. carnosa, R. Br. — I. brasiliensis, Meyer. — I. biloba. 

 Forsk. — Convolvulus Pes caprse, L. ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 486; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 74. — C. maritimus, Desrouss. — C. bilobatus, Roxb.fl. 

 ind. 1, p. 485 ; ed. Carey, 2, p, 73. — C. brasiliensis, L. ; — Willd. ; 

 Roxb. H. B. p. 14.^ — C. bauhiniaefoUus, Salisb. ; — Rheed. I], t. 57; — 

 Rumph. 5, t. 159, /. 1.) I^t^^r ^fs Chhagul-khoori, Cl?t<ttfe SpSl 

 Dopatee-lata. ^. Sandwich Islands. New Holland. S. America. 

 Bourbon. Arabia. Mauritius. Ceylon. Moluccas. China. Both Penin- 

 sulas of India. Soonderbuns. Fl. large, purplish rose-coloured, 

 fr. nearly the whole year. Very useful on the sandy beaches, where 

 it grows, in helping to bind the loose soil, and in time rendering it 

 sufficiently stable to bear grass. Goats, horses and rabbits eat it. 

 (Roxb.) The natives boil the leaves and apply them externally as an 

 anodyne in cases of colic. (J. Grah.) 



3. repens. Lam. (I. rugosa, Choisy. G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 266 ; — /. 

 Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 131. — Convolvulus rugosus, Rottl. Willd. ; — Rom. 

 and Sch. — C. fiagelliformis, Roxb. fl. ind. \, p. 481 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 

 68. — C.Bedalamba, Spreng. — I. Bedalamboe, Rom. and^Sch.; — Rheed. 

 II, t, 58.) 2/.. Mysore. Bombay. Fl. large, pure white, and fr. most 

 part of the year. 



A. gangetica, (I. reniformis, Choisy ; — G. Don. I. c. ; — J. Grah. Cat. B. 

 pi. p. 131. — Convolvulus reniformis, Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 481 ; ed. 

 Carey, 2, p. 67. — C. gangeticus, L. Amoen. — Evolvulus emarginatus. 

 Burnt, ind. t. 30,/. 1. — E. gangeticus, L. spec.) -f;^ ^t^Tf^ Bhooin- 

 kamri. '4. Peninsula of India. Umerapura. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. 

 small, bright yellow, and fr. C. S. 



B. — Stems erect or diffuse, not twining. 



5. tridentata, Roth. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 266, excl. Convolvulus 

 viscidus, Roxb. ; — J. Grah, Cat. B. pi. p. 131. — Convolvulus triden- 

 tatus, L. ; — Roxb.fl. ind. 1, p. 475 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 56. — Evolvulus 

 tridentatus, L. ; — Burnt, ind. t. 16,/. 3; — Rheed. II, t. 65.) © Cey- 

 lon. Both Peninsulas of India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. small, yel- 

 low, R. S. ; fr. C. S. 



G.flliformis, (I. filicaulis, Bl. Bijdr.p. 721 ; — G. Dons Mill diet. 4, p. 

 266.— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 131 — Convolvulus filicaulis, Vahl. 

 Schum. pi. guin. p. 92. — C. hastatus, Desrouss. — C. s\m\i[ex, Pers. — C. 

 Medium, Lour. ; — Ait. — Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 474 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 56 ; 

 not L. — C. filiformis, Thunb. — C. denticulatus, Desrouss ; — .Sprcnr/. — 



C. angustifolius, Desrouss; — Vahl. — Ipomoca denticulata, R. Br.; 



