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than the leaf, at apex bearing a trichotomous, many-flowered cj^me. 

 Pedicels clavate, 4-5 lines. Bractes lanceolate, acute, fleshy, 1-2 lines. 

 Bracteoles at the base of each pedicel generally 3, ovate, acute, mi- 

 nute, with the bractes caducous. Sepals 5, adpressed, obtuse, mu- 

 cronulate, white- membrane margined, unequal; the three inner ones 

 largest, 4-5 lines. Corol campanulate, one inch, pure white, round- 

 edly and emarginately 5-lobulate, with the fasciae straw-coloured, and 

 the tube internally dark-olive. Filaments white, at base orange, and 

 covered with capitellate down. Anthers white. Fl. Dec. and Jan. ; 

 fr. 0. 



23. obscura, Ker. (B. Reg. 3, t. 239 i—ROm. and Sch. ;—G. Don's Mill. 

 diet. 4, p. 274; — J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. p. 131. — I. solanifolia, Burm. 

 ind. p. 49. — I. insuavis, Bl. — Convolvulus obscurus, L. ; — Roxb. fl. 

 ind. 1, p. 472; ed. Carey, 2, p. 52.) ©Both Peninsulas of India. 

 Bengal, (Serampore.) &c. Fl. largish, white, with cream-coloured 

 plicae, and a dark-purple eye, R. and C. S. ; fr. H. S. 



24. stipulacea, Swt. {O. Don's Mill, diet. 4, p. 276;— J. Grah. Cat. B. pi. 

 p. 131. — Convolvulus stipulaceus, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 484 ; ed. Carey, 

 2, p. 71 ; not of others.) 2|.. The Concans. Chittagong. Fl. large, pure 

 white, March and April ; fr. R. S. 



2b.platanifolia, Rom. and Sch. (Syst. 4, p. 220, excl. syn. Pluk. — I. fas- 



tigiata, Swt.; — G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 276; — J. Grah. Cat. B. 



pi. p. 131. — I. cymosa, Meyer, not Rom. and Sch. — Convolvulus pla- 



tanifolius, Vahl. symb. 3, p. 26. — C. fastigiatus, Roxb. fl. ind. I, p. 



468 ; ed. Carey, 2, p. 48. — C. essequibensis, Sprang.) % W. Indies. 



Guiana. The Concans. Bengal, (Serampore.) Fl. large, purple, Feb. 



and March; fr. H. S. 

 26.pilosa, Swt. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 276. — Convolvulus pilosus, 



Roxb.fl. ind. 1, p. 473; ed. Carey, 2, p. 55.) Mysore. Bengal. © Fl, 



small, rose-coloured; C, S. ; fr. H. S. 



27. dentata, WiUd. MSS. (I. chryseides, Ker.; B. Reg. 4, t. 270;— G. 

 Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 277; — Wight, icon. t. 157. — Convolvulus den- 

 tatus, Vahl. symb. 3, p. 25 ; — Roxb. fl. ind. 1, p. 477 ; ed. Carey, 2, 

 p. 62. — C. chryseides, Spreng.) %. China. Timor. Both Peninsulas of 

 India. Bengal, (Serampore.) Assam. Fl. small, yellow, C. S. ; fr. 

 H. S. 



28. Wightii, Choisy. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 277 Convolvulus 



Wightii, Wall. pi. as. rar. 2, t. 171.) B Neelgherries. Fl. large, 

 purplish-rose-coloured, C. S. 



29. lacunosa, L. (G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 277 ;—Roxb. H. B. p. 14. 

 — Convolvulus lacunosus. Spreng.) '^. Virginia. Carolina. Florida. 

 Banks of the Arkansas. Fl. largish, white, with a purplish rim, C. S. 



30. macrorrhiza, Michx. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 277. — I. Jalapa, 

 Pursh. ; B. Reg. 4, t. 342. — I. Michauxii, Sweet.) S Georgia and 

 Florida, near the sea-shore. Fl. very large, white. 



