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and hairy ai the base. This lovely species grows pretty common by the 
road side between Chowke and the Ghauts; flowering towards the close of 
the rains. Perhaps it is distinct from Don’s. I. bracteata. 
986. I. Coptica. Don’s. syst. 4, p. 278. Convolvulus copticus. Rox. Flora. 
1. p. 477. 
Herbaceous, procumbent; leaves palmate or pedate; leaflets lanceolate, 
serrate:— flowers small white:---appear towards the close of the rains,---In 
the open glades about Kandalla, creeping among the grass. 
987. I. PULCHELLA? Don’s. syst. 4. p. 279.1. tuberculata. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 
279. Convolvulus digitatus. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 479. C. dasyspermus? Spren- 
gel. I. stipulata. Iacq. Schoenb. 2. t. 199. 
Twining; stems a little spinulous; leaves alternate, petioled, digitate; 
flowers purple, This very beautiful species is generally to be found on 
trellises about Bombay. 
988. I. SinuatTa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 279. I, dissecta? Don’s. syst. 4. p. 279. 
Tacq. Obs. 2. ¢. 28. Hort. Vind. t. 159. Stems hairy; leaves smooth, 7 parted; 
segments sinuated; peduncles axillary, 1 flowered; flowers white; native of 
the West India Islands, and of Georgia and Florida. Perennial.---intd. by N. 
Hydrocyanic acid is obtained from this plant. 
989. I, Pes-TIGRIDIS, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 280. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 503. Con- 
volvulus pes-tigridis, Sprengel’s syst. 1. p. 455, Rheed. Mal. 11, ¢. 59. Dill. 
Elth. ¢. 318. f. 411. : 
Stems and leaves hairy; flowers in involucred heads, small, white, witha 
slight tinge of purple.---Common every where during the rains. It possesses 
little beauty. 
990. I. Vitirotta. Don’s: syst. 4. p. 281. Convolvulus vitifolius. Rox. 
Flora. 1.p. 476. Burm. Ind. ¢.18.f. 1. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 25. f. 3. 
Perennial hairy, leaves cordate, palmately 5 cleft;---flowersarge, bright 
yellow; appear both in the rains and cold season, Malabar Hill, Bombay. 
Hills about Bassein. (Mr. Vaupell.) 
In Deccan gardens pretty common; It grows there much more luxuriantly 
than it does belowthe Ghauts. ‘‘The Prince of Convolvuli” (Dr. Lush.) 
991. I.TupBerosa. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 281. Pluk. Alm. ¢. 276. f. 6. Sloane’s, 
Hist. ¢.96. f. 2. Bot, Reg. ¢. 768. 
An immense climbing plant, with woody stems; common in Bombay and 
known by the name of Malabar Creeper; though it is a native of tropical 
America;---leaves palmately 7 parted; flowers showy, yellow; appear in 
October and November. Itisin general use for covering old walls, trellises 
&c. for which purpose, from its exceeding rapid growth, itis well adapted. 
992. I. Moutrtirtora? Rox. Flora, 1. p. 499. I. Roxburghii, Sweets Hort, 
Brit, p. 289. 
Stems woody, climbing over trees; leaves broad cordate, entire; flowers 
very numerous, large, rose coloured; appear in the rains,---Mahim woods; 
Salsette &c. pretty common. 
This is one of the most showy of the tribe. 
479. CONVOLVULUS. Choisy. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From convolvo—to entwine; in allusion to the twining habit of the plants. 
993. C. ARVENSIS. Don’s. syst. 4. p: 288. C, Malcolmii. Rox. Flora. lt. p. 
474. C. Chinensis. Bot. Reg. t. 322. English Botany. ¢. 322. 
Stems twining, furrowed; leaves sagittate, with large angular auricles; 
peduncles axillary, | or 2 flowered; flowers of a lively pink colour. 
The seeds of Roxburgh’s plant were brought from Persia by the late Sir 
John Malcolm in 1801, He hints at its connection with the C, arvensis, or 
