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Corn bindweed of England, and there is little doubt, they are at the most, 
only varieties of each other. ‘y 
Grows common ou the black soil of the Deccan; flowering during the 
rains. (Dr. Gibson.) 
994. C. Capensis. Don’s, syst. 4. p. 287. C. hastatus. Thunbergh’s Prod, 
p- 55. herbaceous, smooth; leaves hastate, lobed: flowers very numerous 
of a light rose colour, and exceedingly beautiful. 
Bombay is indebted for this species to Mr. George Noton, who introduced 
it from the Cape of Good Hope in 1833. It seldom bears seeds, but can be 
propagated by cuttings, or layering. 
995. C. Lacreus. Wallich.—Dapooree, intd. from Bengal. (Dr. Lush.) 
480. ANISEIA. Choisy. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From anisos—unequal; the segments of the calyx are unequal in size and 
shape. 
996. A, UnirLora. Don’s. syst. 4. p.295. Convolvulus Rheedii. Rox. Flora. 
Wallichs Edit. 2, p. 70. Bentiru tali, Rheed, Mal. 11. ¢, 54. Wight in 
Hookers Bot. Misc. t, 8. Burm. Ind, t. 21. f. 2. 
Stems creeping, hairy; leaves short petioled, lanceolate, oblong, hairy; 
flowers white, campaunlate, pubescent.—S. Concan. N. 
481. SHUTERiZA. Choisy. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Named after Dr. Shuter, who collected plants in the neighbourhood of 
Madras, 
997. S. Bicotor. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 297. Convolvulus bicolor. Rox. Flora. 
1. p. 475. Bot. Mag. ¢. 2205. 
Perennial, twining, hairy; leaves alternate, broad, cordate; flowers yellow, 
bottom of the bell deep purple; appear during the rains; capsules hairy, 4 
celled, with 1 seed in each.—The Concans. N. 
482, PORANA. L. Pentandria Monogynia. 
From poreuo—to journey; in allusion to the habit of the plants sending forth 
long shoots. Lam. t. 186. ; 
998. P. Racemosa. Rox. Flora. 1. p. 466. Dinetus racemosus. Sweet. 
Brit. Fl. Gard. ¢. 127. 
Bhowree.— Annual, twining, filiform; leaves cordate acuminate; flowers in 
axillary and terminal racemes; appear in the cold weather; calyx growing 
with the pericarp into 5 scarious wings.--S. Coucan. N.---Mahableshwur. 
(Dr. Murray.) 
Dr. Wallich remarks, that it is common in the vicinity of Katmaundoo. 
483. CRESSA. L. Pentandria Digynia. 
From the Isle of Crete, now Candia, where a species apparently the same 
as the Indian one abounds. Lam. ¢. 183. 
999, C. Inpica. Don’s. syst. 1. p- 300. Rox. Flora. 2. p. 72. C. cretica? 
-Don’s, syst. 1. p. 300. Smith’s Flora. Graeca. t, 256, Pluk. Alm. ¢. 43. f. 6. 
A small annual, with very numerous white flowers, which give it a hoary 
appearance at a distance.—Grows most abundantly on rice fields, Bombay, 
after the rains. 
484. EVOLVULUS. L, Pentandria Digynia. 
From evolvo—to turn round;—plants with the habit of Convolvulus. Lam. 
t, 216, 
1000. E, Hirsutus. Don’s. syst. 4. p. 300. E. alsinoides, Don’s. syst. 4. p. 
300. Rox. Flora, 1.p. 105 and 106. Anagallis hirsuta minor. Burm. Zey. t, 6, 
Jf. 1. Vistnu clandi. Rheed, Mal. 11. ¢, 64. 
