112 Mr. BABiJiGTOti's Descriptions of Indian Species 



Var. /3. Stem downy. Leaves covered both above and below with minute 

 hairs, which are far more numerous upon the under sides. Stipules rather 

 downy, particularly on the nerves ; branches of the panicle and the 

 bracteae downy. 



Nagkanda and Cashmere during the rains. 



25. P. rumicifolium. 



Paniculis subsimplicibus, bracteis basi pilosis unifloris pedicellis brevioribus, 

 calycis laciniis obovatis obtusis sequalibus, ochreis internodio diraidio 

 brevioribus petiolo longioribus pilosis, foliis cordatis ovatisve pilosis mar- 

 gine undulato, caule erecto striato. 



P. rumicifolium. Royle MSS. 



a. ovatum. Foliis ovatis subti!is pilosis, caule glabro. 



/3. cordatum. Foliis cordatis supra et subtus hirsutis, caule hirsuto. 



Stem erect, striated, herbaceous, slightly branched, hollow, glabrous, the 

 internodes very long. Leaves ovate, very large, their margins undulated 

 and ciliated, hairy beneath, nearly glabrous above, petioles short. Stipules 

 long, lax, torn, their nerves hairy, and furnished with a thick fringe of 

 hairs at their base, not more than half the length of the internodes, but 

 longer than the petioles. Flowers in large panicles, the branches of which 

 are nearly simple; bractese shorter than the pedicels, one-flowered, their 

 base hairy; flowers 8-androus, 3-gynous, their segments equal, obovate 

 and blunt. Fruit trigonous, very young on our specimens. 



Var. /3. Stem covered with hairs pointing downwards. Leaves cordate, much 

 smaller than in var. a. and not so wavy, equally covered on both sides 

 with short hairs. Stipules much more hairy. 



Kunawur. 



Sect. 6. TiNiARiA. Meisn. 

 26. P. Convolvulus. Linn. 



Floribus racemosis vel axillaribus parvis, pedicellis sub flore articulatis fructi- 

 feris calyce non alato brevioribus, achenii faciebus ovato-acutis granulato- 

 striatis opacis, caule volubili ramoso. 



P. Convolvulus. Auctorum. 



