J2 yfeNTANDRlA MONGGYNIA. CotlVofoulltS. 



from two- to three-flowered. Exterior three leaflets of the calyx 

 sagittate, ciliate, as long as the gibbous tube of the corol. Fruit 

 drooping. 



A native of the interior parts of India; from Cawnpore Captain 

 Hardwicke sent plants to the Botanic Garden, where they blos- 

 som about the beginning of the cool season. 



Stem twining, perennial : tender shoots very hairy — Leaves cor- 

 date ; entire, acute ; lobes large, and rottuded, a few distinct hairs 

 on the nerves and veins ; from three to six inches long, and from two 

 to four broad. — Petioles hairy, slightly channelled, shorter than the 

 leaves — Peduncles axillary, solitary, about as long as the petioles, 

 bearing two, or three alternate, pedicelled, rather small, pure white 

 flowers ; after the flowers drop the pedicels become drooping. — ■ 

 / 33ractes cordate, a few scattered over the peduncles, and pedicels. 

 —Calyx, leaflets as long as the tube, ciliate ; the exterior sagittate. 

 —Filaments smooth.— Genu on a nectarial pedicel.— Stigma of two 

 round lobes, 



11. C. obscurus, Willd. Sp. PI i. 852..* 



Annual, filiform, sometimes villous. Leaves exactly cordate, en- 

 tire. Peduncles jointed, clavate beyond the joint, after the flower 

 decays this part droops ; one-flowered, lobes of the corol emargiu- 

 ate. -Seeds downy. 



A native of various parts of India, blossoming in Bengal d urine 

 the rainy and cool seasons. 



Obs. In Dillenius's figure of C. obscurus, which is the only spe- 

 cies I can compare this plant to, the lobes of the corol are acute ; 

 here they are emarginate, hence I conclude they are different. In 

 the Banksian herbarium either this or one much like it is named C. 

 Jiinicularis. 



* Ipomoea, Syst. Veg. iv. 236.— N- W". 



