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12. C. spahorocephahtSj R. 



Annual, twining, villous. Leaves cordate-sagittate; lobes round- 

 ed. Flowers numerous, sessile, on sub-sessile, round, axillary heads. 



A native of the interior parts of Bengal. Flowering time from 

 the close of the rains in October till January. 



Root annual. — Stem and branches twining, round; young shoots 



clothed with short soft hairs Leaves sagittate-cordate, posterior 



lobes large, and rounded, both the sides and margins somewhat 

 hairy; length from one to four inches. — Petioles hairy, channelled, 

 about half as long as the leaves.— Peduncles axillary, solitary, very 

 short, or almost wanting, bearing many small, rose-coloured, sessile 

 flowers, forming globular heads. — Bractes or involucres many, 

 linear, recurved. — Calyx, leaflets as long as the corol, hairy, taper- 

 ing to a rather long, recurved point. — Corol having the border 

 slightly marked with ten indentures. — Anthers half hid in the tube 

 of the corol. — Stigma of two round lobes. — Capsule globular, vil- 

 lous, size of a marrow-fat pea, two-celled, with two light-coloured 

 3eeds in each. 



Obs, There is a variety of the above, if not a distinct species, with 

 white flowers, in round sessile heads, and having narrower leaves ; 

 in other respects they exactly agree ; both are natives of Bengal and 

 both are now growing luxuriantly in the Botanic Garden. Compare 

 them with Jpomoea tamnifolia, 



Additional observation by N. W. 



1 have had abundant specimens of this elegant species gathered 

 in the valley of Nepala during the rains. — Root fibrous. — The whole 

 plant more or less densely clad with soft, long, white hairs rising 

 from minute vesicular dots ; those on the stem and petioles almost 

 always reflexed. — Stems very slender, purplish while young. — Leaves 

 remote, varying considerably in figure, from linear to ovate, oblong, 

 always cordate at the base, the lobes more or less converging down- 



