'CohrohuluS. rENTANDRlA. MONe*YNIA, 63 



14. C. piiostls, It. 



Annual, twining, every part very hairy. Leaves broad-cordate, 

 entire, or slightly three-lobed, hoary underneath. Stipules ear- 

 shaped. Cymes long-peduncled ; calyciue leaflets and bractes ensi- 

 form and ciliate, 



A native of Mysore ; the Seeds were sent from thence by Dr. 

 Heyne, to the Botanic Garden, where the plants spring up during 

 the rains; blossoming and ripening their seeds during the cold sea- 

 son. 



Annual. Stem and branches twining, extensive, round, very hairy, 

 every part replete with a clammy white juice. — Leaves broad-cor- 

 date, sometimes a little three-lobed, on the upper side a little hairy 

 and deep green, underneath clothed with soft white wool ; length 

 from two to six inches, breadth nearly the same. — Petioles about as 

 long as the leaves, channelled, and hairy. — Stipules reniform, with 

 callous, ciliate margins ; they are alwaya present where there is a 

 peduncle. — Peduncles axillary, about as long as the petioles, bear- 

 ing from one to ten or twelve, small, rose-coloured, pedicelled flow- 

 ers. — Bractes opposite, with a cordate, peduricle-clasping base ; 

 long, taper, recurved points ; and ciliate, callous margins. — Flowers 

 numerous, of a lively pink colour, expanding about an inch. — Ca- 

 lyx ; leaflets linear, acute, longer than the tube of the corol, on the 

 outside glandular, and very hairy — Stamens equalling the tube. — 

 Stigma of two round lobes. — Capsules globular, half the length of 

 the calyx. — Seeds four, woolly. 



15. C. Malcolmi, U. 



Moot perennial. Stems twining, furrowed. Leaves sagittate with 

 large, angular barbs. Peduncles two-flowered. Bractes lanceolate. 

 Stigma of two linear lobes. 



The seeds of this plant were brought from Persia by Major 

 Malcolm, in 1801. The plants raised from them in the Botanic 

 Garden, blossomed during the hot season of 180^, when the* were 

 about one year old. 



