CoriVo'vulziS. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNlA. g$ 



to the middle of the tube. Stigma of two distinct globular lobes. , 



Capsule naked and smooth, thin, ovate, acute, four-valved, support- 

 ed by the withered, spreading calyx ; as large as a marrow-fat pea.— 

 Seeds from two to four, densely covered on all sides with a soft bright 

 orange-coloured villosity. — N. W. 



25. C. digitatus, R. 



Perennial, twining, spinulous. Leaves digitate. Peduncles from 

 three to four-flowered. Corols almost funnel-shaped. Stigmas of 

 two round lobes. Seeds woolly on the convex side. 



A native of hedges, &c. Flowering time the cold season. 



Stems and branches twining, perennial, round, with here and there 

 a few small inoffensive prickles — Leaves alternate, petioled, digitate. 

 Leaflets generally five, broad lanceolate, entire, smooth, the inferior 

 ones smallest. — Petioles channelled, armed as the branches, as long 

 as the leaflets. — Peduncles axillary, about as long as the petioles, from 

 three to four-flowered. — Flowers pretty large, between campanulate 

 and funnel-formed, a pale bluish purple. Stigma two-lobed. — Seeds. 

 woolly on their outer angles. 



Obs. This is one of the most beautiful Convolvuli in India.* 



9,6. C. hirmtus, R.f 



Annual, twining, extremely hirsute. Leaves digitate ; leaflets 

 five sessile, broad-lanceolate, entire. Peduncles from one to three- 

 flowered. Calyx very hairy, entirely hiding, until ripe, the cordate,, 

 smooth, four-celled capsule. 



A native of the interior parts of Hindoosthan ; flowering time the 

 close of the rains, and cold season. 



Stem and branches annual, twining, very hirsute; hairs somewhat. 



■ It comes very near to C. tuberculatum, Desrouss. in Lam. Encjcl Bot. iii. 5-15; 

 Ipomoea, Syst. Veg. iv. 208.— N. W. 



t This must not be confonuded with C. Mrsutus of Marscball a liiberstein.-— 

 Syst. Veg. iv. p. 2G6. et 71i0 — N- W. 



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