0(5 TENTANDRIA M©NOftYNlA. Convolvulus. 



Tbristly, issuing from little brown glands • general extent of the 

 plant from six to twelve feet.— Leaves petioled, digitate. Leaflets 

 five, sessile, lanceolar, acute, entire, hairy, about three inches long 

 by one broad. — Petioles round, as long as the leaflets, hirsute. — ■ 

 Peduncles axillary, sometimes as long as the petioles, hirsute, bearing 

 from one to three, rarely more, middle-sized, pure white flowers, on 

 loner hirsute, proper pedicels. — Bractes at the base of the pedicels 

 only, sub-lanceolate, recurved, hairy. — Leaflets of the calyx oblong, 

 permanent; the exterior three large, and extremely hirsute. — Corol 

 campanulate, white; tube as long as the calyx. — Stamens smooth — 

 Stigma of two round lobes. — Capsule broad-cordate ; valves thin^ 

 and smooth on both sides — Seeds three or four, smooth, 



27- C. heptaphyllus, R. 



Perennial, twining, smooth. Leaves digitate ; leaflets seven, lan- 

 ceolar, entire. Peduncles filiform, spiral, pendulous, one-, rarely 

 three-flowered. 



Of what part of India this is a native I cannot certainly say. It 

 has appeared in one of the nurseries in the Botanic Garden at Cal- 

 cutta. The seed was most likely received accidentally with some 

 other sorts. Here it flowers during the latter part of the rains, and 

 cold season. 



Stems and brandies twining, perennial, long, slender, round and 

 smooth — Leaves petioled, digitate; leaflets generally seven, sessile, 

 lanceolar, entire, smooth ; from one to two inches long. — Petioles 

 slightly channelled, length of the leaflets — Peduncles axillary, soli- 

 tary, very slender (filiform) twisted, pendulous, longer than the peti- 

 oles, generally one-flowered, rarely two or three, though three seems 

 the natural number, and the two lateral ones for the most part, prove 

 abortive. — Bractes few, and minute. — Calyx; leaflets ovate, rugose 

 on the outsides.— Corol small, pale pink, with the bottom of the 

 bell deeper coloured. — Stigma of two round lobes. 



Obs. A beautiful, delicate, though extensive plant, and uncom- 



