Convohulut. PENTANDRIA MONOCYNlA. fi/ 



monly interesting on account of its slender, pendulous, spiral pe- 

 duncles, with its pretty, small, pink flowers, standing erect on its 

 thickened, curved apex. 



Sect. 3d. Prostrate, or creeping ; not twining. 



SS. C. reniformis, R. 



Perennial, very rainous, and creeping close on the ground. 

 Leaves renifonn, emarginate, long-petioled. Peduncles many-flow- 

 ered. Inner three leaflets of the calyx two-lobed, and ciliate. 

 Lobes of the corol bifid. 



A native of Bengal. Flowering time the cool season. Burman's 

 figure of Evohulus emarginatus, flora indica, 77- 1. 30. f. i, is very 

 much like this ; if the flowers were more numerous, and their petioles 

 longer, I should consider them the same ; they ought to be compared, 

 when an opportunity offers. 



Stems and branches numerous, always creeping flat on the ground, 

 and striking innumerable roots from the joints, smooth, and slender 

 as a pack-thread. — Leaves long-petioled, reniforni, emarginate, and 

 often slightly scallop-toothed, smooth; size very various ; often of a 

 dark ferruginous colour. — Petioles longer than the leaves, smooth. 

 — Peduncles axillary, much shorter than the petioles, many-flower- 

 ed. — Flowers sub-sessile, very small, bright yellow, opening late in the 

 forenoon, and shutting early in the evening. — Calyx, the two ex- 

 terior leaflets smaller, oblong, and pointed ; the inner three broad, 

 wedge-shaped, with a ciliate, two-lobed apex.— Corol with its five 

 lobes deeply divided. — Filaments smooth. — Stigma two-lobed; lobes 

 roundish.— Caps ule round, size of a small pea, rather longer than the 

 calyx, tomentose, two-celled.— Seeds light brown, minutely dotted. 



Obs. In some soils it is found entirely of a dark-purple or ferru- 

 ginous colour, 



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