6% PENTAND1UA MONOGYSfIA, ConVO'VllluS. 



29. C.fagelliformis, R* 



Perennial, creeping. Leaves reniform, cuspidate, smooth, with 

 two glands at the base. Peduncles from three to live-flowered. 

 Calyx transversely rugose. Stigma transversely oval, somewhat two- 

 lobed. 



Bel-Adamboe, Rheed. Mai. xi. p. 119. t. 58. may be this plant 

 though in some respects they will be found to differ a little. 



Ipomoea repens, Lamarck Must. \. 467. 



A native of the Mysore country, from thence the seeds were sent 

 by Dr. B. Heyne to the Botanic Garden, where the plants thrive 

 luxuriantly, and are in blossom most part of the year. 



Stem and branches creeping, perennial, long, simple, slender, and 

 smooth.' — Leaves reniform, oi cordate-reniform, with a small termi- 

 nal bristle for a point, smooth on both sides, and, as in C. brasilien- 

 sis, having two glands on the underside of the base ; breadth from 

 two to three inches, and the length considerably less..-— Ftfioles as 

 long as the leaves, channelled, swelled at the insertion, and there 

 marked with some glandular knobs. — Peduncles axillary, solitary, larg- 

 er than the petioles, round, smooth, bearing from three to six, large, 

 pure white flowers. — Leaflets of the calyx ovate, fleshy; outside trans- 

 versely rugose. — Stigma of one, transversely oval, large lobe. — Cap- 

 Mile with generally four, light brown, smooth seeds. 



50. C. repens, Willd. Sp. PL i. 874.+ 



Annual, creeping, or floating, piped, smooth. Leaves oblong- 

 cordate, posterior lobes angular. Peduncles shorter than the pe- 

 tioles, from three to six-flowered. Carol sub-infundibuliform- 



Battel, Rheed. Mai. xi. p. 107. t. 52. 

 Olus-vagum, Rumph. Amb. v. 419- t. 155. f. 1. 



* Ipomoea Beladamboe, Syst. Veg. iv. 233— N. W. 



V Ipomteu, Syst. Veg. 1, c. 241. No doubt Loureiro's C reptans.—IH. W, 



