Convohuluc temtandria mono&ynia. 63 



C. reptans, Willd. Sp. PL i. 875, is probably this plant, or a va» 

 riety of it. 



Sung. ^?^»^t, Kuhtmbee. 



Beug. Kulmi-shak. 



Teling. Tootie-kura. 



A native of standing sweet water, or places where water lately 

 stood, very common. 



Stems creeping, or floating on the water, annual, or biennial, 

 round, piped, jointed, smooth, many fathoms long. — Leaves alter- 

 nate, long-petioled, oblong-cordate, pointed, entire, smooth, from 

 four to six inches long. — Peduncles axillary, erect, round, smooth, 

 from three to six-flowered.— Flowers large, beautiful rose colour; 

 lobes triangular. Tube of the corol between bell and funnel form. 

 Base of the filaments woolly. — Stigma two-headed. 



Obs. The tender tops, and leaves are eaten in stews by all ranks 

 of the natives and much esteemed. 



SI. C. Batatas, Willd. Sp. PL i. 853* 



Root tuberous. Stems creeping, rarely twining. Leaves cordate, 

 angle-Iobed. Peduncle many-fiowered. Stigma of the calyx oblong, 

 smooth, acute. 



Sun S- ?:Wtnr*r5Ivr> Ruktupiudaloo, -^^n^f, Rwktaloo, '^(TUKcir* 

 PiNkU/pmdwka, §tff q, Lohita, T^%?&, R.uk\a-kimda, %iff cfl^?, 

 Lohztaloo. 



Beng. Lal-shwkzu-kzmda-aloo, the red variety ; and Si^ffet-shzdtz^r- 

 k?mda-aloo, the white. 



Kappa-kelengu, Rheed. Mai. vii. 95. t. 50. 



The red sort is in very general cultivation all over the warmer 

 parts of Asia and very deservedly esteemed one of their most palata- 

 ble and nutritious roots. I suspect C. edulis, Thunb. japan. 84, is 

 the same or a variety. 



? Ipomoca, Syst. Vejj, iv. 218.— V W. 



