SP PENTANDIUA MONOGYNI^ Lellsomfal 



3. L. nervosa, jR.* 



Shrubby, twining to a great extent. Leaves broad-cordate, seri- 

 ceous underneath, veins parallel, Peduncles longer than the petioles, 

 umbelliferous. Stigma round, of two lobes. Capsules one-valved 

 one-celled. 



Convolvulus nervous. Burm. hid. 48. t. 20. f. I. 



Samudra-stjogam, Rheed. Mai xi. 1£5. tab- Q\. 



Sung. g^t^j, Vriddbwdarwka ; 33^3^, Vnddhwdarookfl ; 

 ^^TJT^, RikshngMndha ; ^JTsTT^t, Chh-Mgwlanfree ; a^JT^n^^T, 

 CliliMgzjlantnka ; "^JTlt^t, Chhwgttlanghree ; HgJ^T, ChhMgttla; 

 ^-^t> Entree; ^jriflfk Avegee; '3(11, Joonga ; afirC, Joonga ; 

 °^JUR, Joongttka; ^NhrT5T^, Deerghwvalooka ; I^ftl^tsfJlt 

 Vn'ddhi/kotwrMJoongee ; ^a^Jgift, C/jantree. 



Beng. Bjs-tarwka. 



Teling. Kokayts- 



A native of forests, hedges, &c. it is one of the largest species 

 of the Convolvulacea I know- Flowering time the wet and cold 

 seasons. 



Stems twining, woody,- of a very great length, running over the 

 highest trees ; young parts covered with white silky down. — Leaves 

 petioied, broad-cordate, entire ; many large, distinct, opposite nerves 

 running parallel ; the upper side pretty smooth, the under side covered 

 with much soft, white, silky hair; from four to twelve inches each 

 way. — Petioles shorter than the leaves, tapering, round; at the apex 

 on each side is a large, flat, scabrous, dark coloured gland. — Pedun- 

 cles axillary, like the petioles, but longer, bearing an erect umbell, 

 of many flowers. — Flowers large, of a deep rose-colour.— Bractes 

 many, large, oval, white, waved, pointed, caducous. Stigma two, 

 globular. — Berry globular, smooth, entire, not opening in a regular 

 manner, but crumbling to pieces. 



* C. 'speew&us, Smith, Je. pict 17. (Syst. Veg. L'cit. 239, sub Ipomoea) notwith- 

 standing (as Dr. Roxburgh remarks in a manuscript note) the pointed lobes of the 

 corolla and stigoaa as represented in the figure.— N. W, 



