Lt.tlsomia. pentandrijl monogynia. 81 



A native of the eastern part of Bengal, and from thence sent to 

 the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, by Dr. Buchanan. Blossoms 

 about the close of the rains. 



Stem woody, twining up, and over high trees, Bark rough, 

 yount* shoots very hairy. — Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, entire, 

 nerves many, and parallel, very hairy on both sides ; from four to 

 six inches long, and three or four broad. — Peduncles axillary, round, 

 hairy, longer than the petioles, each supporting a few large, sessile, 

 rose-coloured, cam.panulate flowers, surrounded with many broad- 

 lanceolate, hairy bractes. — Stigma of two, large, globular lobes, 



7. L, cuneala, JR. 



Perennial, twining. Leaves cuneate-emarginate ; villous under* 

 neath. Peduncles three- flowered, much shorter than the leaves. 

 Convolvulus cuneatus. Willd. Spec. i. 873. 



Some plants of this uncommonly elegant species, were brought 

 from the Mysore country, by general Martin in 1792. He gave 

 one of them to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, which has been 

 multiplied by layers, and blossoms about the close of the rains in, 

 September, and October. 



Stems woody, twining, of very considerable extent. Bark smooth 

 dark grey. Young shoots covered with short depressed hairs. — Leaves . 

 alternate, short-petioled, cuneate, emarginate, entire, smooth above, 

 a little hairy underneath ; general length about two inches. — Pe- 

 duncles axillary, solitary, three-flowered, round, villous, about three 

 quarters of an inch long. — Pedicels shorter than the peduncles, 

 always consisting of an opposite incurved pair, with a solitary short- 

 er one in the centre. — Bractes linear. — Calyx, leaflets ovate, a little 

 villous. — Corol large, of a beautiful deep bright purple colour. Tube 

 ample; the five-lobes of the border emarginate,. which makes the 

 whole appear ten-lobed. Nectary, a fleshy ring round the base of the 

 germ. — Filaments broad, and hairy, at the base. — Stigma of two 

 roundheads. — Berry oblong, dry, one-celled. — Seeds from one to 

 four, immersed in a battle dry farinaceous matter. 



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