86 fENTANDKiA monogynia. Lettsotnia. 



duncles. — Tube long, slender, cylindric. — Nectary a yellow, fleshy ring 

 surrounding the base of the germ. — Stigma two-Iobed, lobes linear- 

 oblong, erect. — Berry spherical, dry, smooth, shining, brown, one- 

 celled. — Seeds; from one to four is the natural number, immersed 

 iu a brownish farinaceous pulp. 



12. L. ornata, R.* 



Shrubby, erect, ultimately twining, Leaves nearly round, entire 

 with large round lobes, sericeous underneath. Peduncles many* 

 flowered. Stigma with two lanceolate lobes. Berry dry, oblong, 

 beaked, shorter than the calyx. 



A native of the interior parts of India ; from Cawnpore Colonel 

 Hard wick sent the plants to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, where 

 they blossom during the rains. 



Stems sub-herbaceous, flaccid, scarcely ever twining, sometimes 

 sericeous. Branches few, and like the stems. — Leaves nearly round, 

 posterior lobes rounded ; margins entire ; apex rather emarginate ; 

 smooth above, of a dull livid colour underneath, and somewhat se- 

 riceous ; general size from three to six inches each way. — Petioles 

 round, sericeous, shorter than the leaves, with a greenish gland on 

 each side near the apex as in all the other species of this family. — ■ 

 Peduncles axillary, as long as the petioles, and iike them bearing 

 from about six to twelve, very large, pure white flowers, nearly re- 

 sembling those of Ipomoea grandiflora and Lettsomia bona-nox. — 

 Bractes lanceolate.— Calyx, leaflets linear*oblong. — Carol with a 



* C. candicans, Rotli. (see the preceding note.) I have found this species in va- 

 rious parts of Nipal, in the thick forest at Hetouara and along the tortuous tract 

 of the Rapti ; also in the valley itself at the foot of mount Nag-E/rjoon and Shiva- 

 pooia. Like all the other productions which tlwt noble country has in common 

 withHindoot'han, our plant grows to an unusual size, measuring often five or six feet 

 in height and becomes very branchy. It has a tendency to climb, and often twists it- 

 self round branches of other shrub3. The whoie plant is densely villous, becoming 

 smoother by age.— The capsule as large as a filbert, with a columnar point, of a 

 polished brown colour, like mahogany. It blossoms during the rainy season; it« 

 seeds ripen in December— January.— N. W. 



