JpomOia. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA- 89 



3, I. muricata, R. 



Annua!, twining, muricate. Leaves cordate. Feduncks few- 

 flowered; inside of the tube of the corols hairy. 



Convolvulus muricatus, Linn. Mant. 44. 



I have only met with this in my own garden, it was raised from 

 seeds sent from Persia and proves annual.* 



Stem as in J. grandifiora, but much more murexed, and not so 

 Jong, the leaves also the same, but much larger.— Peduncles axilla- 

 ry, half the length of the petioles, from two to six-flowered. — Flow- 

 ers large, pale bluish-purple. Tube widening a little towards the 

 mouth ; inside hairy, by which mark it is instantly distinguished from 

 I. grandifiora. 



4. I. multiflora, R. 



Stems woody, twining. Leaves broad- cordate, downy. Pedun- 

 cles as long as the leaves, umbelliferous. 



A common species, native of hedges, forests, &c. Flowering 

 time the cold season. 



Stem perennial, woody, twinning up, and over trees and bushes, 

 — Leaves scattered, petioled, broad cordate, entire, a little bent 

 downwards, bristle-like pointed, both sides a little downy, particu- 

 larly the under one, from three to four inches each way. — Petioles 

 round, downy, from two to three inches long. — Umbells three or 

 five-parted, many-flowered. — Peduncles round, nearly erect, longer 

 than the leaves. — Flowers numerous, very large, rose-coloured ; 

 inside of the tube a bright red. — Leaflets of the calyx unequal. — • 

 Stigma two-lobed ; lobes globular. 



* It is found in most parts of Himloost'han. I have met with it in various parts 

 of the country along the Ganges, from Beharanrl Tirhoot up to Cawnpore ; also at 

 Lnrknow. I have likewise frequently seen itin the valley of Nepalo (I) where it blos- 

 soms in the rainy seasons.— N. "W. 



(1) 'the name of this Country is written in Sungslcrita Dictionaries Nepala, and Nu 

 pain with the i sounded long as in time, the final a is not pronounced- On that account 

 it will be hereafter 'written Nipul, us most agreeing with the pronunciation in the coun- 

 try itself. F,d, 



