SO PENTANDRIA MGNOGYNIA. IpOmoSa. 



Obs. This species while in flower is one of the greatest beau- 

 ties of our forests. Whether this is what Koaig called Jpomoea 

 Burmanni or not 1 cannot say, 



5.1. sepiaria, Kon. Mss. 



Perennial, twining, hairy. Leaves cordate. Peduncles many- 

 flowered, and with the pedicels clavate, capsule four-celled. 



Tim-tali, Rheed. Mai. xi. p. 109. t. 53. is certainly this plant, 

 though quoted for Convolvulus maximus. Can they be the same ? 

 Probably they are, as VaSil's description agrees tolerably well with 

 my plant. 



Telirtn:. Metta-tootia. 



This is one of the most common species on the Coast, it grows 

 plentifully in every hedge, thicket,* &c. Flowers during the rainy 

 and cold season. 



Stem twining, perennial, young shoots round, filiform, hairy. — • 

 Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, pointed, somewhat sagittate, or 

 angular behind, otherwise entire ; smooth, often clouded with brown- 

 ish spots in the centre; from two to three inches long. — Peduncles 

 axillary, as long as the leaves, round, smooth, clubbed, many-flower- 

 ed. — Flowers large, of a beautiful pale rose-colour. — Stigma two- 

 lobed ; lobes globular.- — Capsule smooth. 



6. I. ccerulescens, R. 



Perennial, twining, all the tender parts hairy. Leaves round cor- 

 date, acute. Peduncles erect, length of the petioles, from one to 

 three-flowered. Stigma of three round lobes. Capsules smooth, 

 three-celled. 



Native place uncertain, nor can any Asiatic names be procured 

 for this beautiful, distinct species. 



Stems perennial, twining to a great extent ; young shoots round, 



hairy, and twining; hairreflexed. — Leaves round-cordate, long-petiol- 



ed, posterior lobes large and rounded, apex acute, surface less hairy 



than the petioles and shoots, size three or four inches each way.—' 



* It is equally abundant in Bengal. Ed t 



