92 PENTANDRIA M0N0GVN1A. Ifomoeci. 



large, glandular, three-lobed. — Capsule much shorter than the calyx, 

 smooth, three-celled, with two seeds in each. 



I have often reared this species in my garden, on account of the 

 great beauty of its large flowers, and do not find it to vary. 



The seeds of this plant are sold in the native apothecary's shops 

 in Calcutta, under the name Kala da?ia, and used as a purgative. 

 I have heard them much praised as an effectual, quick-operating, 

 safe cathartic. The dose is from thirty to forty grains of the seeds 

 in substance, when administered they are gently roasted like coffee, 

 then powdered, and given in any convenient vehicle. 



It scarcely differs sufficiently from Convolvulus Nil to warrant its 

 being considered more than a variety of that, or that of this. In 

 that the leaves of plants growing in the same situation are less divid- 

 ed and the lobes shorter and less pointed. The rim of the corol five- 

 angled, and the angles pointed as in Dillenius'a figure whereas in I, 

 carulea it is nearly circular, 



8. I. phoenicea, RJ* 



Annual, twining. Leaves broad-cordate; posterior edges often 

 variously lobate. Racemes dichotomous, many-flowered. Leaflets 

 of the calyx end subulately. Stamina erect. Stigma globular. 



A native of the southern parts of the Coromandel coast, the seeds 

 were received into this garden from Dr. Berry, who procured them 

 from Dindigul. In Bengal it thrives luxuriantly, and is in blossom 

 most part of the year, but chiefly during the cool season. This 

 plant lias also been reared from seeds received from the island of 

 Trinidad ; there is therefore the more reason to compare it with 

 1. coccinea. 



Stem and branches twining, young parts somewhat angular, and 

 twisted. — Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, acuminate, sometimes 

 three-lobed ; sides and posterior edges variously dentate, sinuate, 

 or lobate ; smooth on both sides, from two to six inches each way. 



• I. angularis WiHd ; auc} most probably also I. avgulata, Lam« illustr. i. 464« 

 Diet. vi. 12.— N- W. 



