Ipomoea. jpemtandria monogtniA. <?3 



— Petioles nearly as long the leaves, channelled.— Racemes axillary, 

 solitary, generally two-cleft, much longer than the leaves.— Flowers 

 remote, large, of a most beautiful bright crimson colour.— Calyx 

 smooth, the leaflets subulate at the end.— Corol ; tube nearly two 

 inches long, contracting towards the base, slightly curved; border at 

 first expanded, afterwards a little revolute — Stamina projecting con- 

 siderably beyond the mouth of the tube of the corol. — Stigma sub- 

 globular. Capsules smooth, four- celled, with a single seed in each. 



Obs. 1 his is by far the most gaudy plant of the kind I have yet 

 met with, no painter can do justice to the brightness of its flowers. 



9. I. Fes-tigridis, Witld. Spec. i. 886. 



Annual, diffuse, or twining, hairy. Leaves palmate. Fedancles 

 longer than the petioles. flozeers several in a solitary, aggregate, 

 involucred head. 



Beng. Languh'-luta. 



Pulli-schovadi, Rheed. Mai. xi. 121. f. 59. 



Volubilis zevlanica, Dill. Eltk. tab. 318./. 411. 



This is one of the most common, and generally diffused plants we 

 have in India. Flowering time the rainy season chiefly. 



Stems diffuse, or twining when supported, round, and very hairy; 

 hairs fulvous, and diverging. — Leaves alternate, long-petioled, pal- 

 mate, hairy; lobes from five to nine, lanceolate, entire. — Peduncles 

 long, or longer than the petioles, hairy, each supporting a single 

 head of sessile, white, or pink flowers ; the latter variety is smaller 

 than the white one. — Involucre from eight to twelve-leaved ; leaflets 

 unequal, recurvate, lanceolate, obtuse, hairy. — Calyx of five lan- 

 ceolate, acute, unequal, hairy leaflets. — Corol, with its five lobes 

 deeply emarginate. — Stigma of two round lobes. — Capsules two- 

 celled. — Seeds two in each cell. 



10. I. Quamoclit, JVilld. Spec. i. 879. 



Annual, twining. Leaves pinnate, leaflets filiform. Peduncles 

 one or two-flowered. 



