503 



_ Spec. Char. Tj^ning, hirsute : leaves Idigitate, leaflets 5, ellip- 

 tic-lanceolate, entire : peduncles as Ibng as the petioles, hirsute, 1- 

 3-flowered: sepals very hairy, lanceolate, acute : corolla a little 

 longer than the c%x, white : capsule and seeds smooth. 

 ^Wi^Sftla. Hifldostan. Flowering in the rainy season. 



GENUS v. PHARBITIS. 

 IPentandrla Honojiryiiia. Se^--. .Sygt: 



Deriv. Meaning not explained. 



Gen. Chae. Calyx ■S.'Sepaled : corolla campatralate or eam- 

 paiJul^tely fennel-shaped ; style one, stigma capitate! y .gr^nu- 

 J^te ; ovary 3, rax-ely 4-celled, cells 2,seeded. — Twining-herbs. 



(l),P..NiL. (Choisy.J , 



Hent. Dec. prod. IX. p. 343. 



. -Syn. CoBvolvulus Jifil, Linn. — Ipom^a Nil, Rofh.' — I. cseru- 

 lea, Koen. — Roxh.fi. fnd. I. ;>. 401. 



EngrcLv. Bot. Reg. 4. t. 376. 



Spec. Char. Stem retrorsely hairy : leaves cordate, 3-lobed, 

 middle lobe dilated at the -base, lateral ones shorter, acute : petioles 

 long : peduncles 2-3-flowered, longer than the common petiole, di- 

 varicate ^at cthe apex : sepals OTate4anceolate, hispid at the bise : 

 icoroi^^ large, pale blue. , 



Common, in most parts of India, tiowering in the rainy season. 



(2) P. LACINIATA. {Dalz.J 



Ident. Dak. in Hook. Journ. Bot. III. p. 178. — Bomb, flor, 

 p. 167. 



Spec. Char. Stem filiform, creeping or twining, angular-twisti 

 ed: leaves shqrt-petioled, T-iobed, l^es narrow-! jnie?&, between 

 serrated and pinnatifid, teeth unequal, mucronate : peduncles axil- 

 lary, solitary^ angular-clavate, 1-3-flowered, > shorter than the leaf: 

 sepal^ oblong, mucronate^ thickj fleshy, 3-ribhed, wrinkled : cap- 

 sijl?: 3r«;ejipd, cells 2*seeded ; seeds silky : corolla white, purpl6 

 iaside, .tuhe long^ slender. 



Malwan, flowering in August. The flowers open only atsuHseti' 



