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pedicels thickened : sepals ovate, very obtuse, glabrous, adpressed 3 

 <^psule globose, large : seeds black: flowers large, brigbt yellow, 

 fragrant. 



Madras. Bombay, Flowering in the cold season. 



(4) I. WiGHTii. (Choisy.) 



Ident. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 88. — -Dec. prod. IX. p. 364. 



Syn. Convolvulus Wightii, Wall. PL As, Rar. II. p. 55. % 

 171. 



Spec. Char. Stem retrorsely hairy : leaves cordate-acuminate, 

 acute or mucronulate at the apex, lower ones oblong, siuuately 

 toothed at the margin, younger ones 3-lobed, all downy above, 

 white-tomentose beneath : petiole hirsute : peduncles exceeding the 

 petioles, 2-5-flowered : bracts linear-aristate, acute, hirsute and a& 

 if involving the capitulum : sepals oblong-linear, awned, very acutet 

 hirsute : corolla campanulate, rose-colourecl ; capsule pubescent. 



Neilgherries. 



(5) I. CAPiTEtiATA. (&fioisy.) » 



Jdent. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 75. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 365. 



Syn. I. tamnifolia, Burm. Ind. p. 50. 

 -Spec. Char. Stem hairy: leaves cordate-acuminate, hairy; 

 peduncles equalling the petioles: bracts unequal, obtuse, ovate-« 

 linear : sepals linear-lanceolate, very acute : corolla violet. 



Monghyr, 



(6) I. RUBENS. (Choisy.) 



Ident Choisy. Conv. or. p. 81. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 371. 



Spec. Chak- Stem twisted, pubescent : leaves cordate-acumi- 

 nate above,' often glabrous below, ashy-pubescent, long.petioled : 

 peduncles stiff, much exceeding the petioles, umbellately many- 

 flowered : sepals ovate acuminate or lanceolate-mucronate, equal, 

 acute or obtuse, outer ones ashy-silky : corolla purple. 



Silhet. Goalpara. 



(7) I. CYMOSA. (Roem. Sf Schult.) 



Ident. Roem. & Schult. 4. p. 2^1. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 371. 



Syn. Convolvulus cymosus, Besv. — C. bifidus, Fahl.—C blan- 

 dus, Roxb. fior. Ind. I. p. 470. — Ipomsea bifida. Roth. — I. Keynei. 

 Roem. ^ Schult.-^l. blanda. Sweet. — C. pentagonus, (var. pilosus.) 

 Wall, in Roxb. Ind. flor. I. p. 485. 



Spec Chak. Leaves ovate-cordate, acute at the apex, darkish 

 fthove, short-petioled : peduncles axillary, 2-cleft, many-^jiwered. 



