307 



*1iort, biacteolate : sepals coriaceous, obtuse, Of rarely acutlsh, yel- 

 lowish-dark, glabrous, outer ones often shorter : corolla with the 

 tube narrowed at the base : capsule glabrous, cpnical, seeds rufoua 

 Mrbolly with short hairs : flowers large, pure white. 



Circar mountains, flowering in t'ebruary and March. 



(8) I. RACEMOSA. {Roth.) 



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tdent. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 115. (not Poir.)— Dec. prod. IX. p^ 

 571. 



Syn. I. staphylinai Roem. ^ -ycAwZi.— Convolvulus Malab^rii 

 cus, Roxh. jlor. Ind. I. p. 469. — C. racemosus. Roth, {not Spreng.) 

 C. Kleinii, Spreng. 



Spec Char. SufFriiticose, glabrous : bark often roughly wrjn- 

 kled : leaves ovate-oblong, subcordate, acute, glabrous, reticulated 

 beneath : flowers racemosely panicled, very numerous : sepals 

 equal, very obtuse, ovate-rotund : corolla tubular-cylindric, long, 

 rose-coloured with a dark-purple eye : capsule conical, glabrous, 

 seeds long, woolly. 



Coromandelj flowering in the cold season. 



(9) I. stipulacea. {Sweet.') 



tdent. Sweet, tlort. (2d. ed.) p. 289. — Dec. prod. IX. p. 379, 



Syn. Convolvulus stipulaceusj Roxb, fior. Ind. II. p» 71. 



Spec. Char. Stem smooth: leaves cdrdately-sagittate, sub- 

 acuminate, auricles often repand, glabrous : petioles long, 2-stipul-» 

 ed at the base : peduncles equalling the petioles, 2-6-flowered : 

 pedicels clavate : sepails ovate, concave, glabrous : corolla white i 

 capsule glabrous : seeds covered with olivaceous wool. 



Chittagong. The Concans. Flowering in March and April, 



(10) I. GEMELLA. {Roth.) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 110.? — Dec. prod. IX. p. 380; 



Syn. Convolvulus gemellus, Burnt. 



Engrai). Burm. Ind. 46. t. 21. fig. 1. 



Spec Char. Ashy-pubescent,' hairs adpressed : leaves cordate^ 

 acuminate, entire, or somewhat 3-lobed, ashy-villous beneath, with 

 an obtuse mucronulate poiiit : auricles sometimes sinuately crenat^ 

 ed : petioles long, villous : peduncles much' exceeding the petioles, 

 Ittose, ' sometimes 2-floweredj sometimes dichotomously many-flower^ 

 ed, with one flower in each fork : sepals coriaceous, obtuse,- some-' 

 what torn at the margin, ovate, glabrous or externally villous { 

 corolla striated, twice exceeding the calyx, 5-lobed at the apex, 



Tranquebar. 



