sn 



(27) I. OBScuRA. {Ker.) 



Ideni. Dec. prod. IX. p. 370. 



Syn. Convolvulus obscurus, Linn, — C. gemellus, Vahl.—lp. 

 solanifolia, Bu'fm. 



Engrav. Bot. Reg. t. 239. 



Spec. Chae. Stem herbaceous, elongated : leaves cordate-acu- 

 minate, glabrous or puberulous, acute, reticulated beneath, long- 

 petioled : peduncles longer than: the petioles, 1 to 3rfloA»fe,rpd : pe- 

 dicels thick, articulated : sepals oblong-oyate, glabrous or puberu- 

 lous : flo'ivers yellow ; base of the tube purple. 



CQiumon about 3ombay. Peninsula. Flowering nearly all the 

 year. 



(28) I. SEPiARiA. (Koen.) 



Ident. Koen. in Roxb. flor. Ind. II. p. 90. — Dec. prod. IX« 

 p. 370. \ 



Sifn. Gonv, maximus, Vahl. — C. marginatus. Lam. 



Spec. Char. Twining : leaves cordate-obrong : peduncles many- 

 fiowered : heads' of flowers dense: sepals oblong, ovate acute or 

 obtuse : corolja pinkish, tubular^ fuijnelrshaped. , 



Common in. hedges. 



. (29) I. CoPTicA. (Roth.) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 110.— Dec. prod. IX. p. 384. 



Syn. Conv. Copticus, Linn. ^ Roxb. — C. stipulatus. Lam, 



Spec, Char. Herbaceous, procumbent : leaves palmate or pe- 

 date, lower lobes shorter, bifid, all serrated, glabrous : petioles com- 

 pressed 1 peduncles longer than the petiole, 1 to 2-fl,owered : sepals 

 ' Vrihliled, rauricated, ovate-oblong,' glabrous,' mucronulats : corolla 

 white, tubular, shortly 5-lobed : capsule glabrous. 



JKhandalla, creeping amongst the grass. Coromandel. Flower- 

 ing -in. the cold season. 



(30.) I. sracteata. (R. W.) 



Ident. Wight's Icon. vol. IV. & t. 1374. 



Spec Char. Herbaceous, twining, ever3'wbere clothed witk 

 long pubescence : leaves long petioled, round cordate, mucronate : 

 peduncles about the length of the petioles, cymosely 3-flpw^red : 

 flowers sessile, small, the. lateral ones each furnjshed with 3 ovate- 

 cordate obtuse foliaceotis bracts : sepals abou,t the length of th& 



