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fepkc. Chab. JStem twisted : leaves oblong-cordate, subhastate, 

 fehtire or often angled, eveh 3-lobedj acuminate, glabrous, auricles 

 toothed and serrated : petioles long, muricately warted at the base • 

 )peduncles stiff, exceeding the petiolesj 2-7-flowered, dichotomous; 

 tone flower in each division : sepals coriaceous, ovate-retuse, niucro-< 

 kulate : corolla snnall, yellow : capsule wrinkled, 4-corneired. 



Peninsula. Assain. Flowering tn the cold season. 



GEJTUS iX. CblTV'dLVULtS. 

 Pentandria monogynia. Sejn St/si. • 



, Deriv. From Convolvo, to twine around j alluding to the ha- 

 bit of the plants. 



Gen. Chab. Sepals five : corolla campanulate : style one : 

 iStigmas two, linear-cylindric, qften reyolute : ovary 2-celled, 4.. 

 bvuled ; capsule 2-celled. — ^Herbs or undershrubs. 



(1) C. PtuKicAULiS. (CMihj.) 



ident. Choisy. Conv. or. p. &5.— Dec. proli. IX. p. 403. 



Spec. Chak. Stem sufFruticose, very villous from the root, 

 hairs spreading : leaves linear, dilated at the apex, sessile, very 

 closely packed at the base of the stem, obtuse, villous : flowers 

 long spiked, 2^3, subsessile in the axil of the leaves: sepals linear- 

 acuminate, acute, hirsute : corolla twice exceeding the calyx, gla- 

 brous. 



Mountains of North India. Buxair. Hurdwar. BHagulporfe, 



(2) C. RoTTLEBiANUsj {Choist/.j 



Ident. Choisy. Conv. or. p. 95. — Dec. prbd. IX. p. 403. 



Spec. Char. Stem simple, at first very leafy, rusty-coloured, 

 shortened, afterwards elongaitedj scarcely rusty, ramously diverg- 

 ing : leaves linear, acute, subsessile, rusty-hirsute on both sides j 

 pedunfcles 2-floWered, at first short, afterwards elongated into 

 branchlets : pedicels bracteate : sepals ovate-acuminate, very acute,, 

 outer ones a little longer, hirsute : corolla tubular, scarcely exceed- 

 ihg the calyx, small, starlike, pink. 



Near Madura, Southern Peninsula. Kattywa^. Deccan. Floflf'J 

 iring ill October. 



