220 CI. coNVOLTULAOEj;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Oomolvuhis. 



fruit. Corolla ^ in., hairy at the tip in the bud. Ovary and filaments glahrouB. 

 Capsule ^ in., ovoid, 2-celled, irregularly breaking up. Seeds glabrous. 



10. C. parvlflorus, Vahl Symb. iii. 29 ; puTjescent or nearly glabrous, 

 leaves ovate-cordate acute entire, cymes small dense many-fld. peduncled, 

 corolla i in. tubular narrow-moutbed pini or white. JRoxh. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey 

 Sf Wall. ii. 51; Chois. Convolv. Or. 98, and in BC. Prodr. ix. 413; Z)a&. |- 

 Oihs: Bomb. Fl. 163 ; Be/nth. Fl. Austral, iv. 430. 0. asclepiadeus. Wall. Cat. 

 1396. Ipomeea paniculata, Burnt. Fl. Ind. 50, t. 21, fig. 3. I. parviflora, 

 Pers. Syn. i. 183, not of Vahl. 



Assam; Jenkins. Deccan PENiNsntA and Ceylon; frequent. — Disteib. S.E. 

 Asia, Malaya, Australia, Tropical Africa. 



Stems slender. Leaves 1 J-3 in., shallowly cordate ; petiole ^) in. PeMncles 

 mostly longer than the petioles ; cymes subcapitate ; bracts inconspicuous. Sepals J 

 in., ovate-caudate, pubescent. Corolla-lobes short, acute. Stigmas short, linear. 

 Capsule 1 in., globose, glabrous. Seeds glabrous. — Much resembling Jacqmmontia 

 ccendea (cultivated often in India), which has a wider mouthed bright-blue corolla 

 and shorter elliptic- oblong stigmas. 



11. C. microcalyz, CZarAe ; leaves ovate-cordate acute steUately fulvous- 

 tomentose beneath, cymes compound subsessile, sepals ^ in. elliptic obtuse, 

 coroUa ^ in. 



Cultivated (in the Calcutta gardens ?) from Assam ? 



Stems slender, elongate, villous, twining. Leaves 1-] \ in., shallowly cordate, 

 pubescent above ; petiole l in. Pedmncles very short, or 0, i.e., peduncles several 

 from each axil, fulvous-tomentose ; bracts inconspicuous. Sepals subscarious, nearly 

 glabrous. Corolla of C. parviflorus, glabrous. Ovary glabrous ; style long, stigmas 

 filiform slightly elavate. Fruit not seen. — The examples are noted as cultivated ; 

 but, if the plant was not brought in from the Assam jungles, it is not known whence 

 it came. 



C. glandmlosus, Wall. Cat. 2252, and C. Tarita, WaU. Cat. 2253, are absent from 

 Wallich's Herbarium. 



10. EVOI.VUX.US, lAnn. 



Small, hairy herbs, or updersbrubs. Leaves small, entire. Flowers small, 

 1-3 together, pedxmcled. Sepals subequal, unaltered in fruit. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; limb 5-plaited, subentire. Stamens included or exserted, filaments 

 filiform. Ovary 2-l-C6lled, 4-ovuled ; styles 2, separate from the base, each 

 cleft into 2 linear or aubclavate stigmas. Capsule globose, 4-2-valved, nor- 

 mally 4-8eeded. Seeds glabrous ; cotyledons doubly folded radicle incumbent. 

 — Species 70, in all hotter climates, more numerous in America. 



1. E. alsinoides, Linn. ; Benth. Fl. Austral, iv. 437, vdth all syn. 

 except E. pilosus, Roxb. ; sparsely or densely silky-hairy vsrhite fulvous or 

 almost rufous, leaves linear oblong or wide-elliptic, sepals J-^ in. lanceolate 

 hairy, corolla ^-\ in. blue or white. Burm. fl. Zeyl. 9, t. 6, fig. 1 ; WaU. Cat. 

 1317; Roxb. Cat. Fl (1813), and Fl. Ind. ii. 105; Chois. in BC. Prodr. ix. 

 447 ; Wight III. t. 168 bis, fig. 10 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 113. E. Unifolius, 

 Imn. ; Chois. I. c. 449. E. anguslifolius, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 

 107. E. hirsutus, Lamk. Fnc. iii. 538, and III. t. 216, fig. 2 ; Chois. I. c. 447 

 {syn. Roxb. excl); Bah. 8f Oibs. Bomb. Fl. 162. E. sericeus, Wall. Cat. 

 1315. Convolvulus valerianoides, Blanco. Fl. Filip. 90. — Rheede Hort. Mai. 

 xi. t. 64. 



