222 CI. CONVOLVULACEJ!. (0. B. Clarke.) [Porana. 



Bbitish Buema ; Martatan, in tropical forests not nnfrequent, Kiirz. 



Branches fulvous-tomentose. Leaves i by If in., base rounded or scarcely cordate, 

 acnte or subobtuse not acuminate, puberulous, woolly beneath ; petiole f in. Eaeemes 

 terminal, subsessile (lowest bract altogether leaflike) ; pedicels J in. Sepals in flower 

 i in., linear-oblong, fulvous-tomentose. Corolla wliite, hairy without ; tube | in., 

 narrowly campanulate ; mouth funnel-ehaped, subentire, IJ in. diam. Style as long as 

 corolla-tube, stigma subcapitate. Capsule ^ in. diam. subglobose; fruiting-sepals 

 oblong, subobtuse, scarious, pub'erulous, subpalmately 7-9- nerved. 



** Flowers small, ^-^ in. long. 



4. P. paniculata, Soxb. Cor. PI. iii. 31, t. 235, andi'Y. Ind. i. 466, and 

 ed. Carey Sr Wall. ii. 39; densely subtomentose, leaves ovate-cordate acute, 

 cymes subebracteate panicled, 3 sepals greatly enlarged in fruit, the others 

 nearly unchanged. I)on Prodr. 99 ; Wall. Cat. 1326 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 

 107, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 436 ; Brand. For. Ft. 342 ; Kurz in Trimen Journ. 

 Bot. 1873, 137, and For. Fl. ii. 320. Dinetus paniculatus, Swe^ Hort. Brit. 

 ed. 2, 373. 



Throughout India, in jungles alt. 0-3000 ft. from the W. Himalaya and Assam 

 to Ckyxon and Tenasserim ; less common in the S. Deccan. — Distbib. Ava, Java. 



A powerful climber, often 30 ft. high. Leaves 5 by 3 in., pubescent above; 

 petiole ]J in. Panicles terminating every branchlet with innumerable flowers. 

 Sepals in flower i in., linear-oblong. Corolla l— | in., campanulate, glabrous, white ; 

 limb very shortly lobed. Filaments short. Style very short, stigma obscurely 2-lobed. 

 Capsule 1 in. diam., globose, hairy ; 3 enlarged sepals f by j- in. obtuse, pubescent, 

 with one longitudinal and several inarched lateral nerves; 2 others J in., linear. — A 

 monstrous form, collected inSikkim by Sir J. D. H., has fascicled numerous branchlets 

 with very small leaves. 



5. P. volubilis, Burm. Fl. Ind. 51, t. 21, fig. 1 ; glabrous except the 

 shoots, leaves ovate suboordate shortly acunainate, cymes subebracteate panicled, • 

 sepals in fruit all equal ^ in. subspathulate. Lamk. III. t. 186 ; Roxb. Fl. Ind. 

 i. 465, and ed. Carey ^ Wall. ii. 40 ; Blume Bijd. 723 ; Watt. Cat. 1327 ; Dan 

 Prodr. 99 ; Wight HI. 168 bis, fig. 8, and Ic: t. 347 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 106, 

 and in DC. Prodr. ix. 486 ; Kurz in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1873, 137, and For. 

 Fl. ii. 220. 



Malay Peninsula from Pegu to Malacca. — Disteib. Burma, Siam, Malaya. 



A very large climber; branches glabrous, warted. Leaves 2 J by 1^ in., base 

 rounded or cordate ; petiole | in. Panicles very large, minutely fulvous-pubescent ; 

 pedicels 0-J in. Sepals in flower | in., oblong. Corolla J in., white ; limb distinctly 

 lobed. Style bipartite ; stigmas small, capitate. Capsule ^ in., globose ; fruit-sepals 

 with 5-7 longitudinal, not very prominent nerves. — Kurz says this extends toKhasia, 

 and Roxburgh, that it grows in various parts of India ; but the only examples seen 

 are Malayan or cultivated. 



6. P. racemosa, Poxb. Sort. Beng. 13, and Fl. Ind. i. 466, and ed. 

 Carey 8f Wall. ii. 41 ; puberulous or nearly glabrous, leaves ovate deeply 

 cordate acute, racemes compound dichotomous, bracts at the forks large cordate 

 persistent, capsule \ in. ellipsoid longer than broad, fruiting-sepals equal ^-^ by 

 J in. Jacq.f. Eel. ii. t. 165; Wall. Cat. 1326; Don Prodr. 98; Wight III. t. 

 168 bis, fig. '9, and Ic. t. 1376 ; Chois. Convolv. Or. 107, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 

 436; Dais. ^ Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 162 ? ; Kurz in Trimen Journ. Bot. 1873, 137. 

 Dinetus racemosus, Sweet Brit. Fl. Qard. t. 127. 



SuBTROPioAi, Himalaya alt. 2-6000 ft., common; from the North-west {Boyle) to 

 Bhotan. Khasia to Maetaban ; alt. 2-6000 ft., common. Deccan Peninsula ? 



Forming dense, not lofty, masses. Leaves 2-3 by Ij in. ; petiole | in. Racemes 

 lax ; bracts at the forks leafy, sessile, scarious in fruit ; those at the pedicels § in., 



