114 D. Prain — Some additional species of Convolrulacege. [No. 2, 



oLlong sub-obtuse sinuate-tootbed ; flowers axillary solitary or pube- 

 scent ; pedicels as long as tbe leaves bracteolate near the middle ; sepals 

 coriaceous ovate-obtuse pubescent externally ; corolla twice as long as 

 tbe calyx, externally hirsute ; ovary glabrous. 



Uppee Burma : Shan Hills, at Pwehla, Collett ! at Koni, Prazer ! 



Eoot-stock thick woody 5 stems slender prostrate intei'nodes short ; leaves |-1 in. 

 long, 5-I in., across, petioles 5 in. or less; pedicels sometimes 1 1 in. long, bracteoles 

 2 or 1 ; sepals 5 in. ; corolla white, | in. 



* * Stems tivining ; stigmas narroivly ohlong or linear, shorter than the 

 style. 



9. Convolvulus flavus Willd. 

 Add to localities of F. B. I. : — 

 Rajputana : Mt. Aboo, King ! 

 1]. Convolvulus microcalyx Clarke. 

 Substitute for localities of F. B. I. : — 

 MiSHMi: Griffith (mixed with Poratia paniculata) ! Assam : Jenkins! 



11. PORANA BuRM. 



3. PORANA SPECTABILIS Kurz. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. :— 



Assam : Naga Hills, at Nichuguard, Clarke ; Lushai Hills at Chang- 

 sil, Prazer ! Burmah : Shan Hills, Collett ! Andamans : Coco Islands, 

 Train ! S. Andaman, Prain ! King's collectors ! 



13 h. DICHONDRA Forst. 



Prostrate creeping small herbs ; leaves entire, flowei's small 

 axillary ; corolla campanulatD deeply 5-lobed ; ovary of 2 distinct 

 c'arpels, each with an almost basal style, and 1 or 2 ovules ; stigmas 

 capitate. Fruit of 1 or 2 membraneous capsules, each with 1 or rarely 

 2 seeds. — Species 2, one tropical American, the other cosmopolitan in 

 the tropics. 



1. DiCHONDRA EEPENs Forst ; Choisy, DC. Prodr., ix, 451 ; a 

 slender creeping perennial, rooting at the nodes, hoary with minute pube- 

 scence, or silky ; leaves long-petioled, orbicular or reniform ; flowers 

 solitary on peduncles shorter than the petioles ; sepals obovate, very 

 short ; corolla yellow rather shorter than the calyx ; carpels about as 

 long as the calyx, nearly globular. B. Br., Prodr., 491 ; Wall. Cat. 

 1339 ; Benth. Flor. Austral, iv, 438 ; Coll. Sf Hemsl., Journ. Linn. Soc. 

 xxvii., 99. 



Upper Burma : Taong-Doung Mts., Wallich ! Shan Hills, Collett ! 



