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63. conVolvulaceA. 



[Ipomaa, 



Throughout the moist forests of the Konkan and North Kduara, common 

 on the Supa ghdts. It is either a large climbing shrnb or a creeper often 

 along roadsides. Fl. Jany.-Feb. Corolla sulphur-yellow coloured. Cap- 

 sule membranous. 7. honanox^ L. (^Ohavdrakant^ M.), J. muricata^ Jacq., 

 (Bhauri^ M.) and other species are commonly cultivated. /. hiloha-, Forsk.^ 

 {Maryadvelj marjadvel, M.) is common along the sea-coast. 



9. I. palmata, Forsk. Fl. Ag. Arab. 43. Fl. Br. I. 4. 214. 



Deccan peninsula and Ceylon. A twining shrub, common near the 

 sea coast of North Kanara. 1. rhyncorhiza, Dah. A twiner with yellow 

 flowers is found in North Kanara near the coast at Belekerry on laterite. 

 Fl. rainy season. 



6. PORANA,Buni. 



Large climbers. Leaves entire. Flowers purple, steel-blue or 

 white, usually in terminal panicles, often small. Sepals much en- 

 larged, wing-like in fruit. Corolla campanulate or funnel-shaped, 

 wide or narrow-mouthed, limb 5-plaited, sub -entire orlobed. Stamens 

 sub* included. Ovary 2-eelled 4-ovuled. Capsule usually 1 -seeded by 

 abortion. 



P. malabariea, C. B. C, Fl. Br. I. 4. 223. P. racemosa^ Dalz. & Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 162. Bowri^ gariya, Vem. 



Mahdbaleshvar and the higher ghats, not seen in the southern parts, 

 of the presidency. Fl. Sept-Oct. Fr. C. S. 



7. BREWERIA, R. Brown. 



Herbs or climbing shrubs. Leaves simple. Flowers terminal or 

 axillary ; bracts small. Sepals equal or unequal^ scarcely altered in 

 fruit. Corolla carnpanulate, or funnel-shaped, limb plaited. Stamens 

 included, bases dilated. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled; styles 2, nearly- 

 distinct; stigmas capitate. Capsule globose or ovoid^ normally 4- 

 seeded. 



B. cordata, Blume Bi]d. 722 ; Fl. Br. I. 4. 223. B. Boxhurghii, Dalz. 

 & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 162. 



West Deccan peninsula from the Konkan ghats southwards. Eastern 

 Bengal and the Malay Peninsula, Ceylon. Throughout the Konkan and 

 North Kd,nara, rather rare ; usually found near the coa>st. Fl. Oct.-Dec* 

 Fr. Jany. 



A large and lofty twining shrub. 



8. NEUROPELTIS, Wall. 



A lofty climber with a tubercled stem. Leaves alternate. Flowers 

 small^ bracteate, in short villous racemes; bract inconspicuous in flower. 

 Sepals sub-orbicular, hardly changed in fruit. Corolla funnel-shaped 

 lobes entire. Stamens 5 ; filaments villous. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled 



