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cultivated in China is Bf. otforam. Soland. the Oleander 
sinicus of Humph. Introduced into Europe from India 1683. 
151. ^eriploca- grasca- L. Canton, French isl. The 
flowers are an ornament to our hot houses, on account of their 
velvet colour Osb. 336, 363. 
The plant Osb. saw was hardly our European species. 
152. Fan sio or fay-sio, Convolvulus Batatas. Jj. the Chinese 
potatoes, grow with long tendrils, which they extend along the 
ground. They never flower in China. Osb. 311. 
, Batatas edulis. Chois. Sin,: fan shU (Cantpn). At Peking also 
thb plant never flowers. 
153. Convolvulus reptans. L. In Chin i or-say. It grows 
spontaneously everywhere in ditches and low places. We daily 
eat this spinage. Osb. 313. 
Known from India before. Olios vagum. Humph. According to Parker 
Ipomoea reptans Poir. is called ang tsoi in Canton. 
1^4. Ipomoea QuamociiL L. In Chin : 7c am fan fang. 
It adornes the hedges without the city of Canton. Osb. 210. 
Known from India before. Sin: $J| JP| ML Kan ping fiong (Parker). 
155. Convolvulus goes caprae. L. French isl. Osb. 363. 
Known from India before. El. hgk. 238. Ipomoea pes caprae. Sw. 
156. Convolvuhis biflorus. Linn, described it as a Chinese 
plant. Ipomoea biflora Pers. It does not seem that this 
plant has been observed after Linn. 
157. Convolvulus hederaceus. L. Canton. Osb. 326. 
Pharbitis Ml. Chois. Common in tropical countries. 
158. Convolvulus hirius. L. with yellow flowers, in Chin : 
ia qua. Danes isl. Osb. 376. 
Linn, describes it as an Indian plant. It is dubious. D. C. IX. 412. 
C. farinosus. L. ? But this has pink or rose coloured flowers. Perhaps 
Ipomoea chryseidis Ker. PI. hgk. 239. 
159. Hvolvulus alsmoides* L. (description). Danes isl. 
Osb. 392. 
Known from India before. El. hgk. 240. 
160. They eat (at Canton) a reddish fruit like figs, but 
longer, and almost everywhere likewise thick, called ay qua or 
hea. Osb. 297; 
This seems to be Solanum melongena. L. the Egg plant, in Chin : jj\\ 
h'e or ai Icua (Canton). 
161. Solanum aethiopicum* Lin. (Forster FI. sin.) 
162. Solatium indicum. L. French isl. Osb. 357. 
Known from Ceylon before. 
