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CONVOLVULUS chinensis. 



Sir George StamUotis Bindweed. 



PENTANDRIA MQNQGYXL^. 



^ Kat.ord. CoNVOLvuLT. Jussiexi gen. 132. 



CoNvoLvuLACE^. Broxvn prod. 481. 

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C. chinensis^^ caule tortili, subsimplici, anguloso-striato, foliig secundrs, 

 carnosiilis, hastatis; auriculis euentatis; peduncuUs solitariis, crassius- 

 cu]is, firmis, Jongioribus folio- 

 Convolvulus japonicue. Herb, Banks. Exemplar naiivum Chind inprovincid 

 Pechelee a Sir George Staunton tectum. Dubilatur verv an sit ideni cum 

 CoNvoLvuLo japonico Thunbergii^ oh auriculas foUomm integerrimas 

 neque unideniatas^ ac ha in eo dieted sunt* Certissime tamen nostra species* 

 Proxime o^nis Convolvulo arvensi- Perennis^ ^'S-pedalis, radice rC' 

 pente. YtA.Jirmtda^ gtaucittscula v. cinerascentia^ decrescentia, hastatuy lobo 

 medio elongato-odlongot sudattejiuato, obtuso mucronatOy unciali v. ultr3f 

 auriculis divaricatis hrevibus integerrimis : pet- linearis, canal iculahtSy Sph 

 brevior lamina v- ultrd* Flores in caule supernif axillares, solitarii, secundif 



J)edunculis patentibus, nunc subbiuncialibus : bractese 2, parvulep, oppositiE, 

 ineari-siibulatie, Jlore remotm* Cal. virescens^ cariilagineO'membranaceuSf 

 multoties brevior corolla^ suhi^qnalis, vix f uncice altus, imbricato-connivenSf 

 foliolis obcordato-oblongiusculis, ellipticis, retusis, glabris. Cor. rotaio-in' 

 Jundibtdiformis ; limbus amptuSf purpureo-punicanSy disco pictus stellS irnC' 

 Quali subluteo halone purpureo'radiante cincta: tubus aqualis calyci: faux 

 brevis. Stam. exsertafauce : fiK suhulaia margini interiori baseos tu&i brevis' 

 sime annexQy glandulosO'villosa, intus inferne canaliculaia, guater plusve 

 longiora antheris : anlh. ohlongcey sagittati^, angustie, mar^inibus atrO' 

 Tubentes: pollen /iMfrfwrn. Getm, parounty comcum, glabrunit tnsidens (Ssco 

 crassQ laiiore aurantiaco^avescente : stylus capillaris, glaber*' stigmata /r- 

 neari^teretiuy ockroleuca^ divaricata. 



We find in the Banksian Herbarium a specimen of this 

 species, gathered in China, in the province of Pechelee, by 

 Sir George Staunton, Secretary to Lord Macartney, during 

 the embassy to the Chinese Court. In a note at the foot 

 of the specimen, it is suggested that it may probably be the 

 same with the Coi^YOhVVhV^ joponicus of Thunberg; but a£ 

 we do not find the plant to agree completely with the very 

 short account we have of that species, the lobes or eariets 

 of the leaves being quite entire in our sample, and not aug- 

 mented with the tooth, which is ascribed to those of the 

 leaves of the japonicus, we have thought it safer to publish 

 it by a distinct specific title. We are clear it is not the 



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