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EVOLVULUS latifolius. 



Broad-leaved Evolvulus* 



PENTANDRIA TETRAQYNIA; [rtctiiu forth* DIGYNIAr] 



Nat. ord. Convolvuli. Jussieu gen. 132. Div. JL Styli plure*. 



Convolvulaceje. Brown prod. 1. 4*81. Sect. I. German 

 umcuro. 



.^VOLVULUS. CaL 5-partitus, Cor. eubrotata, plicata. Gem* 



biloculare, loeulis 2-spermis. Styli duo, bipartitu Stigmata airaplicia. 

 Caps, valvata. 



Herb® non hctescentes, pro&trata v. repenies, rarb ereda. FoK iniegra. 

 Pedunculi axillares, Upaucifiori, pedicellis bibracteath* Brown loc. cit* 489. 



OBS* Cladostyles Humboldt et Bonpland differt tantummodo capsuld 

 evalvi, etfor&an numero ovulorum. Id. in eod. 



E. fatifoliusi suflVuticosus, pannoso-vUlosus, inferpe erectus, ramis diffusa; 



foliis subsessilibus, oblongo^cordatia, acuminatis: fasciculis subsesailibiis, 



subtrifloris. 



Caulis teres: rami stmplkes, foliosi, Jlexuosi f gracUe$. FoL alierna f 

 bifaria y numerosa, dlvaricato-patentia, recurva, internodm duplo longiora 9 

 brevissime petiolata, oblongo-cordata, longius acuminata, l*biuncialta tatitu* 

 dine, ubi latiora, duplo minore, subrugata, late virentia, nervo medio laterales 

 utrinque emittente: ob petiolum brevem et sinu baseos inclusum quasi am- 

 plexzcaulia. Flores candica rites, subssessiles : pedunculi solitarii, axillares, 

 brevmimi pauci-{$-kl) jlori ; pedicelli unifiori brevissimi; bracteee ap+ 

 pressa, acuminata, plurimum breviores cali/ce. CaL herbaceus, §■ brevior 

 corolla, segmeniis lineari4anceolatis, pUoso-aliatis. Cor, rotata, diametro $ 

 partem uncia paulo exsuperans, extus pilosa, tubo brevissimo. Styli 2al6idi, 

 bipartitu Germ, liberum, glahrum, viride. 



An unrecorded plant, from the Brazils; belonging to a 

 genus of very rare occurrence in our collections, and not 

 found within the limits of Europe. A co-ordinate of Con- 

 volvulus, but distinguishable at once by the two bipartite 

 styles. 



The drawing was made from a sample which flowered this 

 summer in the hothouse at the nursery of Messrs. Colville, 

 King's Road, Chelsea. 



A villously furred suffratescent perennial: stem upright at 

 the lower part, round; branches wide-spread, flexile, simple, 

 leafy, flexuose, slender. Leaves alternate, bifarious, nu- 

 merous, subsessile, oblong-cordate, long-pointed, divari- 

 cately spread, twice longer than the intervals, very shortly 



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