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CONVOLVULUS pudibundus. 
Various-leaved Convolvulus major. 
PENTANDRIA MONOOYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Convoi.vulace.e. 
CONVOLVULUS. Supra, vol. 2.fol. 133. 
C. pudibundus; foliis oordatis integris trilobisque acuminatis glabris, pe- 
dunculis multifloris sepalisque ovatis acutis subfoliaceis glabris, coroll® 
tubo inflato limbo 5-dentato longiore. 
Caulis annuus, volubilis, teres, glaber, ut et omnes partes, si pubem 
aliquam Icevem in ramulis novellis excipias. Folia glabra, nunc triloba, 
basi alte cordata, acuminata, nunc Integra, subrotundo-cordata, acuminata. 
Pedunculi multijlori, petiolis breviores. Calyces foliacei, glabri, sepalis 
corolld multb brevioribus. Corolla pulcherrimt rosea, tubo subcylindrico 
infiato, limbo patente 5-dentato, tubo breviore. Stigma capitatum, bilobum, 
staminibus fere (equate. 
Nearly related to C. purpureus, the Convolvulus major 
of the gardens, from which it differs in having some of its 
leaves deeply 3-lobed, in its general smoothness, in the 
proportion between the limb and the tube of the flower, 
and in the absence of all hispidity from the base of the 
calyx. 
Said to be a native of South America. Received from 
the Botanic Garden of St. Vincent’s, by the Comte de 
Vandes. Requires to be raised in a hot-bed in the spring, 
and planted out during the summer with other tender 
annuals. 
We trust that no apology is necessary for our having 
adopted the opinion that Ipomaea and Convolvulus are not 
generically distinguishable, as at present constituted. But 
in admitting the propriety of this measure, it is necessary 
