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CONVOLVULUS ochraceus, 
Benin Convolvulus. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGY NI A. 
Nat. ord. CONVOLVULACER. 
CONVOLVULUS. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 133. 
C. ochraceus ; caule volubili piloso, foliis cordatis integris petiolisque pilosis, 
pedunculis unifloris pilosis petiolis brevioribus, calyce ovato pubescente 
tubo multd breviore, corolle limbo patente subcrenulato, stigmate 
capitato. 
Annua? Caulis teres, volubilis, debilis, pilosus. Folia cordata, sinu 
aperto, integra, pilosa, petiolorum longitudine. Pedunculi uniflori, petiolis 
multd breviores, apice bibracteolati ; pedicellus incrassatus, pubescens, pedun- 
culo tripld longior. Calyx ovatus, pubescens, tubo corolle amplo intus pur- 
pureo dupld brevior. Corolla ochracea, limbo plano, lobis apiculatis, crenu- 
latis. Stigma parvum, capitatum. 
A native of the Gold Coast, where it was found by 
Mr. James Murray, who accompanied Captain Clapperton's 
last African expedition as far as Accarah. Our drawing 
was made in Mr. Tate’s Nursery, in August 1826. 
Apparently a tender annual. The blossoms are of a 
bright yellowish orange colour, with a dark purple eye, 
and are extremely beautiful. The species is very nearly 
akin to C. obscurus, represented at fol. 239 of this work, 
from which it differs in being covered with slight hairiness 
on the leaves, stems, peduncles, and calyx, and in the 
colour and larger size of the flowers. It would seem from 
the figure above referred to, that the calyx of C. obscurus 
has a different figure from that of C. ochraceus ; but upon 
comparing our specimens of the two plants, we find no 
material difference in that respect; the calyx and peduncle 
of C. obscurus are quite smooth; those of C.. ochraceus 
are very distinctly pubescent. 
