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CONVOLVULUS* farindsus. 



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Mealy -stemmed Convolvulus. 



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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. ord. CoNVOLVULACEiE. 



CONVOLVULUS. — SuprH, vol. 3. fol. 222. 



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Cfarinosus; foliis corclatis acuminatis repandis, pedunculis trifloris, caule 

 farinoso. Romer et Schultes species plant. 4. 278. 



C. farinosus. Linn. Mantiss. 2. 203. Willd. sp. pi 1. 846. Smith prodr. 

 fl. Gt(bc. Sibth. ]. 133. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. 135. 



C. farinosus ; foliis subsagittatis oblongis acuminatis repandis supra rugosis 

 subtfis venosis, pedunculis folio longioribus, calycibus conniventibus, 

 caule farinoso. Spreng. syst. 1. 598. a 



Caules debiles, volubiles, tomentosi. Folia tomentosa, petiolata, cor-^ 



data, V. hastata^ v. sagittata, acuminata^ leviter repanda. Pedunculi 



S(Bpi{}s trifiori, foliis nunc longipres, nunc breviores. Bractese subulatcB. 



Sepala glabra, ovata, mucronata. Corolla in genere minima, limbo acuti 



pentagono. Stigmata 2, filiformia. ' 



Our drawing of this neat little perennial was made 

 some years ago in Mr. Colvill's Nursery. It represents 

 the upper end of a branch, in which the leaves are merely 

 cordate; but towards the root they become sagittate, or 



hastate 



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The peduncles vary in length, some being shorter, some 

 longer, than the leaves ; the flowers are also either three, 

 or some other number; the former is, however, most 



common. 



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A native of Madeira, whence it was introduced to the 

 Kew Garden by Masson, in 1777. Also found ty 



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So called from convolvo, to twine round; in allusion to the most 

 usual habit of the genus. 



