1988 
* PHARBITIS diversifölia. 
Three-lobed Convolvulus Major. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CONVOLVULACER. 
PHARBITIS. | Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla campanulata aut campanulato- 
infundibuliformis. Stylus 1; stigma capitato-granulatum. Ovarium 3 rariús 
4-loculare, loculis dispermis. Choisy convolv. orient. p. 56. 
P. diversifolia; foliis cordato-acuminatis pubescentibus integris trilobisque 
auriculis divergentibus, pedunculis folio brevioribus subbifloris, sepalis 
ovato-lanceolatis acutis. : i 
Annua, P. hispida duplö minor, sed facie admodum. simili. Folia prima 
cordata integerrima, subinde angulata, demum triloba formá 
omninò P. hederace@. Corolla purpurea radiis sanguineis, margine 
integra, ceterum P. hispide simillima, sed duplò minor. Capsula et 
semina omnino P. hispida. 
A very pretty little half-hardy annual, about half the 
size of the common Convolvulus major, of which it has very 
much the appearance. It differs, however, in constantly 
producing at the latter part of the year 3-lobed leaves, 
instead of entire ones, so that specimens of the same plant 
collected at different seasons would be thought essentially 
different. In the first stage of its growth, it is like P. hispida ; 
atthe next it resembles P. hederacea, only that the calyx 
and inflorescence are distinct. 
A native of Mexico, whence seeds were obtained by Geo. 
F. Dickson, Esq. and by him presented to the Horticultural 
Society ; it also grows in Peru, where it was found br 
Mr. Meise in a 3-lobed state (No. 2050); and I Ein, 
have a garden specimen in the entire state, from a 
which has been marked P. purpurea, in my herbarium, by 
M. Choisy himself. ` 
* So called from gap»; colour, on account of the elegance and variety of 
colour in the flowers. 
