CONVOLVULACER. XVI. CoxvorvuLUs. 
acutish. ©. H. Native of Portugal, in calcareous places about 
Coimbra. C. tricolor, 3. minor, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 268. Leaves 
narrowed at the base. Bracteas obsolete. Corolla pale blue, 
with a yellowish bottom. Very nearly allied to C. tricolor, but 
differs in the corollas being smaller, paler, in the obsolete brac- 
teas, and hairiness. z 
Small-flowered Bind-weed. 
1 foot. 
40 C. stricrus (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1823. p. 17. pug. 1. 
p. 15.) stems nearly simple, straight, villous; lower leaves obo- 
vate-spatulate: superior ones lanceolate, spreadingly pilose ; 
sepals unequal, foliaceous ; bracteas shorter than the calyx; pe- 
duncles 1-flowered, villous, shorter than the leaves. ©. H. 
Native of Egypt. Calyx woolly. Corolla funnel-shaped, white ; 
tube length of calyx; limb pale rose-coloured at the plice. 
Capsule ovate, pilose at apex, length of calyx. 
Straight Bind-weed. FI. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. 
3 foot. 
41 C. unputa‘rus (Cav. icon. 8. p. 39. t. 277. f. 1. ann. des 
cienc. nat. 3. p. 17.) stems prostrate, terete, rather villous; 
leaves spatulate, obtuse, sessile, pilose: flowers axillary, solitary, 
sessile; sepals oblong-ovate, acute, villous. (2. H. Native of 
Tunis, near Sbiba ; in the Island of Cyprus ; also near Tangier ; 
Spain, about the canal near Madrid. C. humilis, Jacq. coll. 4. 
p. 209. t. 22. f. 3. C. evolvuloides, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 176. t. 
49. Sibth, et Smith, fl. grec. t. 198. C. ciliàtus, Roth, catalec. 
l. p.39. 2. p. 22. Pers. ench. 1. p. 180. Willd. enum. 1. p. 
205. C. decámbens, Ortega. Stems reddish. Leaves villous, 
usually undulated, spatulate, ex Desf. Corolla longer than the 
calyx, with a red and white limb, and a yellow tube, ex Cav. 
blue, ex Desf. blue, with a white throat, ex Smith. Capsule 
villous. 
Undulated-leaved Bind-weed. 
Pl. prostrate. 
Fl. June, July. Clt.? Pl. 4 to 
Pl. 4 to 
Fl. June, Oct. -Citi 1816. 
$ 2. Leaves cordate, Annual plants. 
42 C. Sicutus (Lin. spec. p. 223.) stems trailing; leaves 
cordate-ovate : superior ones acute, all hairy; peduncles 1- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves; bracteas lanceolate, below 
the calyx ; sepals hairy, ovate, acute. ©.H. Native of Sicily ; 
Spain, in Valencia; Island of Hieris ; Peloponnesus ; Candia, in 
shady mountains ; as well as of Mauritania and Teneriffe. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 866. Lam. dict. 3. p. 540. Sibth. et Smith, fl. 
grec. t. 196. Ker. bot. reg. 445.—Bocc sic. p. 89. t. 48.— 
Tourn. inst. 83. Stems filiform, angular, beset with adpressed 
hairs above, and spreading ones at bottom. Corolla small, 
blue, with a white throat. Stem twining a little. 
. iia. Bind-weed. Fl. June, Aug. Cit. 1640. Plant $ to 
oot. 
43 C. zLoxca rus (Willd. enum. 1. p. 205.) leaves cordate- 
ovate, cuspidate; peduncles 1-2-flowered, longer than the leaves; 
bracteas linear-subulate, shorter than the pedicels; calyxes 
ciliated. ©. H. Native of the Canaries. Ker. bot. reg. t. 498, 
C. pseüdo-Sículus, Cav. descr. p.97. Very like Conv. Siculus, 
but differs in the leaves being broader ; in the bracteas not being 
close to the calyx. Corolla white, having the tube yellow in- 
side. Stems twining a little. 
Elongated-peduncled Bind-weed. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
44 C. uxinATERA'LIS (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4 p. 284.) 
stems decumbent, diffuse ; leaves cordate, acuminated ; pedun- 
cles secund, very long; flowers subumbellate ; sepals equal, 
ovate, bluntish. ©.? S. Native of Peru, on sandy hills; as 
between Santa Rosa and Yazo, in the valley of Canta. C. secün- 
287 
dus, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 10. t. 117. f. 6. Poir. suppl. 3. 
p. 472. but not of Desr. in Lam. dict. Leaves petiolate, as 
long as broad, white beneath, acute or obtuse, with an emar- 
ginate point. Pedicels bracteate; bracteas small, subulate. Co- 
rolla rather large, blue. Stamens exserted. Stigmas flat.— ~ 
Unilateral-flowered Bind-weed. Pl. decumbent. 
45 C.? rsRacrEA'rUs (Desr. in Lam. dict, 3p. 541.) stem 
slender, twining a little; leaves cordate-sagittate, blunt behind ; 
peduncles l, rarely 2-flowered, bractless, shorter than the pe- 
tioles; outer sepals the broadest. (2. H. Native country un- 
known. Pers. ench. 1. p. 180. Very similar to C. Siculus at 
first sight; but the leaves and whole plant are larger, and beset 
with short white hairs. Corolla small, white. Stigmas 2, glo- 
bular. Perhaps a species of Jpomee'a. 
Bractless Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 
§ 3. Leaves cordately lobed, or hastate. Annual and perennial 
plants. 
46 C. IuPrna rr (Vahl, symb. 1. p. 17.) glabrous, trailing, 
creeping ; leaves panduriform or entire, emarginate, cordate at 
the base; peduncles 1-flowered, length of leaves, sometimes 
twin; sepals ovate, obtuse, rather transparent. )/. H. Native 
along the Mediterranean Sea ; and of the kingdom of Naples and 
Mauritania. Willd. spec. 1. p. 896. C. stoloníferus, Desr. in 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 553. Cyr. pl. rar. fasc. 1. p. 14. t. 5. Ipo- 
moe'a stolonifera, Poir. dict. 6. p. 20. C. sinuàtus, Petagn. 
inst. bot. 2. p. 553.— Mor. hist. 2. sect. 1. p. 15. t. 7.— Barrel. 
obs. p. 33. icon. 856.—Convolvulo Marino Imperati, no. 671. 
p. 767. Leaves usually lobately palmate, ex Pentagna, l. c. 
Braeteas small. Corolla large, campanulate, cream-coloured. : 
Plaut lactescent. — Very like Calystégia soldanélla. 
Imperati’s Bind-weed. Pl. creeping. ! 
47 C.? sacirra‘rus (Thunb. prod. 35.) glabrous; stems fili- , 
form, prostrate; leaves lanceolate-sagittate : hind lobes acute, / 
deflexed; peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves.—Na- | 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 1. p. 877. Sepals, 
ovate, obtuse, concave, equal, glabrous. Corollas small, clothed, 
with rusty villi outside. 
Sagittate-leaved Bind-weed. Pl. trailing. 
48 C.? nr'nrus (Mill. dict. no. 10. Willd. spec. 1. p. 875.) 
stem and petioles pilose; leaves cordate and subhastate, villous; | 
peduncles many-flowered; pedicels naked; flowers alternate, / 
pedicellate, having a small lanceolate bractea on each pedicel; 
—Native of the East Indies. 
Hairy Bind-weed, Fl. June, Aug. 
ing. ? 
49 C. Carr'wsrs (Willd. spec. 1. p 877.) stems ascending, 
glabrous; leaves linear, hastate at the base: lobes divaricate, 
small, glabrous, semibifid; peduncles 1-flowered, length ‘of 
leaves; stems decumbent, villous; sepals ovate, acuminated, 
equal.—Native of the Cape of Good Hope. C. hastatus, 
Thunb. prod. p. 55. Corolla large, downy outside. 
Cape Bind-weed. Pl. trailing. 
50 C. susLosa`rus (Lin. suppl. p. 135.) procumbent, pilose ; 
lower leaves cordate: superior ones repandly toothed at apex; 
flowers capitate, usually 3 in a head, surrounded by a 6-leaved 
involucrum. (2. H. Native of India. Willd. spec. 1. p. 877. 
Corolla large. 
Sublobate-leaved Bind-weed. Pl. procumbent. 
51 C.? Epv Lis (Thunb. jap. p. 84.) stem creeping, angular : 
leaves cordate, entire, or 3-lobed, glabrous. 2/.G. Native of 
Japan, Willd. spec. 1. p. 875. Tubers large, fleshy, as in 
Batatas edülis, or sweet potatoe, eatable, of a very pleasant fla- 
vour. Perhaps only a variety of Batàtas edulis. 
Clt. 1806. Pl twin- 
