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CONVOLVULACEZ. 
Edible-rooted Bind-weed. Pl. creeping. 
§ 4. Leaves pinnate, jagged, or palmate. 
Annual and peren- 
nial plants. 
52 C. erzATYcA'RPOs (Cav. icon. 5. p. 55. t. 482.) stems pro- 
strate, villous ; leaves pinnate : leaflets sessile, often 3-lobed at 
apex, cuneate ai the base; racemes terminal; pedicels distant, 
1-flowered ; sepals villous, nearly linear. ©.? G. Native of 
Mexico, about Chalma. Poir. suppl. 3. p. 472. Corolla campa- 
nulate, twice longer than the calyx, scarlet, divided even to 
the middle, into roundish segments, lined with green. Stamens 
villous at the base, with red filaments and yellow anthers. 
Stigmas subulate. Capsule roundish, compressed, 2-celled, 2- 
valved, divided by a dissepiment. Seeds black, dotted, 2 or more 
in each cell, fixed to the dissepiment. Perhaps a new genus. 
Broad-fruited Bind-weed. Pl. prostrate. 
58 C. tactnia‘tus (Desr. in Lam. dict. 3, p. 546. exclusive of 
3.) stems slender, terete; leaves finely jagged, somewhat 
bipinnate ; segments capillary, 2-3-cleft ; peduncles longer than 
the leaves, 1-flowered, rarely 2-flowered ; sepals ovate, obtuse, 
mucronate, rather scarious.  (2.? G. Native near Monte 
Video. Cav. icon. 5. p. 479. f. 2. Bracteas linear. Corolla 
campanulate, white, twice as long as the calyx. Seeds black, 
naked. Leaves similar to those of Quámoclit vulgaris, glabrous 
or silky from pili. 
Jagged-leaved Bind-weed. Pl. 1-2 feet. 
54 C. rasiA'NTHUs (Cav. icon. 5. p. 53. t. 479. f. 1.) stems 
numerous, simple, prostrate, terete, tomentose; leaves palmately 
jagged, tomentose: segments 7, unequal: middle one largest, 
all pinnatifid; peduncles 1-flowered, longer than the leaves; 
sepals concave, coriaceous, scarious, ovate, acuminated, very vil- 
lous. ©.? G. Native of Chili, about Talcahuana. Poir. suppl. 
3, p. 463. C. laciniàtus, 6, Lam. dict. 3. p. 546. Bracteas 
linear, acute. Corolla white, campanulate, nearly funnel-shaped, 
villous outside; segments of the limb obtuse, ending in a small 
bristle each. Capsule globose. 
i Woolly-flowered Bind-wind. PI. prostrate. 
} 55 C. murriripvs (Thunb. prod. p. 35.) leaves palmate ; 
Aobes 7, linear, entire; peduncles 1-flowered ; stems decumbent. 
AX. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
877. 
. Multifid-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. June, Aug. Clit. 1822. 
I. dec. 
; 56 C. oprusitosus (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 139.) plant 
prostrate, glabrous; leaves thick, sinuately lobed; lobes round- 
ed, obtuse: the middle lobe large and emarginate ; peduncles 
1-flowered ; sepals oblong-oval; corolla short, campanulate. 
u.H. Native of Georgia and Florida, on the sandy beach. 
Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 144. Pers. ench. 1. p. 82. Lower 
leaves sometimes not lobed, but repand. Calyx bractless, ex 
Michx. 
Blunt-lobed-leaved Bind-weed. Pl. prostrate. 
57 C. xirronA' uis (Lin. spec. p. 227.) stems creeping ; leaves 
large, oblong, lobately palmate, fleshy; peduncles 1-flowered, 
rarely 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 2/.S. Native of 
Crabe's Island, near Porto Rico, by the shore. Willd. spec. 1. p. 
878. Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 546. Plum. spec. 1. ed. 
: Burm. amer. 90. f. 2. —Plum. mss. vol. 2. t. 5. Stems much 
branched.  Petioles rather long. Corolla rather large, white, 
campanulate, with a spreading, somewhat fringed limb. Capsule 
*clothed with white silky villi. 
Sea-shore Bind-weed. Pl. creeping. 
Sect. II. SrRoPHocAU' Los (from erpogaw, strophao, to twist ; 
and xavAoc, kaulos, a-stem.) Stems twining. 
XVI. Convotvutus. i 
$ 1. Leaves sagitiate or hastate, or cordately or sagittately 
hastate. 
58 C. arve'nsts (Lin. spec. p. 218.) stems angular, striated į 
leaves sagittate, somewhat auricled ; peduncles usually 1-flow- 
ered, bibracteate about the middle; sepals ovate-roundish ; 
corolla white or rose-coloured. 2t. C. H. Native throughout 
Europe, in sandy fields, and by road sides; as well as of China, 
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Cochinchina, some parts of the East Indies, and Persia; and of | 
Virginia, in meadows; very common in Britain, Willd. spec. 
1. p. 844. Pursh, fl. amer.: sept. 1. p. 144. on the authority 
of Gronovius, fl. virg. p. 27. Smith, engl. bot. t. 312. Curt. 
lond. fasc. 2. t. 13. Oed. fl. dan. t. 459. Bull. herb. t. 269. 
Drev. et Hayn. t. 24. Hayn. term. bot. t. 12. f. 1. a. Plenck, 
off. t. 104. Conv. Chinénsis, Ker. bot. reg. t. 322. Conv. 
Malcólmi, Roxb. in Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 55. Conv. Mahur, Ham. 
herb. Conv. divaricàtus, Wall. cat. no. 1422. 1 and 2. Conv. 
hastatus, Delisle, descr. egypt. p. 55. C. prostratus, Schmidt, 
fl. boh. no. 195. Root creeping extensively under ground, 
difficult to extirpate. Leaves smoothish. Bracteas in the middle 
of the peduncles, or near their top. Flowers sweet-scented.— 
There is a variety with 2-flowered peduncles. Leaves varying 
in shape, obtuse or acute, having the hind lobes also acute, 
obtuse, or angular. 
Var. a, eréctus (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 224.) glabrous; stem 
erect, neither procumbent nor twining ; leaves hastately-trian- 
gular: lobes acuminated, or 2-lobed ; peduncles mostly 2- 
flowered, bibracteate, about equal in length to the leaves: hav- 
ing one of the pedicels bracteate, and the other naked ; sepals 
mucronate. Y%.H. Native of Siberia, on the stony banks of 
the rivulet called Tinguriuk, and the river Katunga, to the 
north; but has not been observed elsewhere. Flowers rose- 
coloured or white, with the margins reddish. 
Var. B, volübilis (Led. 1. c.) glabrous ; stems twining ; leaves 
sagittately triangular: hind lobes acute, 2-lobed at bottom ; pe- 
duncles exceeding the leaves, mostly 2-flowered, bibracteate, 
having one of the pedicels naked ; sepals roundish, mucro- 
nate. H4.^. S. Native of Siberia, on mountains near Alexan- 
drowsk. 
Var. y, vulgaris (Ledeb. 1. c. p. 225.) plant rather villous ; stems 
sometimes erect, sometimes prostrate or twiniug ; leaves sagit- 
tate or hastate ; lobes oblong : terminal one elongated, roundish, 
and mucronate at the apex: lateral ones somewhat 2-lobed, or 
somewhat serrated below ; peduncles exceeding the leaves more 
or less, 1-3-flowered, bibracteate ; pedicels bractless; sepals 
roundish, ciliated, hardly mucronate. 4%. ©. H. Native of 
Siberia, frequent in fields. 
Var. ò, angustatus (Ledeb. 1. c.) stems twining; leaves has- 
tate: lobes rounded at the apex: terminal one elongated, ob- | 
long, mucronate: lateral ones furnished with a straight stretched 
out angle ; peduncles usually 1-flowered, longer than the leaves, 
bibracteate above the middle; sepals rounded at the apex, some- 
what emarginate, sub-mucronate. %.^. H. Native of Siberia, 
in dry places; at the rivers Ulegumen and Katunga. 
Var. e, sagittàtus (Ledeb. 1. c.) rather pilose; stems twining 
a little; leaves sagittate; lobes broad-lanceolate : terminal one 
mucronate; peduncles 1-flowered, bibracteate, equal in length 
to the leaves; sepals sub-mucronate. t. C. H. Native of 
Siberia, in dry places, very rare. C. sagitteefolius, Fisch. hort. 
gorenk. 1810. p. 28.? Bieb. fl. cauc. suppl. 3. p. 137.— Gmel. 
Sib. 4. p. 96. no. 54. t. 48. f. 1. 
Corn Bind-weed. Fl. June, Sept. Britain. Pl. tw. 
59 C. EwARGINA'TUs (Link. enum. 1. p. 201.) leaves hastately 
sagittate: hind lobes emarginate or bicuspidate ; peduncles ax- 
illary, 2-3-flowered ; calycine segments ovate, acute. 2t. ^. H. 
