Calystegia.] CI. CONVOLVULACEX. (C. B. Clarke.) 217 
Bomb, Fl. 163. Shuteria bicolor, Chois. Convolv. Or. 104, and in DC. Prodr. 
ix. 455 ; FU. des Serres, t. 491. Ariseia Afzelii, G. Don. Gen. Syst. iv. 295. A. 
bracteata, Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar. 516. 
S.E. Innia from Assam and Bombay to the Carnatic and Malacca; frequent.— 
Distris. Malaya, Tropical Africa. 
Perennial, pubescent or nearly glabrous. Stems twining. Leaves 2-4 in., some 
angular or lobed ; petiole 4 in. Peduncles 3-5 in., 1- or oftener few-fid. ; bracts 1-4 
in., narrowly lanceolate, a little below the calyx. Sepals 4—4 in., ovate, inner lanceo- 
late, pubescent; in fruit enlarged, subscariose, reticulate. Corolla 1 in., somewhat 
pidely campanulate, or shortly 5-lobed, hairy without. Capsule 1 in., subglobose, 
airy, 
8. CALYSTEGIA, R. Br. 
Prostrate or twining herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves entire or lobed. 
Peduncles 1-fld. ; bracts 2, large, enclosing the calyx, persistent. Sepals ovate 
or oblong, inner rather smaller. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate; limb 
5-plaited, subentire. Stamens included. Ovary 1- (or imperfectly 2-)-celled, 
tovuled ; style filiform, stigmatic lobes 2, shortly oblong. Ca globose 
l-celled, normally 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous.—Species 7-8, in the warm an 
temperate regions of both hemispheres. 
l. C. hederacea, Wall Cat. 1328, and in Rorb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey § 
Wall. ii. 94; leaves cordate or sagittate entire or lobed, corolla 1 in. subcam- 
panulate pink-purple.  Chots. Convolv. Or. 103, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 434. C. 
acetosæfolia, T'urez, Fl. Baic.-Dahur. 2, ii. 289, in note. Convolvulus Walli- 
ripa Spreng. Syst. cure post. 61. O. acetoseefolius, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 
Norra Innia from the Punjab and Nepal to Penang, exclusive of the Deccan and 
Ceylon ; abundant in the plains of Bengal.—Disrrrs. China, Amarland, Cabul. — 
Tostrate as a weed of cultivation and climbing 6 ft. in bushes. Leaves 1-3 in., 
very irregular in form ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 2 in.; bracts à in. ovate. Sepals j 
in., oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Capsule 4 in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous. 
9. CONVOLVULUS, Linn. 
Herbs or undershrubs, erect prostrate or twining, sometimes spinous. 
aves entire, toothed or lobed. Peduncles axillary, 1- many-fld. ; bracts narrow, 
"rely wide prominent. Sepals subequal,or the outer wider. Corolla cam- 
panulate, lim 5-plaited, nearly entire. Stamens included. Ovary 2-celled, 
Sovuled ; style filiform ; stigmas 2, distinct, oblong or linear. Capsule globose, 
“cella, 4-valved, or breaking irregularly, normally 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous, 
‘sually smooth.—Species 150, tropical and temperate. 
fli * Erect or diffuse, not twining (except sometimes C. glomeratus), stigmas 
orm, nearly as long as, or longer than the style. 
l. €. scindicus, Stocks in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 173, not 
s mentose, small, rigid, branched undershrub, leaves small spathulate or e P- 
ox Plicate, flowers capitate bracteate, sepals lanceolate densely rufous-h 9 
ii, [pg abrous, Boiss, Fl. Orient. iv. 90. C. brachyphyllus, Boiss. Diagn. 2, 
of Boiss. Diagn. ; 
Scixpe; on rocks, $. bspinesce Lea 
. , , locks. : i 
Height 1-2-ft.; branches fulvous-tomentose, tips in age ads osi scesile 
0., subentire, very thick, nerves impressed ; petiole 0-ġ in. mostly 
