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Convolvulus.] ^ ct. coNvoLVULACER. (C. B. Clarke.) 219 
Seeds minutely papillose,— There is hardly any difference between the seeds of C. 
| pluricaulis, rhyniospermus, and conglomeratus; the papille on the seeds of C. rhynio- 
spermus are thicker, or somewhat scale-like. 
6. C. glomeratus, Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 401; leaves subsessile oblong 
| sparsely hairy, heads peduncled bracteate, sepals lanceolate hirsute, corolla 
mn. tubular mouth narrow funnel-shaped. Wight Ic. t. 1360 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 
iv. 102, 
The Punsas, Vicary; Scinde, Stocks, &c.—DisrRrB. Cabul, Beloochistan to W. 
Tropical Africa. . 
Rootstock biennial or perennial; stems 2-3 ft. diffuse, branched, sparsely hairy. 
Leaves i-llin. Peduncles $-3 in. ; bracts 4—1 in., leaflike; or the heads sessile on 
short axillary branches. Sepals 4 in., lanceolate, acute. Seeds puberulous.—Closely 
allied to C. rhyniospermus, but the flowers more numerous (often 6-10) in the head, 
the habit much more diffuse, running into the following variety. . . 
Van. volubilis; stems distinctly twining, leaves and heads larger, petiole 4 in.— 
Punjab; Vicary. Scinde; Dalzell. 
7. C. Rottlerianus, Chois. Convole. Or. 95, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 
403 ; Silky-villous. leaves sessile linear, peduncles 1—3-fld., sepals ovate suddenly 
‘cuminate silly-villous, corolla scarcely } in. subcampanulate. Wight in 
adras Journ. v. 7,t. 13; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 164. Retzia pilosa, Heyne ; 
Wall. Cat. 6669 (not Evolvulus pilosus, oz.) 
"m Deccan PExiNsULA, from Bombay to Madura; Rottler, &c.—Disrmre. Aff- 
nistan, 
. An erect, branched perennial. Leaves 1-2 in. Peduncles many, 1} in. ; bracts § 
m, linear-lanceolate ; pedicel (above the bracts) 0-} in. Sepals }in. Capsule } in. 
ovoid, glabrous. Seeds puberulous. . 
Van, tenella, Stocks in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 172; sparingly silky not villous, 
stems strict more slender.—-ScinpE; Stocks. 
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" Stems twining (see also C. glomeratus); stigmas narrowly oblong or 
Wear, shorter than the style. 
8. C. arvensis, Linn.; Engl. Bot. t. 312; glabrous or somewhat 
pubescent, leaves ovate-cordate, auriculate or hastate, peduncles 1—3-fld., bracts 
l, sepals elliptic obtuse glabrous or nearly so, corolla middle-sized purplis 
Rov. Hort. Beng. 14; Chois. Convolv. Or. 97, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 400; 
Dak, § Gibs, Bomb, Fl. 163; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 108. C. Malcolmii, Rozb. 
Hort. Beng. 14, and Fl, Ind. i. 474, and ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 55. O. divari- 
“tus, Wall. Cat, 1422, C. chinensis, Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 322. 
Nea STERN Inia, from Kashmir to the Deccan; a weed of cultivation.—Distris, 
~ “ANY all temperate and subtropical regions. . . 
ln oves 1-3 in., lower often lobed ; petiole 1-3 in. Peduncles 1-2 in.; bracts & in., 
mear; pedicels -l in. Sepals 4 in., with or without a mucro. Corolla wide-funnel- 
Ped, glabrous, Capsule 4-4 in., glabrous. 
9. C. flavus Willd. Sp. Pl. i. 852; innovations rusty-pubescent, leaves 
hastately ovate-oblong angular toothed or lobed, peduncles 1-3-fid., gm 
Des Sepals elliptic-lanceolate pubescent, corolla small yellowish. „Chae ' 
ix, ` Prodr, ix. 415. C. rufescens, Chois. Convolv. Or. 97, and p* 77 pe 
fig, 2 ; Wight Ic. t. 1365. Evolvulus hederaceus, Burm. Fl. vdd, V. OV, 
' 5—Rheedé Hort. Mal. viii. t. 97. 
Hills of S, D ; Wight, &e. 
- Deccan PENINS alt. 3-6000 ft., frequent ; 2g, . 
Paired 1o a73 in., in age nearly glabrous; petiole 1 in. Peduneles 1 "s aot rarely 
in the same axil, pubescent; bracts scarcely } in. Sepals 3 ng 
