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Convolvulus Bryoni^-Folius. Bryony- 



Leaved Bindweed. 



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C/fl/i a»^ Order. 



Pi N T A N D R I A MoNOGYNIA. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigvt. 2. Gz^/. 2-locularis: lo- 

 culis difpermis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 

 CONVOLVULUS bryoni<e-folius ; foliis feptemlobo-palmatis 

 hifpidis : lobo medio finuato produ&o, 

 pedunculis axillaribus folitariis longiffimis 

 articulatis. 



Descr. Stem twining, herbaceous, hifpid. Leaves hifpid 

 on both fides, varying in fhape, upper ones generally divided 

 into feven unequal lobes, of which the middle one is much the 

 largeft, finuated, -and pointed: lower leaves near the foot more 

 entire, oblong-cordate, irregularly finuated. Petioles nearly 

 the length of the leaf, channelled on the upper fide. Peduncles 

 growing fingly from the axils of the leaves, often twice the 

 length of both leaf and petiole, jointed and frequently branch- 

 ing at the joints, bearing from one to three flowers; at the 

 upper part of the plant the peduncles are generally fliorter 

 and only one-flowered. Bracles two, fmall, fubulate, oppo- 

 fite at each joint. Calyx 5-leaved ; leaflets ovate, margined, 

 prefied dole together. Corolla fhewy, large, reddifh purple, 

 ftriped : margin nearly entire with five fmall teeth. Filaments 

 fubulate, half the length of the corolla, inferted at the bafe of 

 the corolla. Anthers fomewhat arrow-fhaped. Germen fupe- 

 rior, ovate, fmooth, two-celled. Style ereft, equal to the 

 filament*. Stigmas two. 



It is too nearly allied to Convolvulus alth<eoides (No. 359; 

 but is a much more robult plant ; has no filkinefs or filvery 

 whitnefs in the leaves; the tlowers are larger and deeper 

 coloured. 



Introduced by Isaac Swainson, Efq. who raifed it from 

 feeds received from China in 1802 ; the young plants were 

 preferved in the Hove through the firft winter, and planted in 

 the open border in the fpring. Mr. Swain son confiders it as 

 a hardy perennial, thriving belt in a fouth border. Flowers from 

 June to Auguft, and perfects its feeds in the autumn. Our 

 drawing was made at the Botanic Garden in Brompton. 



