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CoNVOLVULUS PENTANTHUS. Jacquin’s East 
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Class and Order. 
Pentranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigmata2. Caps. 2-locularis: 
loculis dispermis. 
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Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Convotvutus pentanthus ; volubilis, fruticosus, foliis cordatis 
acuminatis, cymis axillaribus pedunculatis subquinque- 
floris, corollis rotatis undulatis. 
Convotvutus pentanthus ; caule yolubili fruticoso, foliis 
oblongo-cordatis acuminatis subrepandis glabris, pedun- 
culis umbellatim subquinquefloris, floribus subsessilibus, 
calycibus ciliatis. Jacg. collect. 4. p. 210. Icon. rar. 
2. p. 10. t. 316. Bot. Reg. 439. 
Convotvu.us pentanthus. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. p. 855. Poirct 
Suppl. Encycl. Bot. 
Our drawing of this lively Convolvulus was taken several 
years ago by the late Mr. Sypennam Epwarps, at Mr. 
Sauisgury’s Botanic Garden at Brompton, where it flowered 
Im the stove through the whole of the winter. From that 
time we have never met with this plant in any collection till 
last winter, when it flowered in Mr. Kent’s stove at Clapton. 
It belongs to that tribe of the genus which may be distin- 
Suished by the greater size of the two outer segments of 
the calyx, resembling bractes, or an involucrum, and in- 
closing the inner segments with the tube of the corolla. 
To this tribe the Convonyutus Turpethum (No. 2093.), 
With several East-Indian species, belongs; and the ~ 
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