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Convolvulus Turpethum. Turbith Bind- 



Weed. 



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CYcss owd Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character, 



Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigmata 2. Caps. 2-locu- 

 feris : loculis dispermis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Convolvulus Turpethum; voluhilis, foliis cordatis angulatis, 



caivcis foliolis externis max? mis carnosis, fiuctu mflato, 



loculis monospermy, seminibus glabris. 

 Convolvulus Turpethum; foliis cordatis angulatis, caulc 



membranaceo quadiangulari, pedunculis multiiloris. Sp. 



PL 221. Spit. Veg. ed. 14. p. 201. IVilld. 1. p. 859. 



Persoon St/n. I. p. 179. n. 57. 

 IroM^A Turpethum. Brovcn Prodr. p. 401 Bot. Reg. 279 

 Turpethum rcpens foliis allheae vcl iudicum. Bauk. Pin. 



149. Blackw. Herb. t. 307. fig. ex Hermanns cor- 



rupta. 

 Convolvulus indicus alalus maximus foliis Ibisco nohnihil 



similibus angulosis. Ihrm. Liigdb. p. 177. t. 178 $ 9. 



Desc. Stem climbing, quadrangular : flowering branches 

 obsoletely angular, lactescent. Leaves oblong-cordate : upper 

 ones narrowest, variously sinuate and angular; veins on the 

 upper surface depressed, on the under raised. Peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, longer than the petiole, furnished near the 

 middle with two very small ovate bractes, which fall off long 

 before the flower appears. Calyx of five leaflets, of which 

 the two outer are much the largest, completely concealing the 

 others, slightly tinged with purple, succulent and covered with 



dark 



