Comolmtlem.] - CXIII. CONVOLVULACE^. 876 



interdum apinescentes, indumento saipius plus minus sericeo, rarius j^IaLri. Folia 

 intc^a.^a dentata iindulativcrisiJa v. lobata, Pedimculi axillarea, l-flori v. rarius cyiuosO' 

 pKiriflori, Bracte^ ssepiiis anguatfe v. parvai. 



Species fere 150, regionum tcmperatarum et subtropicanim utriusque orbis incolos, in repiono 

 Mediterranea imprimis orientali coplosiseiioBeJutcr tropicos rarioros, Ckois, in DC, Prod, ix, 391). Walp, 

 Hep. Ti. 536, 744; A^in. i, 521, iii. 110, v. 533. Boiss.Biagn. ser. 2, liu 122, vi, 122, Meissn.inMari, 

 FL Bras, vii. 309, t, 113. LJier. SHrp, t 33. Jacq. HorL Solimnbr. t 198 ; HorL Vind. t 35; Zc, 

 Bar, t 34, 315. Cav. Ic. t 123. 180, 180, 277, 479. 480, 600. Vc7if, CJwix, t, 24. Salish. Parad. 

 Loud, t 20, 45. Kees, Gmu Fl Germ, Jacq. FL Aitstr, U 296. Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. L 1335 ad 

 1339, Bicb. Cent PL Boss, t 6, 24. Fichw. PL Casp. Cauc. L 7, 22. Wiyht, Ic. i, 1365 ad 1368. 

 Jaub. et Spach, III PL Or. L 367 ad 370. PelUe, FL Eg. 1. 18, Sibth. FL Gr. t. 192 ad 202. Ten. 

 FL Kap. L 15. Moggr. FL MenL L 13, 30, 61, 82, iSoiss, Voy. Esp, L 122, 122 «. Hoffm. et Unk, 

 FL Port, t 69. Desf. FL AH. t 48, 49. Bidz et Pav. FL Per. et Chit. /. II 8, /. a. BoL Mag. t 27, 

 289,359,459,043, 1067, 1228,4065. BoL Beg. t 1S2 (133), 222, 322, 445, 498; 1841,^43; 1847, 



/. 12. Sweet, Brit. FL Gard. scr. 2, t. 173. 



. KHODOitiTizA, Webby Phyfogr. Canar. iii. 28, t. 138 ad 140, epecies includit paucas Canarienees, 

 capsula abortii BEcpius l-sperma eralTi basin versus irrcgulariter rapt a, sod potius pro &ectione Con* 

 vohndi <i}x^\Ti gcnerc proprio habcnda est, 



Paktocsekia, Griseb. in (EsL Bot. Zeitschr. 1873, 267/ ex descr. auctoris videtur Convolmdi forma 

 vel monstrosa t. cleistantlia, 



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15, Polymeria, U. Br, Prod, 488. — Sepala acuta v, acnminataj subiequalia v. exteriora 

 multo latiora. Corolla campanulata ; liinbus angulatus v. integer, plicatua. Stamina 

 tubo afSxa, scqualia v, innt^qualiaj corolla bre^dora, filamentis filiformibiia v. basi dilatatis ; 

 antherfB oblongre v. fere lineares. Ovarium 2-Iocularej 2-ovulatum ; stylus filiformis in 

 ramoa lineares stigmatosos 4 v, 8 rarius 2 divisus, Capsula subglobosa, 2-locuIaris, 4- 

 valvis, Semina 1-2, glabra pubesceutia v. sericeo-villosa ; cotylcdones plicati. — Herbfo 

 erectos v. prostratse, rarius subvolubiles, habitu Convolmdij glabrae cano-pubescentes v. 

 molliter villosaj. Folia sfepius Integra, Pedunculi axillares, 1-3-flori. Bracteee parvaa. 

 Flores rosei v. albi. 



Species 7, AustraliaiiEe, nonnullce vix inter se distincfa?. Benth. FL AxisiraL ir. 432. EndL 

 Iconogr. t. 67. 



l'6. Evolvulus, Linn, Gen, n. 385, (Cladoatyles, Humb. et Bonpl. FL j^quin, L 202, 

 t. 57, Meriana, Veil. Fl Flum, 128 ; Ic. iii. f . 109.) — Sepala subaequalia, obtuaa v, acuta. 

 Corolla infundibulari-tubulosa campanulata v- subrotata ; limbus plicatusj 5-angulatu3 

 v. breviter 5-lobus. Stamina supra medium tubum v. rarius prope basin affixa, inclusa v, 

 exserta ; filamentis filiformibus ; antherse ovatae v, oblongae. Ovarium 2-locularc, v. 

 rarius septo evanido 1-loculare, 4-ovulatum ; styli 2, a basi diatincti, in ramoa 2 supemo 

 in stignaata lineari-teretia v. subclavata desinentes divisi, Capsula subglobosa, 2-4-valvis- 

 Semina 4 V. abortu pauciora, glabra ; cotyledones (in speciebus paucis observatia) late ovatre 

 subplante integrfe, radicula tcreti valde incurva, incumbente. — Herbal annuaj v. perennes, 

 interdum suffrntcscenteSj erects v. profttratte nee volubiles, sfcpe sericeo-pubcscentea 

 V. pilosso. Folia ssepius integerrima, parvula v- angusta. Flores hand magni, nunc ad 

 axillas subsessiles solitarii v. iu pcdunculia axillaribus 1-3-ni, nunc in racemus v, spicas 

 terminales conferti v. laxe paniculati, cfcnilei rosci v. albi. 



Species ad 70, regionuin calidiomm utriusque orbis incolae, pro maxima tampTi parte Am oricae 

 imprimis Brasilise cives, gorontoge^ perpaucie latisyiiiio dispersse v, in Africii sola endemica^. 

 Chois. in DC. Prod, ix. 44!. Walp, Bep. vi. 542 ; Ann. iii. 115, v. 536. Torr. Bot, Emory Exped, 

 150. LabUl Sert, Ausir. Caled, t. 29. Schranck^ HorL M<mac. i, 94, liuiz etPav, FL Per.et ChiL 

 t, 252,/. A, et t, 253,/. b, 11. B. et K. Nov. Gen. et Sp, t, 215. Meis»n. in Mart, Fl, Bras. vii,ZW, 

 t 119 ad 124. Moric. PI Nmiv, Amer, t 33 ad 37, 40, 41, 64, 80 ad 84. Bol Mag, t, 4202. Bot, 



Beg,t.40U 



Spedcs Brasilianse insignes sunt habitu et praesertim inflorescentia p&lymorpha. In specie 

 Africana E. dichondroidL Olir. in Trans. "Linn. Soc. xxix. t. 78, ovarii septum evanidum et cap- 

 sula interdum fide Graiitii more Hephrophjlli sub terra muturescit. 



