Convolvulus. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 485 
32. C. pentagonus, R.- 
Perennial, angular, creeping. Leaves cordate daisiitede: 
with the posterior lobes rounded, but somewhat angular. 
Peduncles rigid, umbelliferous. Calyx smooth. Lobes of 
the corol circular] Seeds hairy. : 
__ A native of the Moluccas; and from thence introduced in- 
to, the Botanic garden at Calcutta in 1800; where it blos- 
soms during the cold and hot seasons. 
- Root perennial. Stems and branches creeping, pentan- 
Gabi: young parts villous, and sometimes twining, though 
not readily ; length of the whole plant from two to three fa- 
thoms. Leaves petioled, the lower ones broad-cordate-sagit- 
tate; the superior ones narrow-sagittate ; in all the posterior 
lobes are large, and rounded, though frequently a little an- 
gular; margins generally entire; both sides very villous; 
length from one to four inches, Petioles scarcely half the 
length of the leaves, channelled, villous, at the base swelled 
on-each side into two glandular, stipulary knobs, Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, erect, rigid, clavate, villous, about as long 
as the petioles, supporting a trichotomous, corymbiform um- 
bel, of many, pretty large, pure white, inodorous flowers, Pe- 
' dicels shorter than the peduncles, but like them clavate, and 
villous, Bractes many, caducous, and of various sizes, 
Calyx ; leaflets oval, concave, slightly villous, much shorter 
than the tube of the corol, Corol perfectly campanulate. 
Border divided into five semi-circular lobes. Stamina hid 
in the tube. Style about as long as the stamens, of two 
round lobes. Seed dark-brownish black, and covered. with 
much soft hair, of the same Solem. ee a a 
33, C. bilobatus, R. 
_ Perennial, creeping. Leaves seclobad, smooth. Pedun- 
oh. from threo to six-flowered. ace aeinem 
Seed woolly, 
_ Convolvulus marinus. Resi Amb. v. 433. t) 159, op 1. 
' A native of the Moluccas, from whence the roots were ae 
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