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western Pacific, and again in maritime Europe from the British Islands to the Mediterranean; but not on the 

 Atlantic Coast of either North or South America. Type locality: England. May-Sept. 



2. Convolvulus sepium var. repens (L.) A. Gray. Hedge Bindweed. Fig. 3854. 



Convolvulus repens L. Sp. PI. 158. 1753. 



Calystegia sepium var. repens A. Gray, Man. 348. 1848. 



Calystegia sepium var. pubescens A. Gray, Man. ed. 5. 1867. 



Convolvulus sepium var. repens A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2^: 215. 1878. 



Convolvulus limnophilus Greene, Pittonia 3: 329. 1898. 



Convolvulus sepium var. pubescens Fernald, Rhodora 10: 55. 1908. 



Plants glabrate, puberulent to pubescent; stems rather slender, mostly twining, 6-10 dm. 

 long; leaves rather narrowly sagittate, 4-8 cm. long, central lobe 1.5-3 cm, wide, acute or 

 acuminate; basal lobes entire, rounded at apex, about one-third the length of the central one, 

 somewhat divergent to nearly parallel ; bracts narrowly to broadly ovate, longer than the calyx 

 and completely enveloping it ; corolla pinkish or usually white, 4-5 cm. long. 



Saline marshes. Upper Sonoran Zone; on the upper branches of San Francisco Bay in Solano and Contra 

 Costa Counties, and near San Bernardino, Chino, and Huntington Beach in southern California; also on the 

 Atlantic Coast and in Europe. Type locality: "in Americae maritimis." 



Convolvulus sepium var. communis Tryon, Rhodora 41: 419. 1939. Herbage glabrous or sparsely pube- 

 scent, stems twining 1-3 m. high; leaves deltoid-hastate or ovate-hastate, the basal lobes with a broad sinus, 

 often toothed, 5-8 cm. long, 3-7 cm. broad, acute or acuminate; petioles slender, 3-5 cm. long; peduncles 5-12 

 cm. long; bracts closely subtending the calyx and completely covering it, ovate, acute, or acutish, auriculate, 

 18-24 mm. long; corolla pink, 4-5 cm. long, a little broader. Sandy fields and waste places, usually in moist 

 soils. Transition Zones; along the Snake River and in Klickitat County, Washington; Hood River, Portland and 

 Willamette Valley, Oregon. Probably introduced from eastern United States. Type locality: Mansfield, Ohio. 



3. Convolvulus Binghamiae Greene. Santa Barbara Morning-glory. Fig. 3855. 



Convolvulus Binghamiae Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 2: 417. 1887. 

 Convolvulus sepium var. Binghamiae Jepson, Fl. Calif. 3: 118. 1939. 



Plant glabrous throughout, stems 1-2 itl long, twining or trailing, from creeping root- 

 stocks. Leaves broadly oval to oblong, mostly obtuse at apex, the basal lobes parallel or only 

 slightly divergent, entire and rounded at apex ; peduncles 1-flowered ; bracts closely subtend- 

 ing and appressed to the calyx, oval to narrowly oblong, about 8 mm. long ; calyx 12-16 mm. 

 long; corolla white, 3-4 cm. long; stigmas linear. 



Swampy or marshy places, Upper Sonoran Zone; locally distributed in southern California from Santa 

 Barbara County to Orange County. Type locality: "In marshy places about Burton's Mound, in the city of 

 Santa Barbara." April-May. 



4. Convolvulus macrostegius Greene. Island Morning-glory. Fig. 3856. 



Convolvulus macrostegius Greene, Bull. Calif. Acad. 1 : 208. 1885. 

 Volvulus macrostegius Farwell, Amer. Midi. Nat. 12: 130. 1930. 

 Convolvulus occidentalis var. macrostegius Munz, Man. S. Calif. 387. 1935. 



Plants very sparsely tomentulose, climbing over shrubs or rocky banks, stems woody below. 

 Leaves rather thick and fleshy, deltoid-hastate, 3-10 cm. long, and about as broad, acute or 

 acuminate and mucronate at apex, the basal lobes more or less spreading, broad, coarsely 2-3- 

 toothed ; petioles about as long or longer than the blades ; peduncle stout, 10-20 cm. long, 

 1-3-flowered or rarely 5-flowered; bracts thin and membranous, usually purplish, 2-3 cm. long, 

 round-oval or round-ovate, rounded at apex and obscurely or not at all mucronate ; calyx corn- 

 pletely concealed by the closely subtending bracts, oblong-lanceolate, acute, mucronate, thin 

 with a scarious margin. 



Canyons and hillsides, Upper Sonoran Zone; on most of the islands off the coast of southern California in- 

 cluding Santa Cruz, Anacapa, Santa Barbara, San Nicolas, and San Clemente; also San Martin and Guadalupe 

 Islands, Mexico. Type locality: Guadalupe Island. April-July. 



5. Convolvulus cyclostegius House. Coast Morning-glory. Fig. 3857. 



Convolvulus occidentalis var. angustissimus A. Gray, Bot. Calif. 1 : 533. 1876. 



Convolvulus occidentalis var. tenuissimus A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 2^: 215. 1878, as to synoptical type. 



Convolvulus cyclyostcyius House, Muhlenbergia 4: S3. 1908. 



Convolvulus occidentalis var. cyclostegius Jepson, Man. Fl. PI. Calif. 776. 1925. 



Plants glabrous throughout or very sparingly tomentulose, climbing over shrubs, the stems 

 often woody below. Leaves triangular-ovate, to triangular-lanceolate, 2.5-5 cm. long, basal 

 lobes broad usually angled or toothed, with a narrow to broad sinus ; petioles usually much 

 shorter than the blades; peduncles 3-10 cm. long, 1-2-flowered; bracts closely subtending the 

 calyx, membranous and usually tinged with purple, orbicular or oval to oblong-oval, 10-12 mm. 

 long, barely or not at all surpassing the calyx, obtuse to rounded at apex, rounded or commonly 

 cordate at base, usually completely concealing the calyx ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or 

 rounded at apex and often mucronate ; corolla white, often with purple stripes along the folds 

 on the outside of the tube, the limb sometimes flushed with pink on the second day ; stigmas 

 rather broadly linear. 



Climbing over shrubs, often in great profusion. Transition and Upper Sonoran Zones; near the coast from 

 Monterey to Ventura County, California. Type locality: "Near Monterey, on the Carmel road." March-Sept. 



