1988 



* PHARBITIS diversifolia. 



Three-lobed Convolvulus Major. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. CONVOLVULACE*. 



PHARBITIS. Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla campanulata aut campanulato- 

 infundibiiliformis. Stylus 1 ; stigma capitato-granulatuni. Ovarium 3 rarius 

 4-loculare, loculis dispermis. Choisy convolv. orient, p. 56. 



P. diversifolia ; foliis cordato-acuminatis pubescentibus integris trilobisque 

 auriculis divergentibus, pedunculis folio brevioribus subbifloris, sepalis 

 ovato-lanceolatis acutis. 



Annua, P. hispida duplo minor, .led facie admodum simili. Folia prima 

 cordata integerrima, subinde anyulata, demum triloba formd 

 omninb P. hederacece. Corolla purpurea radiis sangidneis, margine 

 Integra, cceterum P. hispidae simillima, sed duplu minor. Capsula et 

 semina omnino P. hispidce. 



A very pretty little half-hardy annual, about halt' the 

 size of the common Convolvulus major, of which it has very 

 much the appearance. It differs, however, in constantly 

 producing- at the latter part of the year 3-lobed leaves, 

 instead of entire ones, so that specimens of the same plant 

 collected at different seasons would be thought essentially 

 different. In the first stage of its growth, it is like P. hispida ; 

 at the ne.\t it resembles P. hederacea, only that the calyx 

 and inflorescence are distinct. 



A native of Mexico, whence seeds were obtained by Geo. 

 F. Dickson, Esq. and by him presented to the Horticultural 

 Society ; it also grows in Peru, where it was found by 

 Mr. Mathews in a 3-lobed state (No. 2050); and I think "l 

 have a garden specimen in the entire state, from Chile, 

 which has been marked P. purpurea, in my herbarium, by 

 M. Choisy himself. 



* So called from ^ap/3?;, colour, on account of the elegance and variety of 

 colour in the flowers. 



