i?Mi VKN'J ANDIilA— MOXOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 



C. n. 663. Halt. Hist. v. 1.295. 



C. major. Rati Syn. 'J7.'). Bauh. Hut. v. 2. 154./. 



Calystegia sepium. Br, Pr. 483. 



Smilai lenbj sive Levis, major. G'e/-. Em. 8C1./. JDo</. Pempt. 

 392./. 



S. laevis. Fmc//n. Hist. 7 '20. f. Matth. Valgr. ». 2. 552. /. G/w/er. 

 Epi*. 932./. 



In moist hedges, osier holts, and thickets. 



Perennial. </"///, August. 



Roots long, creeping extensively, rather fleshy. Stems twining, 

 several feet long, leafy, angular, smooth, slightly branched. 

 Leaves nearly vertical, on smooth stalks j pointed at the end j 

 variously lopped at the base, which the wooden cuts of old au- 

 thors, except Dodonaeus and Gerarde, do not express. Fl. soli- 

 tary, large, pure white for the most part ; occasionally of an 

 uniform flesh-colour, or rose-colour. Stam. and Pist. white. 

 Stigmas short and blunt. The large bracleas inclose the calyx, 

 which is one of the characters of Mr. Brown's Calystegia, as its 

 name implies. I have not seen the fruit. The root has been 

 used as a purgative, being near akin to the acrid and violent 

 Scammony. 



3. C. Soldanella. Sea Bindweed. 



Leaves kidney-shaped, somewhat angular. Stalks single- 

 flowered, their angles membranous. Stems procumbent. 



C Soldanella, Linn. Sp. PL 226. mild. v. 1. 876. FL Br. 233. 

 Engl. Bot. v.5. t. 314. 



C. maritimus, Soldanella dictus. Rail Syn. 276. 



Soldanella marina. Ger. Em. 838. f. 



Brassica marina. Cord. Hist. 205. 2.'/ Matth. Valgr. v. 1 . 427./. 

 Camer. Epit.253.f. 



B. marina, sive Soldanella. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 16G./. Dalech. Hist. 

 526./ 



On the sandy sea shore. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root extensively creeping. Herb smooth, rather succulent. Stems 

 lax, procumbent, spreading in a circular form, slightly branched, 

 angular, often purplish, 1 to 2 feet long. Leaves on longish 

 stalks, heart- or kidney-shaped, more or less pointed, entire, or 

 sometimes angular. Fl. very large in proportion, and remarka- 

 bly handsome, on long, solitary, angular stalks swelling upward, 

 their 4 angles bordered and purplish. Bracteas ovate, close to 

 the calyx, but rather shorter. Cor. as large as the last, of a de- 

 licate purplish pink, with pale yellow plaits. Stigmas short, awl- 

 shaped. Caps, roundish, somewhat lobed. Seeds large. The 

 flowers expand in the sun-shine only, and are of short duration. 



