PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 285 



C. n. 663. IMl Hist. v. 1. 293. 



C. major. Rail Stjn. 2/5. Baiih. Hist, v. 2. 154./. 



Calystegia sepiuni. Br. Pr. 483. 



Smilax lenis, sive Itevis, major. Ger.Em.S6l.f. Dad. Pevwt. 



392./. 

 S. laevis. Fuchs. Hist. 720. f. Matth. J'algr. v. 2. 552./ Camer. 



Epit. 932./. 



In moist hedges, osier holts, and thickets. 



Perennial. Jidij, August. 



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

 several feet lo^ig, leafy, angular, smooth,' slightly branched. 

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

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

 thors, excej)t Dodonaeus and Gerarde, do not express. Fl. soli- 

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

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

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

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

 name implies. 1 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. IVilld. v. 1 . 87G. FL Br. 233. 



EngL Bot. V. 5, f. 314. 

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

 Soldanella marina. Gtr. Em. 838. f. 

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



Camer. Epit. 253./ 

 B. marina, sive Soldanella. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 166. f. 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 swelHng upward, 

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

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

 licate purplish pink, with pale yellow ])laits. Stigmas short, awl- 

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

 Jlowers expand in the sun-shine only, and arc of short duration. 



