Convolvulus. PENTANDRIA MONOGVNIA. 481 



SECT. III. Prostrate, or creeping ; not twining. 



26. C. renijbrmis. R. 



Perennial, very ramous, and creeping close on the ground. 

 Leaves reniform, emarginate, long-petioled. Peduncles ma- 

 ny-flowered. Inner three leaflets of the calyx two-lobed, 

 and ciliate. Lobes of the corol bifid. 



A native of Bengal. Flowering time the cool season. 

 Burman's figure of E volvulus emarginatus, Flora Indica, 77. 

 /. 30. y. 1. is very much like this ; if the flowers were more 

 numerous, and their petioles longer, I should consider them 

 the same ; they ought to be compared, when an opportunity 

 oft'ers. 



Stems and branches numerous, always creeping flat on the 

 ground, and striking innumerable roots from the joints, 

 smooth, and slender as a pack-thread. Leaves long-petioled, 

 reniform, emarginate, and often slightly scollop-toothed, 

 smooth ; size very various ; often of a dark ferruginous colour. 

 Petioles longer than the leaves, smooth. Peduncles axillary, 

 much shorter than the petioles, many-flowered. Flowers 

 sub-sessile, very small, bright yellow, opening late in the 

 forenoon, and shutting early in the evening. Calyx the two 

 exterior leaflets smaller, oblong-, and pointed ; the inner three 

 broad, wedge-shaped, with a ciliate, two-lobed, apex. Corol 

 with its five lobes deeply divided. Filaments smooth. Stig- 

 ma two-lobed ; lobes roundish. Capsule round, size of a small 

 pea, rather longer than the calyx, tomentose, two-celled. 

 Seeds light brown, minutely dotted. 



Obs. Iii some soils it is found entirely of a dark purple or 

 ferruginous colour. 



27. C flagellifbrmis. R. 



Perennial, creeping. Leaves reniform, cuspidate, smooth, 

 with two glands at the base. Peduncles from three to five- 

 flowered. Calyx transversely rugose. Stigma transversely 

 oval, somewhat two-lobed. 



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