462 CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Herbd? v. Frutices, plures vobbiles, et lacfpscentes, 

 giabroe v. pube simplici. Folia alterny. ; ->d'visa v. 

 ]obata, raro pinnatifida; exstipulata. InftoteJcentia 

 axillaris, v. terminalis, pedunculis 1-multifloris, 

 partialibus saepissime bibracteatis. 



Obs. Corru D itio cotyledonum definito seminum numero 

 semper comitata est, ideoque ex crdine amandavi Hydro- 

 ieam. Namam, Sagoneam, et Diapensiam, utroque cha- 

 ractere orbatas; necnon Retziam cujus semina pauciora 

 subdefinita, sed embryone recte, teretiusculo intra albu- 

 men carnosum incluso instructa, et habitus diversissimus. 



Loeselia^cujus stigma certe triplex nec indivisum.ad Polemo- 



niaceas recte retulit Jussieu. 

 Ad Convolvulaceas pertinet Falkia, cujus ovarium 4-partitum 

 lobis monospermis, et Embryo contortuplicatus. 



Sect. I. Ovarium unicum. 



CONVOLVULUS. Jacq. 

 Convolvuli species. L. 



Calijx 5-parfitus, nudus, v. bracteis 2 minoribus imbricatus. 

 Corolla campanuiata, 5-plicata. Stoynina limbo breviora. 

 Ouarium 2-locuIare (rarb 3-loculare ?), 1 cujis dispermis. 

 Stylus indivisus. Siigmata 2, filiformia. Capsula val- 

 vara. 

 Herbae (raro Fvutices,) voluiiles v. prostratce, scepius lactes- 

 tentes. 



1. C. crulescens, volubilis pilosiusculus, foliis hastatis : lobis 



posticis dentatis incisisve ; intermedio ianceolato v. lineari 

 dentato v. integerrimo, pedunculis solitariis 1 — 3-floris, 

 calycis foliolis aequaiibus ovatis mncronulo patulo, capsula 

 crecta bivalvi, seminibns scabris. (J. D.) v. v. 



Convolvulus erubescens. Sims, bot. mag. \06~. 



Ous. Nimis afTinis C. althceoiJi et bmuginoso. 



2. C. angust'mimui\ vo^ubilis pilosiusculus, fhljis tripartihs : 



Iobis lateralibus 2-3-fidis; intermedio longioreangusto- 

 iineari canalicuhto, pedunculis l-tioris, calycis foliolis 

 aequalibus ovatism-icronulatis, capsulis nutantibus bivalvi- 

 bus, seminibus seabris. (D.) v. v. 

 Obs, Praecedenti vaide arfinis, an distirfcta ? 



3. C. rerr ; <t« 



