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THE DICTIONARY 
OF GARDENING, 
Convolvulus—continued. 
bonariensis (Buenos Ayres). fl, corolla white, variegated 
with red veins, pine peduncles generally three-flowered, shorter 
than the leaves. July. l. hastate, cuneated at the base, each 
terminating in a bristle, petiolate ; middle lobe linear, 2in. long, 
obtuse, two lines broad; lateral ones very short. Chili, 1817. 
Hardy deciduous, 
C. bryonicfolius (Bryony-leaved). A synonym of C. italicus. 
canariensis (Canary Islands) fl., corolla purplish-violet, 
hieme outside, Ape almost flat; peduncles many-flowered, 
longer than the petioles; calyx villous. June to September. J, 
po oblong, acute, downy. Stem terete, villous. Canary 
Islands, 1690. Half-hardy evergreen. (В. M. 1228.) 
С. cantabricus (Cantabrian)* fl., corolla pale тей; peduncles 
usualy two to three-flowered ; als narrow, very villous. 
August. J. oblong-lanceolate, acute, Plant beset with spreading 
hairs. Stem branched, prostrate. A. 6in. to 1%. South Europe, 
1680, Hardy deciduous. 
C. chinensis (Chinese).* fl. at the upper part of the stem, axillary, 
solitary, pointing one way; corolla rotately funnel-shaped ; [е 
duncles spreading ; calyx greenish, much shorter than the corolla; 
limb large, purplish-crimson, marked in the disk with an un- 
equally-pointed pale yellow star, surrounded by a purple halo. 
1. firm, sub-coriaceous, greyish-green, hastate; middle lobe elon- 
gated, oblong, somewhat tapered, blunt, with a small point; side 
ones divaricate, short, quite entire; petioles linear, channelled. 
t 2ft. to ien pod си с Nee DNE perum, The 
ower g the night, or ear! e morning, and 
fades in the forenoon. (B. R. 322.) у 
C. Cneorum (Cneorum)* fi. capitate, on short ‘uncles; co- 
rolla light | ern hairy outside; some of the ed арна large as 
C. elongatus (trailing). fi. white, small; corolla sub-rotate, rather 
deeply five-lobed ; peduncles axillary, solitary, filiform, tomen- 
tosely villous, one to two-flowered ; calyx funnel-sha ed, green ; 
lobes rounded, slightly furred on the outside. Jub ; August. 
1. alternate, wide asunder, cordate, taper-pointed, th 
green, about ljin. in length and lin. 
atomous dots, and bare on the upper side, slightly furred on 
the under; oles round, many times shorter than the leaf. 
Canary Islands, 1815. Hardy annual (В.В. 498.) 
(erubescent)* fi. reddish-pin all; 
one to three-flowered, shorter the Seen + ра au pa 
mucron July to September. /. hastate; hind 
toothed or bee entire. 
i алем ienniaL (B. M. 1067.) 
(Herrmann’s). fl., corolla white, small; 
ае acute ; ovate, acuminated, (downy, I 
equal ; peduncles two. wered, longer than the petioles. August, 
1. oblong-lanceolate, y sagi 
, gittate at the base, obtuse 
m , crenatel ite. Ё 
1799. "d y Plant tomentose, white. h. 5%. 
Ld ” obtuse, 
erenated or toothed ; хр н eon were бе pal- 
mately seven-lobed ; middle ones long, toothed, or 
lobed. Plant ,rather hispid, i 1802, 
ergreen. Syn. б. iefolius. (B. R. 
(woolly), fl, corolla yellowish, 
on the ontside of each 
hairs ; peduncles three. 
iferous stems erect, sim corymbose 
6in. South Europe, Ве Hardy de. 
Or. The very common annual known 
lame is ooo wii nari (which see), ы 
n auri . blue, with 
yellow anthers, anal tee а 
М h five linear divisi ns, two 
r smaller than the others; pe. 
three-flowered. Summer. n near]: 
0 rows, on very short petioles. North Africa’ 
soft white irs. Green re 
pu ке" twining Perennial, very 
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Convolvulus— continued, 
leaves; calyx of five ovate, acuminated sepals, of which 
the three outer are more or less silky on the back; stamens 
five, within the tubular part of the corolla. August. l. ses- 
sile, linear, rather acute, entire, one-nerved, clothed on both 
sides, but especially beneath, with appressed, silky, white 
hairs. ae Africa. A very neat, Evolvulus-like species, 
с. ү gag (cloth-leaved).* /., corolla of a pale violet-purple, 
white in the disk and tube, marked with five deeper stellate 
folds, which are roughly pubescent on their under side; peduncles 
solitary, axillary, longer than the leaf, filiform, and rather hard, 
divided upwards into cymes of three to twenty flowers; calyx 
several times shorter than the corolla, pubescent; tube shorter 
than the calyx. Z. oblong-cordate, reticulately veined and 
wrinkled underneath, with many pale varicose nerves; petioles 
Shaggy. The native habitat of this species is doubtful, but, in aah 
all probability, it is from the Canary Islands. A twining 
greenhouse shrub, well adapted for conservatory decoration. 
(B. R. 222.) 
C. pentapetaloides (five-petalled-like). /l., corolla bluish, small, 
with a yellow throat, and а semi five-cleft limb; peduncles short, 
one-flowered. June. 1., lower ones petiolate, spathulate-lanceo- 
late, obtuse, nearly naked, lined, ciliated; upper ones linear- 
cuneiform, sessile. Plant prostrate, creeping, filiform. Stem 
-rather — at top. л. біп. South Europe, 1789. Hardy annual. 
(S. F. G. 197.) 
C. persicus (Persian). /., corolla white; sepals ovate, inner ones 
smaller; peduncles T eee length of leaves. June. Ё, oval, 
сь on very short petioles. A. lft, Persia, 1829. Hardy 
uous, 
C. — iM — pe or 
very pale red, large, campan ; se оозе, glabrous, оу; 
repand, obtuse, point reflexed ; peduncles generally three-flowered, 
longer than the leaves, July. J. cordate-sagittate, truncate 
behind. Stem angular. Levant, 1726. Н 
deciduous, A gum-resin is obtained from the roots of Sp 
which is largely used in medicine as a purgative. _ 0 
C. scoparius (broom-like)  /L, corolla white, hairy outside; 
peduncles generally three-flowered ; calyx silky; ве 
acute. August 1. linear and er pilose. 
Stem terete, glabrous. ‘Teneriffe, 1733. Shrub. Тһе wood 
es is hard and white, with radiating stripes. 
(B. R. 1841, 43.) j 
C. suffruticosus (shrubby). /., inflorescence on three-flowered 
eduncles, sometimes su vided, and with more flowers, shorter 
han the leaf; corolla white, with a yellow disk and five purple 
answering to the same number of broader villous ones on 
the outside, flatly expanded down to the short tube 
the calyx; calyx three times shorter than the flower, 
above the middle, where the leaflets are broad and ciliate. 
June and July. l. deep green, elongatedly cordate, tapered 
to а point, slightly pubescent on both sides, on шо оо a 
pressedly so; petioles scarcely one-third as lo h. or ; 
ы. A slender twining shrub. (В. R. 135, plate num- - 
C. tricolor (three-coloured)* The Dwarf 
(Com opina безер tee e 
