346 CONVOLVULACEH. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY.) 
8. STYLISMA, Raf. 
Sepals 5. Corolla bell-shaped, hairy. Stamens included. Styles 2, distin 
or united below, entire: stigmas peltate. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled. hw B 
1 - 4-seeded. — Perennial prostrate pubescent herbs, with entire leaves, and small | 
flowers on axillary peduncles which are longer than the leaves. 
1. S. humistrata. Hairy and roughish ; leaves petioled, oblong, slightly 
cordate, obtuse or emarginate at the apex, mucronate; peduncles filiform, 1-7- 
flowered ; sepals ovate, acute, smooth, fringed on the margins; capsule smooth, 
nodding; bracts minute; corolla white; filaments hairy; styles united below.— _ 
Varies with linear or lanceolate, often acute, nearly sessile leaves, shorter and . 
uniformly 1-flowered peduncles, and more pubescent sepals. (Convolvulus hu- . 
mistratus, Walt. C. tenellus, Ell.) — Dry sandy pine barrens, Florida to South 
Carolina, and westward. July-Sept.— Stems 2°-8° long. Leaves 1/-3! _ 
long. Corolla 10” long. Capsule ovate, commonly 1-seeded, crowned with & _ 
tuft of hairs when young. 
2. S. aquatica. Silky-pubescent and somewhat hoary; leaves lincarob- n 
long, obtuse, mucronate, truncate or slightly cordate at the base, short-petioled ; 
peduncles 1-7 (mostly 3-)-flowered ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, very — 
silky; capsule erect, pubescent; bracts subulate, as long as the pedicels ; corolla T 
purple; filaments smooth ; styles distinct. (Convolvulus aquaticus, Walt.) — _ 
Margins of ponds, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. July- Sept. — 4 
Stems 2°-3° long. Leaves j'-1'long. Corolla 5" long. 
3. S. Pickeringii, Gray. Soft-pubescent or villous ; leaves linear, 0b — 
tuse, narrowed at the nearly sessile base ; peduncles 1 —3-flowered ; bracts linear, 
as long as the flower; sepals ovate-lanceolate, very hairy, longer than the pedi- 
cel; corolla small, white; styles united nearly to the apex; stamens slightly _ 
exserted. — Sandy pine barrens, North Carolina, and northward. July- Sept. - 
— Stems 2°-3° long. Leaves 12!!— ents long. Corolla 5" long. 
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9. DICHONDRA, Forst. 
Ox 5-parted, with the lobes obovate. Corolla somewhat wheel-shaped, p 
5-parted, shorter than the calyx. Stamens included. Ovaries 2, distinct j 
2-ovuled. Styles 2: stigmas capitate. Utricles 2, one-seeded. — Low pubescent s 
creeping herbs, with broadly cordate petioled leaves, and solitary bractless ess d 
ers on axillary peduncles. 
1. D. repens, Forst., var. Carolinensis, Chois. — Low grounds, Florida 
to North Carolina, and westward. March—Oct. 3— Stems filiform, 6-12' 
long. Leaves j/-1]' in diameter, on petioles 1/ -4' long. Peduncles shorter 
than err coke. Calyx silky. Corolla minute, greenish white. 
10. CUSCUTA, Tourn. Dopper. 
Calyx 4- =o 4- spans, Corolla Popular wes Y 
