344 COXVOLVTJLACE.E. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILT.) 



sistcnt base of the style. (Oalonyction speciosum, Cliois.) — South Florida. — 

 Stem sometimes prickly. Leaves 2' -3' long. Tube of the eorolla 3' - 4' long. 

 1 " - 2" in diameter. 



9. I. sagittifolia, Bot. Reg. Smooth and somewhat fleshy ; stem slender; 

 leaves sagittate, lanceolate or linear ; the lateral lobes long, spreading, acute ; 

 peduncles 1 -3-flowered, club-shaped, shorter than the leaves, minutely bractcd ; 

 sepals oval, rounded and purple at the apex, shorter than the ovate 4-valvcd 

 pointed capsule ; seeds silky on the angles; corolla bright purple. (C. 6agitti- 

 folius, Mir/t.r.) — Salt marshes, Florida to North Carolina. July -Sept. 11 — 

 Stem commonly 2° - 3° long. Corolla 3' long. 



10. I. fastigiata, Sweet? Smooth; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, with the 

 lobes acuminate; peduncles about as long as the petioles, 3 -several-flowered, 

 with leafy lanceolate bracts ; sepals lanceolate, terminating in a long subulate 

 point, on pedicels shorter than the bracts ; tube of the corolla greenish, the ex- 

 panding acutely lobed border purple. — South Florida. — Leaves l£'-2'long. 

 Corolla 3' long. 



■i- -i- -t— 4- Corolla bell-shaped : leaves pedattli/ 7 -parted. 



11. I. sinuata, Ort. Stem very long, shrubby at the base, the branches 

 murieate, hairy ; leaves smooth, with the divisions lanceolate, sinuate-toothed ; 

 peduncles shorter than the leaves, 1 - 2-flowered ; pedicels flattened, diluted up- 

 ward, nodding; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acutish, smooth, half as long as the 

 corolla, widely spreading in fruit ; corolla white, purple in the throat ; capsule 

 globose; seeds smooth. (Convolvulus disscctus. Michx.) — South Florida. 

 July -Oct. 1J. — Stem sometimes 40° long. Leaves 4'- 6' wide. Corolla 1^' 

 long. 



5. JACQUEMONTIA, Chois. 



Sepals 5, unequal. Corolla bell-shaped, 5-plaited. Style single : stigmas 2, 

 ovate or oblong, flattened. Ovary 2-cclled, 4-ovuled. Capsule 2-cclled, 2-4- 

 valved, 4-seeded. — Habit of Ipomeea. 



1 • J. violacea, Chois. Stem smoothish, twining ; leaves petioled, oblong- 

 ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, pubescent, the lower ones slightly cordate J 

 peduncles longer than the leaves, many-flowered ; sepals ovate, acuminate, the •_> 

 outer ones larger; corolla small, purple; stigmas oblong, diverging; capsule 

 smooth, 4-valved, shorter than the calyx. — South Florida. — Stem l°-3° long. 

 Leaves l'-2' long. Corolla £' long. Seeds rougbish. 



6. CALYSTEGIA, R. Brown. 



Sepals 5, included in the two large membranaceous bracts. Comlla hcll- 



Bbaped. Style single : Btigmas 2, oblong or cylindrical. Capsule imperfectly 

 2-celled, 4-seeded. — Leaves petioled, cordate or sagittate. Peduncles L-flowered. 



1. C. sepium, R.Br. Smooth; stem twining; leaves broadly sagittate, 

 acute, tin' wide lateral lobes obliquely truncated and often toothed ; peduncles 

 •1 angled, a.s long as the petioles ; bracts cordate-ovate or obtong, strongly keeled 



