fyomm.'\ Lxxxi. convolvulacE/T:, ■ 417 



middle one broad or narrow, (but not linear), contracted or dilated at the 

 base, the lateral ones shorter and broader, the whole leaf from 1| to 4 in. lonpf. 

 Peduudes short or rarely longer than the petioles, with 2 or 3 nearly sessile 

 flowers at the end. Bracts linear. Sepals lanceolate, acuminate, broader 

 ^nd hispid with long hairs at the base, from | in. to nearly 1 in. long. Co- 

 rolla bkie or purple, often above 2 in. long. Ov^ary almost always S-cclled. 

 -R. Br. Prod. 486 ; Bot. Reg. t. S5 ; /. ^'^ih Roth, Catal. Bot. i. 36; 

 Pharbitls mi and P. Itederacea, Chois. Conv. Or. and in DC. Prod. ix. 343, 

 3-14, with most, if not all, of the synonyms quoted. 



N. Australia. Victoria river, F. Mueller. 



Queensland. Boobv Tslaud, Banks and Solander ; Suttor and Burdekm nvcrs, 

 ^chhardf. Bowman ; Cape and Flinders rivers, Bowman ; Roclcinghara Bay, Ballachy ; 

 ^libmptun, Thozet ; Moreton Bay, Backhouse. 



^ar. Imhata, Hook. f. Bot. Mag. t. 5720. Flowers of a deep bhie, with a pale or ^vhitc 

 ^^^^'-PharblUs liwbaia, Lindi. in Journ. ITort. Soc. v. 33 ; Henfr. in Gard Mag But. 

 J= Jith a fig. copied into Fl. des Serres, t. 008, and Lem. Jard. Fleiu'. t. 97.— Raised from 



• Australian as well as from Javanese seeds. 

 ^.y^^/Pecies is comniou in most tropical and subtropical regions of the New as well as the 



^ »vorld, in some places, perhaps, escaped from cultivation. 



, \ I. congesta, R. Br. Prod. 485. A tall hirsute twiner nearly allied 

 y. hech-acea, but generally larger and the haii'S less spreading. Leaves 

 roadly cordate-ovate%cumi;iate, entire (or o'oscurely 3-lobed ?) usually 3 

 to 4 in. long. Peduncles longer than in /. hederacea, beanng a dense cyme 

 "f 3 or more large blue purple or pink flowers. Sepals lanceolate acurai- 

 t'i "^- ^'^i- CoroUa nearly 3 in. long. Ovary 3-cel ed -Chois n 

 l^C. Prod. ix. 369 ; Couvolvnlusconffe.stus, Spreng. Syst. 1.601; F/mMi-s 



'•^«, Chois. Conv. Or. and in DO. Prod. ix. 341. 



Q'leeasiand. Enaeavour river, Banks and Solander; Rockingham Bay, Dal/achy. 

 ^ '« Norfolk Island and iu the islands of the S. Pacific. 



J^- 1. purpurea, Moth, Catal. i. 36. Stems twining, more or le^ hjr- 



e With reflexed hairs or rarely glabrous. Leaves eordate-ova e, acummate, 



J^« or very rarely somewhat 3-lobed, glabrous or the petidcs and ^ em» 



Ul^esceut, mostly 2 to 4 in. long. Peduncles longer than the pet^o e bear- 



f 1. 2 or 3 pedicellate flowers Bracts small and narrow bepal. hnnceo 



K scarcely acuminate, under i in. long, mostly hairy at the b^^e C^roUa 



ft n above 2 in. long, purple b ue pink or rarely white or vanegated cam- 



f ^'te, more or ie^s tubular towards the base. Ovary 3-celled;-tor^?- 



C '^r^«'-^^*. Linn.; Bot. Mag. t. 113, 1005, 1682; PMrbdis hispida, 



'*■ ^onv. Or. and in DC. Prod. ix. 341. 



N tf''«^'*'^' CuniwiUighi, Daliou. 

 _■«• Whales, nnilino- nr>«,nc Pi 



s. Darling Downs, F, Law. 



^ItnT'T '' '^ ^^""^rican origin, iong sinc^ cultivated in tropical as well as in European 

 W'k'".? ^^<=«'»« naturalized in many places. The above Australian station, aie 



'''' probably also 



escapes from cultivation. 



2- 



S- 



eell!?''^ 3- CALYcix^.-Leaves entire or lobed at the base Ovar^ 



3 inAoly^' '^'""P^^^l'^te or tubular at the base, above l^ "i- ^^^ -°° 

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