Jporncea,] LXXXT. CONVOLVULACE.^. 427 



Convolvulm Brotvnii, Spreng. Syst. i. 612, altered in the Index to (7. 

 liohtrtianus, 



N, Australia. Victoria river, F, Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpcutaria, R. 

 'Brown; Port Essington, Armstrong. 



Queensland. "Cape York, JDaemel ; Flinders river, Sutherland; Rockhampton, 

 O'Shanesf/ ; Curriwiilighi and Arnr\adillo, Ballon. 



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36. I. erecta, R. Br. Prod. 487. Stems from a perennial base, erect 

 or ascending, simple or slightly branched, softly tomentose or villous as well 

 as the foliage and inflorescence, the hairs intricate on the branches, more 

 appressed on the leaves, and often rust-coloured. Leaves veiy shortly i)ctio- 

 late, oblong or lanceolate, obtuse or acute, not cordate, 1 to 2 in. long, the 

 upper ones smaller and narrower. Peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves, 

 lieariug 1, 2 or 3 pink flowers, the pedicels short, the bracts very small. 

 Sepals ovate-lanceolate, rather acute, softly villous or nearly glabrous, of a 

 somewhat firmer consistence at the base as in many species of CohvoIvhIhs, 

 [lie outer ones 3 to 4 lines long, the inner ones smaller. Corolla campanu- 

 ''ite, about I in. long. Stigmatic lobes very broadly ovate, recurved. Cap- 

 sule globular, readily splittin"- into 6 to 8 valves, as in Concolvuliis parvi- 

 Mus and its allies. Seeds glabrous. -Cliois. in DC. Prod. ix. 354 j Con- 

 volvulus erectus, Spreng. Syst. i. 613. 



». Australia. Victoria river, F. Mueller; islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, II. 

 Browr,, Henne; near Caledon Bay, B. GeM ; in the iuterior, Attack Creek, ^ewcastle 

 ^aler, Strangeways river, etc., M'Douall Stuart. 

 I- pannom,'R.. Br. Prod 487; Chois. in DC. Prod. ix. 356 {Convohulus panuosus, 

 Veng. Syst. i. 612), from the mainland, Carpentaria, appears to me to be on y a densely 

 ;'l>ous form of tlie same plant, and J. iijlora, R. Br. I. c. ; CIiois. 1. c 367 (/■ d^aMa 

 ^^.fo. and Schult. Svst. iv. 254 ; Convolvulus fiezuosus, Spreng. Syst. i. 612), a slight 

 »»"ety with more sle^nder brandies, sometimes almost twining at the extremity. Ihe 

 ^'ecies, both in habit and in character, shows a sliglit approach to the genus Convolvulus. 



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Series 6. Urceolat^.— Leaves entire. Ovary 2-celled. Corolla small, 

 ""■ceolate, the short broad tube contracted at the throat. 



, .37. I. urceolata, R. Br. Prod. 485. A tall twiner, softly villous, the 

 ^ai':s of the branches reflexcd, those of the foliage almost sdlcy. Leaves 

 Petiolate, cordate-ovate, acuminate, entire, 3 to 4 in. long. I lowers numerous 

 "1 dense almost sessile cymes or clusters, the pedicels much longer than the 

 fn- Sepals orbicular ov broadly ovate, obtuse, hirsute, scarcely above I 

 f.« long. Corolla-tube ovoid, inflated, contracted towards the throat, about 

 ^ in. ong, the limb spreading, scarcely half as long as the tube, tap.ule 

 Rlobular, gh.brous about 3 lines diameter, 2-celled. Seeds 't^glf™^^-- 

 ^hois. in DC. Prod. ix. 369; Convolvulus urceolatus, Spreng. Syst. i. bUi, 



Queensland. Eudcavour river. Banks and Solander. The aspect, '^f^'f^'^/.^^^^ 



^ «?■), but the scales at the base of the stamens snrrom.ding the ovary of '^f ' J<^^^;.";^ 

 J^';;tjng m the flower I dissected of /. urceolata, and are not mentioned m l,ro«u3 



Series. 7. HYPocRATERiroKMES.-Leaves entire or pinnatifid. Ovary 



2-eellcd or 4-celIcd by spurious dissepiments between the 2 ovule, of each 



