Cmuta.] LXXXI. CONVOLVL-LACEiE. *^1 



A considerable genus, dispersed over all warm and temperate regions of ijic globe Of the 

 three Australian species, one has a very wide range both m the New and the O dj o J . 

 another is limited to tropical Asia ; the third appears to be endemic ; ^^f ' °° " *^* f "''"'^ 

 the caiefuUy-elaborated monographs of Engelmann, there is st.ll muck J^^Jt «■> " ^I^ cha- 

 racters by «hich the species aTe to be distinguished. The Aus rahan ones have aU o the n 

 the sepak united at the base, and distinct styles with capitate stigmas. Ihej ^avc also he 

 very slender filiform stems of C. epUhymum and its aUies, not the firmer ones of C. mono 



^fl aud others. 



or 



Flowers sessile or very shortly pedicellate in globular clusters. ^ ^ chinensis. 



Calyx-lobes prominently keeled ^ (^ audmlis. 



talyx-lobes not keeled n n fasmanica 



Flowers on pedicels of 3 to 5 lines. Corolla campanulate , . . . o. i^. ^u 



1. C. chinensis, La-m. ; Engelm. in Trans. Acad St. Louis, i. 479. 

 Flowers ratlier small nearly globular, very shortly pedice ate m globuU i 

 clusters, sometimes reduced to 2 or 3 flowers and not usually 5J,f«»f ^.^^J 

 C. amtralis. Calvx shorter than the corolla, divided to he middle or a er 

 lower hito obtuse bbes, the keels and sutures of the sepals fornung 10 a ei 

 prominent ribs to the tube. Corolla 1 to 1-J hues long, 1;^= "^ f ^fj 

 obtuse. Scales of the tube deeply fringed or lobed. Styles dsnd,m 

 equal, rather slender, with capitate stigmas. Capsule bursting ineguLuIj. 

 ^(?. carhiata, R. Br. Prod. 491. ir 7? •y\ 



Queensland. Bay of Inlets and Cape Grafton, Ba^fs and S'^^^'f/[^^J^^;f^^^^^^^ 

 Apparently common iu tropical Asia, extcndi.ig from Madagascar and Cejlou 



2. C. australis, R Br. FroJ. 491. Plowers -eady ^obular se.sUe 

 -very shortly pedicellate, in globular clusters, some uues ^^^^^ff ^"^^ 



tl'ree iowers/each about i| lines diameter, ^^f}^\ ^t^AT^^i\^\^ 

 d^lar-dotted. Calyx shorter than the corolla, divided o belo the mild 

 jnto obtuse lobes,' without prominent ribs. Corolla-lobes ei J «bhue a 

 tngth recurved. Scales of the tube bifid or fringed, sometimes .e^m 

 t^'t often nearly as long as the tube. Ovary niueh depressed ; sty k cUstm 

 [^-tlier thick, unequal, with capitate stigmas. Capsule ''^P{!^^^^'' ;/']. ' 

 ^rond rhomboidal area between the styles.-a obUmJlora> H. B. and K. , 

 Engelm. in Trans. Acad. St. Louis, i. 491. 



Queensland. Broad Sound, R. Brown. _ g ; jfr^oUs. 



«• S. Wales. M'Leay and Clarence rivers, ^'L^\f ' , 



Victoria, Snowy, Goulburu, and King rivers, f. Mueller. extending 



Ti *. . • ■ ^f^ ^e \inonca and asUj lalcuuihq 



ili(> species is widely disperseJ over Hie warmer parts or a.i 



ii^^rtliwards to the southern United States aud to S. Europe. 



3. C. tasmanica, E.jelm. iu Trans. ^<^^f-f^-Ynrt!ll')^^^^^^^ 



<=lu^tered, much longer'than the flowers, usually abou 4 o ^T^° ^^f^J^- 



;'th minute bracts" at their base. Calyx much shortei ^^^^^iZann- 



^^^Ply divided into obtuse lobes, not prominently ribbed. Cor^^ e^ P ^^ 



^te. not contracted at tie throat, above 1?. hnes 1?"?;;]^ ^^g , ^3 jietiU 



\S as the tube. Scales of the tube ^^^•'S\'^''fy,^'''f,t ^Cs. Cnp- 

 Wher long, nearly equal, with large obscurely-lobed capitate st,,m i.^ 



S« short? Seeds with a small hiluni.-C'. au^ralis, Hook. t. i^i- 

 '='8,notofR. Br. ^ , 



Victoria. Port Phillip, F. Mueller, who believes it to be introduced. 



Pedicels 



