766 Convolvulaceae. 
the cymes forming a loose raceme, pedicels shorter than the calyx; 
sepals hairy, elliptical, acute, herbaceous at the tip; corolla pink, 
twice to thrice as long as the calyx, 1—1,3 em long, hairy at the 
angles; capsule ovate: glabrous. — Flow. March to April. 
D.i. Gebel Ekhfén. — 0. Gyenna in the Great Oasis (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Palestine and Syria. 
1070. (9.) Convolvulus microphyllus Sieb. ex Spreng. System. 
Veg. I (1825), p. 611. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 103. — Choisy in 
DC. Prodrom. IX, p. 402. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @Eg., p. 107 
no. 700. — Sickenberg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 258. — Convolvulus 
scindicus Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or., Ser. 2 fase. II, p.123 not of 
Stocks. — Perennial, suffruticose. Stems slender, terete, densely 
tufted, spreading, more or less softly hairy. Cauline leaves generally 
less than 9mm long, rarely 12 mm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 
obtuse, subsessile, narrowed to the base, hairy on both sides. Basilar 
leaves narrowly spathulate, reaching nearly 2 em long. Flowers 1—3 
together from the upper nodes of the stem, generally nearly sessile, 
sometimes stalked, sometimes on short flowering branches. Sepals 
ovate, acuminate, about 57/, mm long, densely clothed with brown 
hairs. Corolla pinkish-white, funnel-shaped, twice as long as the 
calyx, hairy outside. Capsule small, globose. Seeds glabrous. — 
Flow. March to April. 
O. Little Oasis; Farafra; Dakhel; Great Oasis. — D.1. Rare 
in sandy places. — D.i. Ismailia. — D.a. sept. D. a. mer. Common 
on calearious ground. 
Local name: ghobeyra (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Sinai, Syria and Palestine. 
1071. (10.) Convolvulus althaeoides L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), 
p. 222. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 106. — Rchbch. Ic. XVU, tab. 138 
fig. 1—2. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., p.107 no. 701. — 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. @Eg., Supplem. p. 768. —— Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 259. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Primit. Flor. Mar- 
maric., p.659 no. 218. — Aschers. Flor. Rhinoeal., p.800 no, 177. 
— A perennial plant. 50¢m to 1m high or more, appressed- 
villose or hirsute, diffuse or climbing. Lower leaves long-petioled, 
cordate-ovate, obtusely crenate or lobed; upper ones pedate-cleft or 
parted, with oblong to linear, entire to dentate lobes. Peduncles 
much longer than the leaves, 1—2-flowered; pedicels longer than the 
calyx; bracts setaceous; sepals ovate-oblong, searious-margined, 
sometimes mucronulate; corolla pink, 2—3 em long, 3—5-times as 
long as the calyx. — Flow. March to April. 
