Ipomeea. | CONVOLVULACEZ:. 475 
about as long as the leaves, 1-3-flowered. Sepals ovate, obtuse. 
Corolla 1-2in. diam., broadly epee Tale with a somewhat 
tubular base, purplish or pink. Capsule $—in. long, ovoid-globose, 
coriaceous, 2-celled. Seeds large, hairy. Sachi pes-capre, Roth. Nov. 
Sp. Plant. 109; Benth. Fi. Austral. iv. 419; Cheesem. in Trans. 
NS. Inst. xx. (1888) 171. 
KerMmapec IstaAnps: Sunday Island, abundant in the sandy bays and on 
some of the cliffs, 7. #. C. Plentiful on all tropical shores. 
2. CALYSTEGIA, R. Br. 
Prostrate or twining herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves 
alternate, entire or rarely palmately lobed. Peduncles axillary, 
1-flowered ; bracts 2, large, persistent, enclosing the calyx. Flowers 
usually large. Sepals equal or the inner slightly smaller. Corolla 
campanulate or funnel-shaped; limb plaited, 5-angled or obscurely 
5-lobed. Stamens included; filaments dilated at the base; anthers 
oblong. Ovary 1-celled or imperfectly 2-celled, 4-ovuled; style 
filiform; stigmas 2, ovate or oblong, flattened. Capsule sub- 
globose, usually 1-celled. Seeds glabrous. 
A small genus of 7 or 8 species, scattered through the warm and temperate 
regions of both hemispheres. Of the 4 New Zealand species 2 are found in 
most extra-tropical countries, one extends to Australia, and the remaining one 
to South America and the Island of Masafuera. 
* Flowers large, 1-3 in. diam. 
Leaves 2-5 in., oblong-sagittate, sinus at the base narrow, 
deep ‘ a “ee ns ot :. IL. C. sepium. 
Leaves 4-12 in., ovate-cordate or deltoid, OMe 
sinus at the base broad, shallow aif . 2. C. tuguriorum. 
Stems short, prostrate. Leaves 4-2in. across, broader 
than long, Atle ae sinus at the base broad, 
shallow .. : Ae Re .. 38. C. Soldanella. 
** Flowers small, din. diam. 
Leaves sagittate, basal lobes narrow, acute, diverging .. 4. C. marginata. 
1. C. sepium, R&. Br. Prodr. 483.— Rhizome long, slender, 
extensively creeping underground. Stems slender, twining, 3-6 ft. 
long. Leaves alternate, variable in size and shape, 2—din. long, 
oblong-sagittate or hastate, acute or acuminate, rarely obtuse, cor- 
date at the base with the lobes angular or truncate or rounded, 
membranous, glabrous or rarely slightly pubescent. Peduncles 
solitary, 1-flowered, angled or inargined, often exceeding the leaves ; 
bracts large, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, enclosing the calyx. Sepals 
subequal, ovate-lanceolate. Corolla large, 14-3 in. diam., white or 
pink. Ovary incompletely 2-celled. Capsule din. diam., globose, 
apiculate. Seeds smooth.—A. Cunn. Precur. n. 394; Raoul, Chow, 
44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i. 183. Convolvulus sepium, Linn. Sp. 
Plant. 153; Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 197. 
