476 CONVOLVULACEZ. [Caiystequ. 
KERMADEC IsLANDS, NortH anpd SourH Isnanps: Abundant in lowland 
situations as far south as Canterbury, apparently local in Otago. Pohue ; 
Panahe ; Bindweed. November—March. 
Widely dispersed in most temperate ccuntries, and everywhere highly 
variable. 
2. C. tuguriorum, &. Br. ex Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zei. 1. 188, 
t. 47.—Stems slender, prostrate or climbing, often clothing shrubs 
or trees to a considerable height, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves 
4-l1fin. long, broadly ovate-cordate or deltoid, acute or obtusely 
acuminate, entire or sinuate or angled, sinus at the base broad and 
shallow, glabrous, membranous. Peduncles usually longer than the 
leaves, terete or margined ; bracts ovate-cordate or orbicular, apicu- 
late, equalling the calyx and enclosing it. Sepals subequal, broadly 
ovate. Corolla large, 1-2in. diam., white. Ovary incompletely 
2-celled. Capsule 4+in. long, broadly ovoid, apiculate. Seeds 
yellowish-red. — Convolvulus tuguriorum, Forst. Prodr. n. 74; 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 198. C. truneatella, Col. i Trans. N.Z. 
Inst. xxi. (1889) 95. 
NortH anp SoutH Isntanps, CHATHAM IsLANDS: Abundant from the 
Three Kings Islands and the North Cape to Foveaux Strait. December- 
February. 
According to Sir J. D. Hooker, this is also found in Valdivia and Chiloe, and 
Mr. Hemsley (Bot. ‘‘ Challenger ’’ Exped.) has recorded it from the Island of 
Masafuera. 
3. C. Soldanella, &. Br. Prodr. 483.—Rhizome long, creeping 
underground. Stems rather stout, 6-18in. long, rarely more, pro- 
strate and trailing, not twining, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves on 
petioles 1-3 in. long; blade 4—-2in. diam., usually broader than long, 
reniform or broadly rounded-cordate, obtuse or apiculate, entire or 
sinuate, thick and fleshy, sinus at the base broad and shallow. 
Peduneles solitary, 1-flowered, as long or longer than the leaves; 
bracts ovate-cordate, obtuse, rather shorter than the calyx. Sepals 
subequal, broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla large, 1-14 in. diam., pink 
or purplish. Ovary incompletely 2-celled. Capsule large, broadly 
ovoid, apiculate. Seeds blackish-brown.—A. Hich. Fl. Nouv. Zel. 
200; A. Cunn. Precur. nu. 395; Raoul, Choix, 44; Hook. f. Fl. 
Nov. Zel. i. 183. Convolvulus Soldanella, Linn. Sp. Plant. 159; 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. 198. 
KprMmapeEc Isuanps, NortH anp SoutH IsLanps, Stewart Is~aNnD, CHat- 
HAM IsLANDS: Not uncommon on sandy shores throughout; inland on sandy 
beaches at Lake l'aupo, &c. November—March. 
Easily distinguished by the short uniformly prostrate stems, fleshy reniform 
leaves, and large black seeds. It is a common plant on maritime sands on 
almost all temperate shores. 
