CONVOLVULACE^. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY). 



Fig. 256. 



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Fig. 256. (a) Seed of Convolvulus, (b) Longitudinal section of same, showing the 

 crumpled cotyledon, (c) Another section of the same, showing the curved, crumpled embryo. 

 (d) A face view of the cotyledon and radicle in the act of germination, (e) Half-side view 

 of both cotyledons ** and radicle f in germination. 



1. IPOM^A. Calyx naked at base. Stigma capitate, usually 2-lobed. , 



2. CALYSTEGIA. Calyx bracted at base. Stigmas 2, Dvate or oblong. 



3. CONVOLVULUS. Calyx naked or 2-bracteoled at base. Stigmas 2, linear-cylindrical. 



Tribe II. CKESSE^. Low, leafy shrubs, with linear, 2-plaited cotyledons, and 

 imbricated aestivation. 



4. CRESSA. Corolla 5-parted to middle. Leaves minute. Styles 2. 



Tribe III. CUSCUTE^. Leafless, parasitic twiners, without cotyledons, and 

 with spiral embryo. Calyx 4-5-cleft. 



Fia. 357. 



Fig. 257. (a) Stem of a Cuscuta, twining and parasitic on the stem of another plant, 

 with two clusters of flowers, (b) The coiled embryo, (c) The same uncoiling itself in 

 germination. 

 5. CUSCUTA. Calyx and corolla 5-cleft, the latter often urn-shaped in fruit. 



1. IPOMLiEA, L. Morning-Glory. 



Calyx 5-sepaled. Corolla broad-funnel-shaped, showy, 5-lobed or 

 repand, 5-plaited. Style 1, stigma capitate, generally 2-lobed. Ovary 

 2-3-4-celled, with 2 seeds in each cell. Capsule (in ours) 2-celled — 

 Twining, glabrous herbs or shrubs. 



1. I. littoralis, L. 2^ .3 to .5, trailing on the ground, rooting 

 by under surface of branches. Leaves fleshy, .01 to .03 long, oblong, 

 fiddle-shaped or ihree-lobed, lateral lobes often bifid, terminal oblong-ellip- 

 tical, all obtuse. Peduncles of 1-2 upper axils 1-flowered, shorter than 

 leaves; sepals elliptical, obtuse, mucronate; corolla .04 long, cream- 

 colored, 4-6 times as long as calyx ; lobes of stigma rounded ; capsule 

 .014 broad — Autumn — Sands along coast. 



