562 CONVOLVULACE.E. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY). 



lower surface, short-petioled, minutely and obtusely cordate-Jiastate, 

 the lower ovate, the upper oblong, acute. Head globular, on axillary 

 peduncles, longer than leaves, loosely racemed; bracts leafy, acuminate, 

 longer than calyx ; sepals villous, oblong, acuminate ; corolla white, 

 glabrous, scarcely as long as calyx — Ford of ed-Damieh (Jordan). 



14. C. piIoseIlaefoliu§, Desr. % .5 to .8 or more, branching 

 from neck, branches ascending or prostrate, more or less sparingly 

 appressed-hirsute, bearing flowering branches from middle up. Leaves 

 pale-green, hirsute, margin often repand-wavy, the lower oblong, 

 tapermg to a petiole, the upper sessile, lanceolate, acute, sometimes 

 subcordate at base. Flowers 1-5 together, cymulose, the cymes form- 

 ing a loose raceme, pedicels shorter "than calyx; sepals hairy, elliptical, 

 acute, herbaceous at tip; corolla pink, twice to thrice as long as calyx, 

 .01 to .013 long, hairy at angles; capsule ovate, glabrous — April to 

 July — Waste places ; el-Ghor ; Qaryetein. 



15. C. Oalaficus, Rostan. If .3 to .6, densely silky-woolly, 

 flexuous. Lesives more or less 2ylaited, cuneate-ovate to ovate-cordate, .03 

 to .03 long, sinuate-margined, often obscurely 8-D-lobed, the upper- 

 most acute. Peduncles axillar}'-, as long as leaf or longer, 1-3-flowered; 

 pedicels about as long as calyx ; bracts setaceous; sepals ovate-elliptical, 

 short-acuminate; corolla .02 long, imr^le, 3-4-times as long as calyx; 

 seeds netted- wrinkled — Spring — Grassy places ; Aintab, Marash, and 

 northward. 



Var. albilloru§, Post. Indument finer. Flowers white — Aintab ; 

 Marash. ((7. GermanicioR, Boiss. et Haussh.). 



16. C. liirsiitii§, Stev. If .6 to 1, more or less hirsute with 

 yellowish hair, decumbent or climbing. Lamina of leaves as. long as 

 petiole to four times as long, oNong- cordate to cordate-hastate, auricles 

 entire or dentate-lobed. Peduncles much longer than leaves, 3-1- 

 flowered; pedicels as long as calyx or longer; bracts linear; sepals 

 ovate-oblong, acuminate or obtuse and mucronate ; corolla .02 to .03 

 long, pinkish or yellowish, four times as long as calyx ; seeds tubercled 

 — Spring — Fields and hedges; common. 



Var. toiiieiitosu§, Boiss. Leaves 'pannous-silky — Lebanon. 



17. C stenopliyllus, Boiss. If .6 to 1, appressed-tomentel- 

 lous, decumbent. Leaves cordate-auricled to hastate at base, with 

 wavy, crenate, or serrate-lobed margins, the lowest cordate to oblong, 

 long-petioled, the upijer or all linear-lanceolate to linear. Peduncles 3-1- 

 flowered, as long as leaves or longer ; pedicels about as long as 

 calyx; bracts minute, awl-shaped; sepals jovate, obtuse, sometimes 

 mucronate; corolla yelloio, .02 long, four times as long as calyx — May 

 and June — Bushy places; Lebanon and Antilebanon, and Phoenician 

 plain. 



18. C althceoidc§, L. If .5 to 1, appressed-villous or hirsute, 

 diffuse or climbing. Lower leaves long-petioled, cordate-ovate, obtuse- 

 ly crenate or lobed; upiyer pedate-cleft or pai'ted, with oblong to linear^ 

 entire to dentate lobes. Peduncles much longer than leaves, 1-2-flower- 

 ed ; pedicels longer than calyx ; bracts setaceous ; sepals ovate-oblong, 

 scarious-margined, sometimes mucronulate; corolla ^n'/z/?:;, .02 to .03 



