CONVOLVULACE^. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY). 563 



long, 3-5-times as long as calyx — April to June — Fields and thickets; 

 common. 



Var. indivi§us, Post. Leaves crenate or serrate, or indistinctly 

 serrate-lobed — Hems; Aintab. 



19. C teiiiiis§m3ii§, S. et S. 2^ .5 to .8, appressed-silhy ; stems 

 diffuse or climbing. Lower leaves long-petioled, linear-plaited, cor- 

 date-ovate, obtusely repand-crenate ; upper pedately or palmately part- 

 ed into long, linear lobes. Peduncles 1-2-flowered, much longer than 

 leaves; pedicels as long as calyx or longer; bracts 7ninute; sepals ovate- 

 oblong, obtuse, scarious-margined, often mucronulate ; corolla pink, 

 4-5-j;imes as long as calyx — Spring — Rocky places; Kesruwan (Le- 

 banon). Probably a silky, much dissected variety of the last. 



20. C. stacliydifolius, Choisy. If .3 to .6, stems pubescent 

 with spreading or retrorse hairs, prostrate, fiexuous. Leaves appressed- 

 pubescent, sometimes glabrescent above, petioled, ovate-cordate, crenate- 

 lohed and more or less dentate. Peduncles 1-3-liowered, much longer 

 than leaves ; pedicels twice to thrice as long as calyx, at length refract- 

 ed; bracts long, awl-shaped; sepals elliptical , scarious margined, ob- 

 tuse or retuse, muticous; corolla purple, .02 to .025 long, four times 

 as long as calyx — Grassy places ; coast ; Moab to Hauran, Damascus, 

 Coelesyria, Aintab, and eastward. 



21. C. Palaestinws, Boiss. If -3 to 1, ap2iressed-tomentellous; 

 stems prostrate or decumbent. Leaves ovate-oblong, obtusely cordate- 

 auriculate, undulate-crenate, the lower long-petioled. Peduncles axil- 

 lary, 3-1-flowered, shorter than leaves or a little longer; pedicels as 

 long as calyx or shorter; bracts setaceous, minute; sepals oblong- 

 spathulate, obtuse, muticous; corolla yellow, four times as long as 

 calyx — Spring — Palestine. 



22. C Scaniinonia, L. If Scammony. Mahmudiyeh. Soqmu- 

 miyeh. 1 to 5, glabrous, from a long, fusiform root (the concrete juice 

 of which is the Scammony of the Materia Medica), climbing or trail- 

 ing. Petiole shorter than sagittate, entire or remotely serrate blade, 

 upper leaves sometimes linear. Peduncles longer than leaves, 3-1- 

 flowered; pedicels somewhat shorter than calyx; bracts minute, 

 scarious; sepals ovate, scarious-margined, obtuse or truncate, some- 

 times mucronate; corolla .03 long, cream-colored, reddish along plaits, 

 4-5 times as long as calyx — Summer and autumn — Hedges ; Gilead 

 to Galilee, Phoenician coast, Lebanon, Nusairy Mountains, Kurd Dagh, 

 Amanus, and northward. 



23. C. arTeiisi§, L. 2f Middeid. Wlleiq. .3 to 1, glabrous or 

 .pubescent, prostrate or climbing from a slender root-stock. Petiole 



shorter than sagittate or hastate, cordate-ovate, triangular-ovate to oblong 

 or linear, entire or repand-dentate blade. Peduncles usually longer 

 than leaves, 1-3-flowered; pedicels as long as calyx or longer; bracts 

 awl-shaped; sepals round-ovate, scarious-margined; corolla white or 

 pinJc, .02 long, 6-7 times as long as calyx — May to August — Common. 



24. C. €<Blesyriacus, Boiss. © .3 to .5, glabrescent or 

 sparingly hirtulous ; stems decumbent or ascending. Lower leaves pe- 

 tioled, cordate-reniform, undivided, obtuse, somewhat repand, inter- 

 mediate and upper dentate-lobed or parted into oblong to linear lobes, 



