370 



THE DICTIONARY OF GARDENING, 



Convolvulus continued. 



C. bonariensls (Buenos Ayres). JL, corolla white, variegated 

 with red veins, small ; peduncles generally three-flowered, shorter 

 than the leaves. July. I. hastate, cuneated at the base, each 

 terminating in a bristle, petiolate ; middle lobe linear, 2in. long, 

 obtuse, two lines broad; lateral ones very short Chili, 1817. 

 Hardy deciduous. 



C. bryonirefolius (Bryony-leaved). A synonym of C. italicut. 



C. canariensifl (Canary Islands). /., corolla purplish-violet, 

 hairy outside, at length almost flat; peduncles many-flowered, 

 longer than the petioles ; calyx vUlous. June to September. I. 

 cordate, oblong, acute, downy. Stem terete, villous. Canary 

 Islands, 1690. Half-hardy evergreen. (B. M. 1228.) 



C. cantabricnB (Cantabrian).* JL, corolla pale red ; peduncles 

 usually two to three-flowered ; sepals narrow, very villous. 

 August. 1. oblong-lanceolate, acute. Plant beset with spreading 

 hairs. Stem branched, prostrate, h. 6in. to 1ft South Europe, 

 1680. Hardy deciduous. 



C. ehlnensls (Chinese).*/, at the upper part of the stem, axillary, 

 solitary, pointing one way ; corolla rotately funnel-shaped ; pe- 

 duncles spreading ; calyx greenish, much shorter than the corolla ; 

 limb large, purplish-crimson, marked in the disk with an un- 

 equally-pointed pale yellow star, surrounded by a purple halo. 

 I. firm, sub-coriaceous, greyish-green, hastate ; middle lobe elon- 

 gated, oblong, somewhat tapered, blunt, with a small point ; side 

 ones divaricate, short, quite entire ; petioles linear, channelled. 

 A. 2ft to 3ft. Root creeping. China. Hardy perennial The 

 flower expands during the night, or early in the morning, and 

 fades in the forenoon. (B. R. 322.) 



C. Cneorum (Cneorum).* /. capitate, on short peduncles ; co- 

 rolla light pink, hairy outside ; some of the bracts as large as 

 the leaves, hairy. May. I. lanceolate, clothed with silvery-silky 

 tomentum. Stem branched. A. 1ft. to 3ft. South Europe, 

 1640. Half-hardy shrub. (B. M. 459.) 



C. elongatus (trailing). /. white, small; corolla sub-rotate, rather 

 deeply flve-lobed ; peduncles axillary, solitary, filiform, tomen- 

 tosely villous, one to two-flowered ; calyx funnel-shaped, green ; 

 lobes rounded, slightly furred on the outside. July, August. 

 I. alternate, wide asunder, cordate, taper-pointed, thin, lively 

 green, about liin. in length and lin. across, beset with white 

 atomous dots, and bare on the upper side, slightly furred on 

 the under ; petioles round, many times shorter than the leaf. 

 Canary Islands, 1815. Hardy annual. (B. R. 498.) 



C. ernbesoens (erubescent).* fl. reddish-pink, small ; peduncles 

 one to three-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; sepals equal, ovate, 

 mucronulate, spreading. July to September. I. hastate ; hind 

 lobes toothed or cut; intermediate one lanceolate or linear, 

 toothed or quite entire. Plant rather pilose. Australia, 1803. 

 Greenhouse biennial. (B. M. 1067.) 



C. Herrmannln (Herrmann's). JL, corolla white, small ; limb 

 crenulated, acute; sepals ovate, acuminated, downy, nearly 

 equal ; peduncles two-flowered, longer than the petioles. August. 

 I. oblong-lanceolate, cordately sagittate at the base, obtuse, 

 mucronate, crenately repand. Plant tomentose, white. A. 5ft 

 Peru, 1799. Greenhouse evergreen. 



C. Italians (Italian). /., corolla reddish-purple, large; 

 peduncles long, one-flowered, articulated; sepals 

 ovate, acute. July. I., lower ones cordate, obtuse, 

 crenated or toothed ; upper ones somewhat pal- 

 mately seven-lobed ; middle ones long, toothed, or 

 lobed. Plant ,rather hispid, green. China, 1802. 

 Half-hardy evergreen. SYN. C. bryonicefolius. (B. R, 

 1847, xii.) 



C. lanuglnosus (woolly). JL, corolla yellowish, 

 with a lanceolate purple ray on the outside of each 

 lobe, clothed with yeUowish hairs ; peduncles three- 

 flowered, pilose; the three outer sepals very hairy, 

 ovate, acuminated. July. L shortly petiolate, cor- 

 date-oblong, somewhat hastate, clothed with very 

 soft, rusty, silky tomentum. Levant, 1816. Hardy 



a lineatns (lined).* JL, corolla pale reddish-purple, 

 hairy outride; sepals rather fofiaceous, silky; pe- 

 duncles one to two-flowered, shorter than the leaves. 

 June. I. lanceolate, petiolate, acute, silky, villous, 

 lined. Floriferous stems erect, simple, corymbose 

 at top. A. 6in. South Europe, 1770. Hardy de- 

 ciduous. 



C. major. The very common annual known by 

 this name is Ipomcea purpurea (which tee). ' 



C. maurltanicus (Mauritania^).* /. blue, with a 

 white throat and yellow anthers, small, about lin. 

 across ; calyx villous, with five linear divisions, two P 



of which are rather smaller than the others ; pe- 

 duncles one, two, or three-flowered. Summer. I. nearly ovate, 

 alternate, in two rows, on very short petioles. North Africa. 

 Plant covered with minute soft white hairs. Greenhouse (or 



Convolvulus continued. 



leaves; calyx of five ovate, acuminated sepals, of which 

 the three outer are more or less silky on the back ; stamens 

 five, within the tubular part of the corolla. August. I. ses- 

 sile, linear, rather acute, entire, one-nerved, clothed on both 

 sides, but especially beneath, with appressed, silky, white 

 hairs. South Africa. A very neat, Evolvulus-like species. 

 (B. M. 4065.) 



C. pannifolius (cloth-leaved).* /., corolla of a pale violet-purple, 

 white in the disk and tube, marked with five deeper stellate 

 folds, which are roughly pubescent on their under side ; peduncles 

 solitary, axillary, longer than the leaf, filiform, and rather hard, 

 divided upwards into cymes of three to twenty flowers ; calyx 

 several times shorter than the corolla, pubescent ; tube shorter 

 than the calyx. I. oblong-cordate, reticulately veined and 

 wrinkled underneath, with many pale varicose nerves ; petioles 

 shaggy. The native habitat of this species is doubtful, but, in 

 all probability, it is from the Canary Islands. A twining 

 greenhouse shrub, well adapted for conservatory decoration. 

 (B. R. 222.) 



C. pontapetaloldes (five-petaled-like). /., corolla bluish, small, 

 with a yellow throat, and a semi five-cleft limb ; peduncles short, 

 one-flowered. June. L, lower ones petiolate, spathulate-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, nearly naked, lined, ciliated ; upper ones linear- 

 cuneiform, sessile. Plant prostrate, creeping, filiform. Stem 

 rather hairy at top. h. 6in. South Europe, 1789. Hardy annual. 

 (S. F. G. 197.) 



C. persicus (Persian). JL, corolla white ; sepals ovate, inner ones 

 smaller ; peduncles one-flowered, length of leaves. June. L oval, 

 obtuse, on very short petioles, h. 1ft Persia, 1829. Hardy 

 deciduous. 



C. Scammonla.* Scammony. /., corolla cream-coloured, or 

 very pale red, large, campanulate ; sepals loose, glabrous, ovate, 

 repand, obtuse, point reflexed ; peduncles generally three-flowered, 



lone 



than the leaves. July. L cordate-sagittate, truncate 



behind. Stem angular. Levant, 1726. Plant glabrous. Hardy 

 deciduous. A gum-resin is obtained from the roots of this species 

 which is largely used in medicine as a purgative. 



C. scoparins (Broom-like). /., corolla white, hairy outside; 

 peduncles generally three-flowered; calyx silky; sepals ovate, 

 acute. August and September. L linear and rather pilose. 

 Stem terete, glabrous. Teneriffe, 1733. Shrub. The wood 

 of this species is hard and white, with radiating stripes. 

 (B. R. 1841, 43.) 



C. suffruticosus (sub-shrubby). /., inflorescence on three- 

 flowered peduncles, sometimes sub-divided, and with more 

 flowers, shorter than the leaf ; corolla white, with a yellow disk 

 and five purple lines answering to the same number of broader 

 villous ones on the outside, flatly expanded down to the short 

 tube within the calyx ; calyx three times shorter than the flower, 

 spreading above the middle, where the leaflets are broad and 

 ciliate. June and July. 1. deep green, elongatedly cordate, 

 tapered to a point, slightly pubescent on both sides, on the 

 upper appressedly so; petioles scarcely one-third as long. 

 . to 4ft. Madeira, 1788. A slender twining shrub. (B. R. 

 133, plate numbered 132.) 



C. ocellatns (eyed).* /corolla white, with a deep red-purple 

 eye; scarcely 1m. in diameter, with a short tube, a little 

 longer than the calyx, which gradually expands into a spread- 

 Ing five-angled limb ; peduncles rising from the axils of the 



509. FLOWERING STEM OF CONVOLVULUS TRICOLOR. 



C. tricolor (three-coloured).* The Dwarf Convolvulus of gar- 

 dens. /., corolla rather large, with a yellowish throat, a blue 

 limb, the rest white ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute ; peduncles 

 one-flowered, bibracteate, longer than the leaves. July to 

 September. I. ovate-lanceolate, or spathulate, hairy, ciliated. 

 Stem declinate, terete, beeet with small, soft, white hairs. A. 1ft 

 Sicily, Spain, and Portugal, 1629. See Fig. 509. (B. M. 27.) Of 

 this very popular hardy annual there are several varieties, differ- 

 ing principally in the colour of the flowers. 



