Morning-glory Family 309 



filiform, oblong or ovoid. Capsule globose or nearly so, 

 i-4-celled, 2-4-valved. 



* Bracts remote from the calyx, small, subulate. 



1. C. arvensis L. Perennial, prostrate; the stems 3-10 dm. 

 long; leaves oblong, sagittate or hastate, 2.5-5 cm. long, the 

 basal lobes short; pedicels 1-3-fl owered , with a pair of subulate 

 bracts near the base ; corolla white with a tinge of purple on the 

 outside, neither lobed nor angled ; stigma filiform. 



Occasional in cultivated fields and waste places. May-November. 



* Bracts usually embracing the calyx, foliaceous. 



2. C. Soldanella L. Low, glabrous, slightly succulent; stems 

 15-30 cm. long, prostrate; leaves reniform, deep green and shin- 

 ing, 2.5-5 cm. long; corolla 4 cm. broad, pinkish; capsule 

 1-celled; stigma ovate-oblong, thickish. 



On the sandy beaches along the seashore. May-June. 



3. C. repens L. Stems from a horizontal slender running 

 rootstock, 6-10 dm. long, twining or more commonly prostrate; 

 herbage from minutely to tomentose-pubescent ; leaves sagittate, 

 obtuse or acutish, the basal lobes obtuse or rounded, entire; 

 bracts ovate-cordate acute, completely enfolding the calyx; 

 corolla pinkish, 5 cm. long or more; stigma oblong. 



In moist meadows in the coast region. 



4. C. occidentalis Gray. Glabrous or minutely pubescent; 

 stems freely twining over shrubs; leaves slender-petioled, from 

 angular-cordate with a deep and narrow sinus to sagittate or the 

 upper hastate; the basal lobes often 1-2-toothed; peduncles 

 elongated, surpassing the leaf, 1-3-flowered ; bracts at base of the 

 calyx ovate or obscurely cordate, rnembranaceous, equaling it or 

 somewhat longer, mostly obtuse ; corolla campanulate-funnelform, 

 white or pinkish, 3-5 cm. long; stigma linear. 



Common in the chaparral belt in all our foothills and mountains. 



5. C. occidentalis tenuissimus Gray. Much resembling the 

 typical form; leaves narrowly hastate or sagittate; the middle 

 and basal lobes mostly narrowly lanceolate ; bracts ovate-oblong 

 or ovate-lanceolate, acute or acuminate. 



Frequent in the San Gabriel and Santa Ana Mountains, south to San 

 Diego. 



