CalystegiaJ] ci. CONVOLVULACE^}. (C. B. Clarke.) 217 



Bomb. Fl. 163. Shuteria bicolor, Chois. Convolv. Or. 104, and in DC. Prodr. 

 ix. 435 ; Fl. des Serres, t. 421. Ariseia Afzelii, G. Don. Gen. Syst. iv. 295. A. 

 bracteata, Hassk. PI. Jan. Rar. 516. 



S.E. INDIA from Assam and Bombay to the Carnatic and Malacca ; frequent. 

 DISTRIB. Malaya, Tropical Africa. 



Perennial, pubescent or nearly glabrous. Stems twining. Leaves 2-4 in., some 

 angular or lobed ; petiole ^ in. Peduncles ^-5 in., 1- or oftener few-fld. ; bracts - 

 in., narrowly lanceolate, a little below the calyx. Sepals - in., ovate, inner lanceo- 

 late, pubescent ; in fruit enlarged, subscariose, reticulate. Corolla 1 in., somewhat 

 widely campanulate, or shortly 5-lobed, hairy without. Capsule in., subglobose, 

 hairy. 



8. CALYSTEQIA, JR. Br. 



Prostrate or twining herbs, glabrous or nearly so. Leaves entire or lobed. 

 Peduncles 1-fld. ; bracts 2, large, enclosing the calyx, persistent. Sepals ovate 

 or oblong, inner rather smaller. Corolla funnel-shaped or campanulate ; limb 

 5-plaited, subentire. Stamens included. Ovary 1- (or imperfectly 2-)-celled, 

 4-ovuled j style filiform, stigmatic lobes 2, shortly oblong. Capsule globose, 

 1-celled, normally 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous. Species 7-8, in the warm and 

 temperate regions of both hemispheres. 



1. C. hederacea, Wall. Cat. 1328, and in Roxb. Fl Ind. ed. Carey $ 

 Wall. ii. 94 ; leaves cordate or sagittate entire or lobed, corolla 1 in. subcam- 

 panulate pink-purple. Chois. Convolv. Or. 103, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 434. C. 

 acetosaefolia, Turcz. Fl. Baic.-Dahur. 2, ii. 289, in note. Convolvulus Walli- 

 chianus, Spreng. Syst. cures post. 61. C. acetosaefolius, Turcz. in Bull. Mosc. 

 1840, 73. 



NORTH INDIA from the Punjab and Nepal to Penang, exclusive of the Deccan and 

 Ceylon ; abundant in the plains of Bengal. DISTRIB. China, Amur-land, Cabul. 



Prostrate as a weed of cultivation and climbing 6 ft. in bushes. Leaves 1-3 in., 

 very irregular in form ; petiole 1 in. Peduncles 2 in. ; bracts in. ovate. Sepals % 

 in., oblong, obtuse, glabrous. Capsule ^ in., ovoid, subacute, glabrous. 



9. CONVOl.VUl.irS, Linn. 



Herbs or undershrubs, erect prostrate or twining, sometimes spinous. 

 Leaves entire, toothed or lobed. Peduncles axillary, 1- many-fid. ; bracts narrow, 

 rarely wide prominent. Sepals subequal, or the outer wider. Corolla cam- 

 panulate, limb 5-plaited, nearly entire. Stamens included. Ovary 2-celled, 

 4-ovuled ; style filiform ; stigmas 2, distinct, oblong or linear. Capsule globose, 

 2-celled, 4-valved, or breaking irregularly, normally 4-seeded. Seeds glabrous, 

 usually smooth. Species 150, tropical and temperate. 



* Erect or diffuse, not twining (except sometimes C. glomeratus'), stigmas 

 Jiliform, nearly as long as, or longer than the style. 



l.C. scindicus, Stocks in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 173, not of Boiss. Diagn. ; 

 a tomentose, small, rigid, branched undershrub, leaves small spathulate or ellip- 

 tic plicate, flowers capitate bracteate, sepals lanceolate densely rufous-hirsute, 

 ovary glabrous. Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 90. C. brachyphyllus, Boiss. Diagn. 2, 

 iii. 122. 



SCINDE ; on rocks, Stocks. 



Height 1-2-ft. ; branches fulvous-tomentose, tips in age subspinescent. Leaves 

 |- in., subentire, very thick, nerves impressed ; petiole 0-i in. Heads mostly sessile 



