218 ci. CONVOLVULACE.E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Convolvulus. 



on shortened branches; outer bracts ^ in., elliptic or ovate, not plicate, densely rusty - 

 tomentose. Sepals in. Corolla -f in., widely funnel-shaped, hairy on the folds 

 without. Fruit not seen. 



2. C. Aitchisoni, Clarke ; patently fulvous-hirsute, leaves fascicled 

 linear lower oblong, flowers capitate bracteate, sepals linear-lanceolate very 

 hirsute. C. lanuginosus, Aitch. Cat. Punjab. PL 98 ; ? of Lamk, 



PUNJAB ; Jhelum and Salt Eange, Aitchison. DISTRIB. Affghanistan. 



Eootstock woody, forming tufts ; annual flowering stems |-4 in. Radical leaves 

 1^ in., linear, or in small examples ^ in. oblong, densely patently hirsute on both 

 sides. Bracts f in., narrowly lanceolate. Sepals \ in. Corolla 1 in., wide-funnel- 

 shaped, hairy on the plaits without. Ovary glabrous. Fruit not seen. This cannot 

 be C. lanuginosus, Lamk. (Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 401), unless C. Calverti, Boiss. 

 (Fl. Orient, iv. 94), and several other intermediate species be united with it ; it is not 

 silky, but abundantly hirsute with hairs in. long. It is undoubtedly closely allied 

 to C. lanuginosus, Lamk. See Cav. Ic. ii. t. 189. 



3. C. microphyllus, Sieb.; Vis. PL JEg.-Nub. 12; fulvous-villous. 

 leaves linear-oblong or upper elliptic, flowers axillary or on short lateral 

 branches sessile 1-4 together, sepals \ in. lanceolate densely hirsute, corolla 

 scarcely in. hairy without. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 402 (syn. C. deserti 

 excl.}; Wight Ic. t. 1367; Dalz. Sf Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 164; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 103. 



SCINDE ; Stocks. GOOJERAT ; Dalzell. DISTRIB. Beloochistan to Egypt and 

 Nubia. 



Boot&tocJc woody ; stems 6-24 in., little divided, patently villous, often floriferous 

 from near the base. Leaves |-1 in., silky and villous in Sieber's example, subsessile. 

 Braets lanceolate, rufous-hirsute, shorter than the sepals. Corolla wide-funnel-shaped, 

 rose-yellow. Capsule scarcely | in., ovoid. Seeds glabrous. 



VAR. Boissieri ; stems and leaves adpressedly rusty-silky, flowers mostly solitary 

 axillary. C. sciudicus, Boiss. Diagn. 2, iii. 123, not of Stocks. Scinde ; Stocks, 

 Dateell. 



4. C. pluricaulis, Chois. "Convolv. Or. 95, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 403 

 (the Plains plant) ; thinly fulvous-hairy, leaves small linear, flowers 1-3 to- 

 gether axillary pedicelled, sepals | in. narrowly linear-lanceolate sparsely hairy, 

 corolla 55 in. hairy without. Evolvulus ferrugineus, Wall. Cat. 1316, the 

 JBehar example only. ? Ipomsea microphylla, Roth Nov. Sp. 112. 



Plains of HINDOSTA'N and BEHAR; Wallich, H.f. $ T., &c., frequent. 



Eootstock woody ; stems 3-6 in., slender, wiry, very thinly hairy. Leaves by 

 in., subsessile ; radical more spathulate, subpetioled. Pedicels 0- in. ; bracts 

 linear, small. Sepals with a linear elongation, so thinly hairy as to appear glabrous 

 to the naked eye. Corolla wide-funnel -sliaped, pale rose. Ovary glabrous. 



VAR. macra ; larger, more densely hairy, leaves oblong, sepals ^ in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate rufous-hirsute, corolla -$ in., seeds puberulous. Evolvulus pilosus, Roxb. 

 Fl. 2nd. ii. 106. E. ferrugineus, Wall. Cat. 1316. PUNJAB, common ; from 3000 ft. 

 alt. in Kashmir to Delhi ; Wallich, Boyle, Edgeworth, &c. Easily separable from C. 

 pluricaulis, but except in the larger corolla not distinguishable from C. microphyllus. 



5. C. rhyniospermus, Ifochst- Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 405; leaves 

 subsessile oblong sparsely hairy, -flowers clustered axillary, sepals lanceolate 

 subobtuse hirsute, corolla in." tubular, mouth narrow funnel-shaped. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1368. 



SCINDE ; Stocks, Dalzell. DISTRIB. Cordofan. 



Annual; stems 3-10 in., little divided, often flowering nearly their whole length. 

 Leaves ^-1 in. Flowers rarely solitary, peduncle 0-| in. ; bracts - ^ in., and sepals 

 ^ in., not acuminate. Corolla hairy without. Ovary glabrous. Capsule | in., ovoid. 



