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CONVOLVULACE/E. X\ 7 I. CONVOLVULUS. 



towards the Caspian sea, and Sallian, near the Karavansarai 

 Eszek. 



Erinaceous Bind-weed. Shrub dwarf. 



4 C. ERIA'KTHUS (Willd. herb, ex Spreng, syst. 1. p. 610.) 

 stems decumbent, branched, woolly ; leaves linear, elongated, 

 attenuated at the base, nearly naked; peduncles elongated, 1- 

 flowered ; sepals acute, and are, as well as the corollas, woolly 

 outside. Tl . H. Native of North America. 



Woolly-flowered Bind-weed. PI. decumbent. 



5 C. ROTTLERIA'NUS (Choisy, 1. c.) stem simple, biennial ; 

 leaves linear, acute, almost sessile, clothed with rusty hairs on 

 both surfaces ; peduncles 2-flowered, at first short, but at length 

 elongated ; sepals ovate, acuminated, very acute : outer ones 

 rather the longest, hairy ; corolla very small. I/ . ? G. Native 

 of Madura. Retzia pilosa, Rottl. herb, ex Wall. cat. no. 6669. 

 Stems very leafy the first year, clothed with rusty hairs, as well 

 as the peduncles, branchlets, and leaves. Corolla tubular, clothed 

 with rusty hairs outside at apex, ending in 5 taper points. 

 Ovarium glabrous. Nearly allied to Conv. lineatus. 



Rattler's Bind-weed. PI. f foot. 



6 C. LINEA'TUS (Lin. spec. p. 224.) root creeping ; floriferous 

 stems erect, simple, corymbose at top ; leaves lanceolate, petiolate, 

 acute, silky, villous, lined ; peduncles 1 -2-flowered, shorter than 

 the leaves ; sepals rather foliaceous, silky ; corolla hairy outside. 

 Tl . H. Native of Spain, Italy, by the Mediterranean Sea, and 

 of Greece. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 199. Conv. spicaefolius, 

 Desr. in Lam. diet. 1. p. 549. Mor. hist. 2. p. 17. sect. \\ t. 

 4. f. 2. bad. Barrel, icon. t. 311. Triumf. obs. 91. t. 90. f. 2. 

 Tourn. cor. p. 1. Leaves narrowed at the base. Peduncles 

 bibracteate. Flowers pale reddish purple. 



Zi'ned-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1714. PI. 

 5 to i foot. 



7 C. BESSE'RI (Spreng syst. 1. p. 610. Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 226.) 

 leaves spatulate, running into the petioles, silky, lined ; pedun- 

 cles very short, mostly 2-flowered ; sepals ovate, acute ; stem 

 suffruticose. ^ . H. Native of Siberia, in sandy places, at the river 

 Bekum, near Loktewsk ; and of Podolia. Conv. lineatus, Bieb. 

 fl. cauc. 1. p. 146. Bess. enum. pi. volh. p. 43. no. 1352. 



Besser's Bind-weed. Shrub small, 5 to | foot. 



8 C. GERA'RDI (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 294.) root 

 creeping ; stem villous, weak ; branches very short ; leaves 

 lanceolate, dilated and obtuse, silky ; peduncles axillary and 

 terminal, 2-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; sepals small, 

 ovate, acute, silky ; corolla villous outside. 1. H. Native of 

 Spain, and the south of France. Ger. prov. p. 317. no. 3. 

 Conv. lineatus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 553, exclusive of the 

 synonymes. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2750. Conv. Cneorum /3, Goiian, 

 hort. monsp. p. 94. Barrel, icon. t. 311. Munting, p. 29. t. 

 110. Tourn. inst. p. 84. Stems rather angular. Lower leaves 

 approximate. Calyx with 2 small bracteas under it. Corolla 

 middle sized, a little spreading, rufescent. 



Gerard's Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. foot. 



9 C. INTERME'DIUS (Lois. not. p. 40. journ. de bot. 2. p. 264.) 

 root creeping ? ; stems erect, simple ; leaves lanceolate, downy ; 

 peduncles axillary and terminal, 1 -2-flowered, about equal in 

 length to the leaves; bracteas twin, longer than the calyx. If.. 

 H. Native of France, near Avignon. C. lineatus, ft, Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 474. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. p. 423. Very like C. 

 lineatus, but differs in being clothed with short down, not silky, 

 and the stems 8-10 inches, and more, high. It is also allied to 

 C. Cantdbrica, but the stems are not branched, as in that plant, 

 and the peduncles are shorter. Corollas purple or white. 



Intermediate Bindweed. PI. f foot. 



10 C. SCOPA'RIUS (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 213.) stem shrubby; 

 branches twiggy ; leaves linear, rather pilose ; peduncles gene- 

 rally 3-flowered ; calys silky ; sepals ovate, acute. ^ G. 



Native of Teneriffe, on the mountains near the town of Santa 

 Cruz. Willd. spec. 1. p. 872. Vent, choix. t. 24. Habit of a 

 species of Spartium or Genista. Stem terete, glabrous. Leaves 

 short, remote. Racemes terminal, somewhat secund. Corolla 

 white, hairy outside. Wood hard and white, with radiating 

 stripes ; and is, perhaps, according to Lin. the Lignum Rhodium 

 of the shops. Capsule 1-celled, 1-seeded, dehiscing at the base. 



Broom-like Bind- wood. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1733. Shrub. 



11C. FRONDOSUS (Willd. herb, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 610.) 

 leaves oblong- subspatulate, obtuse, mucronulate, clothed with 

 stellate down when young, as well as the branches ; peduncles 

 usually 4-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; sepals glabrous, 

 acutish. ^ . F. Native country unknown. 



Leafy Bind-weed. PI. erect, suffruticose. 



12 C. O3NOTHERO1DES (Lin. suppl. 157.) shrubby, erect; 

 leaves linear, canescent ; peduncles axillary, erect, 1 -flowered: 

 sepals lanceolate, glabrous, hoary. Jj . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 1. p. 872. Habit of (Enothera 

 mollissima. Stem terete, reddish. Peduncles at the tops of the 

 stems. Bracteas subulate, recurved. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 large, fulvous. 



Evening-Primrose-like Bind-weed. Shrub erect. 



13 C. HELIANTHEMIFOLIUS (Poir. diet. 3. p. 465.) shrubby, 

 villous ; leaves sessile, small, narrow-lanceolate, acute ; flowers 

 small, almost solitary ; calyx villous ; sepals lanceolate, acute. 

 fj . G. Native of America. Conv. minimus, Vittm. summ. pi. 

 l.p. 431. Gmel. syst. veg. l.p. 341. Plum. amer. mss. t. 6. f. 

 47. Tourn. cor. 84. Plant densely clothed with cinereous 

 down or villi. Stem divided from the base into many short, 

 spreading branches. Peduncles filiform, villous, length of 

 leaves, 1- rarely 2-flowered. Corolla blue. 



Sun-rose-leaved Bind-weed. Shrub \ foot. 



14 C. HOLOSERICEA (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 117. cent. pi. ross. 

 t. 24.) the whole plant clothed with shining, silky hairs ; leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, bluntish ; peduncles usually 1 -flowered, longer 

 than the leaves ; sepals ovate, acute : the 3 outer ones in- 

 flately gibbous in the disk. }/ . H. Native of Tauria, on 

 calcareous mountains, along with C. sardtilis. C. procumbens, 

 Pall. ind. Bracteas linear, about equal in length to the calyx. 

 Flowers a little larger than those of C. Donjcnium. Corolla 

 milk-coloured, silky outside. 



Silky Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. pros- 

 trate. 



15 C. DORY'CNIUM (Lin. spec. 224.) stem shrubby, dichoto- 

 mously panicled ; branches stiff; flowers sessile, solitary, ter- 

 minating the branches lateral, and in the forks of the branches; 

 leaves lanceolate, villous, sessile ; sepals nakedish, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate. fj . H. Native of the Levant; Candia, near Canea ; and on 

 road sides, about Corinth. Willd. spec. 1. p. 871. Desr. in Lam. 

 diet. 3. p. 548. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 201. Tourn. inst. 

 p. 81. Habit different from other species of Convolvulus. Corolla 

 campanulate, spreading, villous outside, 3-4 times longer than 

 the calyx, rose roloured. 



Dorycnium-like Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 1| foot. 



16 C. SUFFRUTICOSUS (Desf. all. 1. p. 175. t. 48.) suffruticose, 

 villous ; stems ascending ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, acuminated, 

 peduncles 1- flowered, 3 times longer than the leaves; sepals 

 villous, ovate-oblong, acute. I/ . H. Native of Atlas, near 

 Tlemsen ; and of Greece. Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 135. This 

 species differs from C. Cantdbrica, in the stem being suffruti- 

 cose ; in the corolla being twice or thrice larger, beset with 

 spreading, not adpressed hairs. Corolla pale red or white. 

 Stems tufted. Bracteas setaceous. 



Suffruticoie Bind-weed. Shrub 1 foot. 



17 C. CANTA'BRICA (Lin. spec. 225.) plant beset with spread- 



