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CONVOLVULACE^. XVI. CONVOLVULUS. 



and of Candia, on dry hills. Willd. spec. 1. p. 871. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. grsec. t. 202. C. cneorum, Forsk. cat. segypt. p. 63. 

 no. 106. C. sericeus, Burm. ind. p. 49. t. 19. f. Z.I Tourn. 

 cor. 1. Flower-bearing branches simple from the base of the 

 old ones, very hairy. Leaves sessile. Floral or involucral 

 leaves 6, a little broader than the rest, very hairy. Peduncles 

 axillary, shorter than the leaves, hairy. Corolla villous outside, 

 white or reddish. 



Woolly Bind-weed. Shrub 1-2 feet. 



28 C. SALVIFOLIUS (Sieb. pi. cret. ex Link. enum. 1. p. 201.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, 

 nearly sessile, veiny, clothed with woolly villi ; flowers in lateral, 

 involucrated, sessile fascicles ; bracteas ovate ; sepals foliace- 

 ous, lanceolate. ^ . F. Native of Palestine. 



Sage-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1825. PI. 



29 C. SECU'NDUS (Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 553.) plant clothed 

 with rusty tomentum ; stem flexuous, a little branched ; leaves 

 sessile, lanceolate, unilateral on the branches ; heads of flowers 

 secund, numerous, nearly sessile ; flowers sessile, or on very 

 short pedicels. I/ . H. Native of the Levant, about Damascus. 

 Stem terete. Leaves furrowed from nerves an inch long. 

 Flowers 5-6 in a head. Bracteas intermixed with the calyxes, 

 and a little longer than them. Corolla rather villous outside, 

 size of those of C. cneorum. 



Secund-\eaved Bind-weed. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



30 C. OLEIFOLIUS (Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 552, exclusive of 

 var /3.) shrubby, silky ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; flowers capi- 

 tately umbellate, terminal, involucrated ; sepals lanceolate. b 

 H. Native of the Levant. Dorycnium, Pyrosp. Alp. exot. p. 

 73. This species is very nearly allied to C. cneorum ; but it 

 differs, in the sepals being twice longer, and lanceolate. Leaves 

 acutish, \\ inch long, and 2-3 lines broad. 



Olive-leaved Bind- weed. Shrub 1-2 feet. 



31 C. LINEA'RIS (Curt. hot. mag. 289.) erect, shrubby ; leaves 

 linear, acute, clothed with silky hairs ; flowers terminal, umbel- 

 lately panicled ; calyx hairy. fy F- Native of Spain and 

 South of France. Willd. spec. 1. p. 809. Conv. oleifblius, /3, 

 Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 552. D. C. fl. fr. suppl. no. 2752. 

 Conv. Tournefortii, Sieb Tourn. cor. p. 1. Plant silvery. 

 Flowers 3-6 together on long peduncles, girded by 8-4 brac- 

 teas, which are hardly longer than the calyxes. Corollas very 

 pale red. 



Z,tnear-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1770. Shrub 

 1 to 1 \ foot. 



32 C. PROLIFER (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 18.) shrubby, erect; 

 leaves linear, silky beneath ; heads of flowers terminal, and in 

 the forks of the branches ; bracteas ovate, very hairy outside. 

 Tj . F. Native of South America. Habit of C. Canldbrica. 

 Branches filiform, glabrous at bottom, and tomentose above, 

 bifid at apex. Superior leaves remote : lower ones crowded, 

 glabrous above. Heads of flowers size of a filbert. Bracteas 3 

 times broader than the leaves, acuminated, glabrous inside. 

 Flowers solitary in the axils of the bracteas. 



Proliferous Bind-weed. Shrub erect. 



33 C. FLORIDUS (Lin. suppl. 136.) plant shrubby, pros- 

 trate, hoary ; leaves linear-lanceolate, rather pilose ; thyrse 

 terminal, pyramidal, panicled; sepals ovate, concave, acute. 

 T; . G. Native of TenerifFe, on rocks. Jacq. coll. 1. p. 62. 

 icon. rar. t. 34. Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 224. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 873. Very like C. cneorum. Leaves attenuated at the base. 

 Peduncles branched, rising from the axils of the superior leaves, 

 the whole forming a large, ovate, thyrsoid panicle. Flowers 

 very numerous, small. Corolla pale red, or whitish, hairy out- 

 side. 



Flonery Bind-weed. . Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1779. Shrub 

 prostrate. 



* * * Annual plants. 



34 C. PILOSELLFOLIUS (Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 551.) plant 

 villous ; axillary branches floriferous ; leaves spatulate-lanceo- 

 late, sessile ; peduncles elongated, many-flowered (few-flowered, 

 ex Willd.), loosely racemose. . H. Native of the Levant, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 870. Tourn. cor. 1. Leaves and stems 

 green, but pilose. Peduncles 4-6-flowered ; bracteas small, 

 lanceolate. Sepals ovate, acute, villous, twice longer than the 

 corolla. Corolla small, campanulate. The Conv. ramosus, in- 

 canus, foliis pilosellse, Tour. cor. 84, is probably a syn. of this, 

 and therefore Conv. linearifblius, Mill. diet. no. 28. 



Pilosella-like Bind-weed. PI. prostrate. 



35 C. TRICOLOR (Lin. hort. cliff, p. 19.) stem declinate, terete, 

 beset with small, soft, white hairs ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, or 

 spatulate, hairy, ciliated; peduncles 1-flowered, bibracteate, 

 longer than the leaves ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acute. . H. 

 Native of Sicily, Spain, Portugal ; on the hills of Ajuda, near Lis- 

 bon ; and of the North of Africa. Willd. spec. 1. p. 874. Link, 

 fl. port. 1. p. 368. Curt, bot.mag. t. 27. St. Hil. 18. t. 3. Knip. 

 cent. 5. no. 26. Mor. hist. 2. p. 17. sect. 1. t. 4. f. 4. Corolla 

 rather large, with a yellowish throat, a blue limb, the rest white. 

 This is a very common annual in gardens. There is also a va- 

 riety with almost white flowers. 



Three-coloured-fiovtered Bind-weed. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 

 1629. PI. 1 foot. 



36 C. SHERA'RDI (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 2. p. 30.) trailing, 

 downy ; leaves elliptic, retuse at both ends, mucronate ; flowers 

 solitary, nearly sessile. 0. H. Native of Carolina, Catesby. 

 Nearly allied to Conv. trichosdnthes. 



Sherard's Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 



37 C. TRICHOSA'NTHES (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 137.) 

 plant trailing, downy ; leaves lanceolate-oblong, linear or oblong, 

 obtuse, mucronate, nearly sessile ; peduncles 1-5-flowered, 

 longer than the leaves ; sepals ovate, acute ; corolla short, cam- 

 panulate, hairy outside. Q. H. Native from Virginia to 

 Georgia, in sandy woods. Pursh. fl. 1. p. 143. Flowers small, 

 white. Capsule ovate, downy. 



Var. a, patens (Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 547. ill. 1. p. 453.) 

 plant filiform, erectish ; leaves linear, mucronate ; peduncles 

 spreading, longer than the leaves, usually 2 flowered. Q. H. 

 C. aquaticus, Walt. fl. carol, p. 94. 



Far. ft, tenellus (Lam. ill. 1. p. 459. Pursh, fl. 1. p. 143.) 

 twining ; leaves oblong-elliptic, obtuse, mucronate, nearly ses- 

 sile ; peduncles longer than the leaves, usually 2-flowered. 0. 

 H. C. humistr&tus, Walt. fl. carol, p. 94. Plukn. aim. t. 

 166. f. 4. 



Hairy-flowered Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 



38 C. PENTAPETALOIDES (Lin. syst. 3. p. 229.) plant pro- 

 strate, filiform ; stems rather hairy at top; lower leaves petiolate, 

 spatulate-lanceolate, obtuse, nearly naked, lined, ciliated : up- 

 per ones linear -cuneiform, sessile; peduncles short, 1-flowered, 

 rather pilose. . H. Native of Majorca, Calabria, and the 

 Grecian Islands. Willd. spec. 1. p. 867. exclusive of the syn. 

 of Jacq. Sibth et Smith, fl. grsec. t. 197. C. prostratus, Forsk. 

 descr. p. 203. Roth, beytr. 1. p. 121. abhandl. p. 11. no. 10. 

 t. 3. catalec. hot. 1. p. 392. p. 22. Tourn. inst. p. 83. Herb 

 very like C. tricolor, but smaller. Bracteas very small. Corolla 

 form of that of Conv. lineatus, but 3 times smaller, bluish, with 

 a yellow throat, and a semi 5-cleft limb. 



Five-petalled-like-fiov/ered Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1789. PI. trailing. 



39 C; MEONA'NTHA (Link, et Hoffm. fl. port. 1. p. 369.) stems 

 angular, downy at top, ascending ; leaves lanceolate, sessile, 

 with a few scattered hairs; peduncles 1-flowered, longer than 

 the leaves ; calyx with a few scattered hairs ; sepals oval, 



