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acutish. O- H. Native of Portugal, in calcareous places about 

 Coimbra. C. tricolor, p. minor, Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 268. Leaves 

 narrowed at the base. Bracteas obsolete. Corolla pale blue, 

 with a yellowish bottom. Very nearly allied to C. tricolor, but 

 differs in the corollas being smaller, paler, in the obsolete brae- 

 teas, and hairiness. 



Small-flonered Bind-weed. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. \ to 

 1 foot. 



40 C. STIUCTUS (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1823. p. 17. pug. 1. 

 p. 15.) stems nearly simple, straight, villous ; lower leaves obo- 

 vate-spatulate : superior ones lanceolate, spreadingly pilose ; 

 sepals unequal, foliaceous ; bracteas shorter than the calyx ; pe- 

 duncles 1 -flowered, villous, shorter than the leaves. O- H. 

 Native of Egypt. Calyx woolly. Corolla funnel-shaped, white ; 

 tube length of calyx ; limb pale rose-coloured at the plicae. 

 Capsule ovate, pilose at apex, length of calyx. 



Straight Bind-weed. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1822. PI. to 

 i foot. 



41 C. UNDILA'TUS (Cav. icon. 3. p. 39. t. 277. f. 1. ann. des 

 cienc. nat. 3. p. 17.) stems prostrate, terete, rather villous; 

 leaves spatulate, obtuse, sessile, pilose : flowers axillary, solitary, 

 sessile; sepals oblong-ovate, acute, villous. O- H. Native of 

 Tunis, near Sbiba ; in the Island of Cyprus ; also near Tangier ; 

 Spain, about the canal near Madrid. C. humilis, Jacq. coll. 4. 

 p. 209. t. 22. f. 3. C. evolvuloides, Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 176. t. 

 49. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 198. C. ciliatus, Roth, catalec. 

 1. p. 39. 2. p. 22. Pers. ench. 1. p. 180. Willd. enum. 1. p. 

 205. C. decumbens, Ortega. Stems reddish. Leaves villous, 

 usually undulated, spatulate, ex Desf. Corolla longer than the 

 calyx, with a red and white limb, and a yellow tube, ex Cav. 

 blue, ex Desf. blue, with a white throat, ex Smith. Capsule 

 villous. 



L'ndulated-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1816. 

 PI. prostrate. 



2. Leaves cordate. Annual plants. 



42 C. SICULUS (Lin. spec. p. 223.) stems trailing ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate : superior ones acute, all hairy ; peduncles 1- 

 flowered, shorter than the leaves ; bracteas lanceolate, below 

 the calyx ; sepals hairy, ovate, acute. O- H. Native of Sicily ; 

 Spain, in Valencia ; Island of Hieris ; Peloponnesus ; Candia, in 

 shady mountains ; as well as of Mauritania and Teneriffe. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 866. Lam. diet. 3. p. 540. Sibth. et Smith, fl. 

 graec. t. 196. Ker. hot. reg. 445. Bocc sic. p. 89. t. 48. 

 Tourn. inst. 83. Stems filiform, angular, beset with adpressed 

 hairs above, and spreading ones at bottom. Corolla small, 

 blue, with a white throat. Stem twining a little. 



Sicilian Bind-weed. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1640. Plant i to 

 1 foot. 



43 C. ELONGA'TUS (Willd. enum. 1. p. 205.) leaves cordate- 

 ovate, cuspidate; peduncles 1-2-flowered, longer than the leaves; 

 bracteas linear-subulate, shorter than the pedicels ; calyxes 

 ciliated. H. Native of the Canaries. Ker. bot. reg. t. 498, 

 C. pseudo-Siculus, Cav. descr. p. 97. Very like Conv. Siculus, 

 but differs in the leaves being broader ; in the bracteas not being 

 close to the calyx. Corolla white, having the tube yellow in- 

 side. Stems twining a little. 



/ongaferf-peduncled Bind-weed. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



44 C. UNILATERA'LIS (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4 p. 284.) 

 stems decumbent, diffuse ; leaves cordate, acuminated ; pedun- 

 cles secund, very long; flowers subumbellate ; sepals equal, 

 ovate, bluntish. Q.I S. Native of Peru, on sandy hills ; as 

 between Santa Rosa and Yazo, in the valley of Canta. C. secun- 



dus, Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 10. t. 117. f. 6. Poir. suppl. 3. 

 p. 472. but not of Desr. in Lam. diet. Leaves petiolate, as 

 long as broad, white beneath, acute or obtuse, with an eraar- 

 ginate point. Pedicels bracteate ; bracteas small, subulate. Co- 

 rolla rather large, blue. Stamens exserted. Stigmas flat. 

 t~mVa/era/-flowered Bind-weed. PI. decumbent. 



45 C. ? EBRACTEATUS (Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 541.) stem 

 slender, twining a little ; leaves cordate-sagittate, blunt behind ; 

 peduncles 1, rarely 2-flowered, bractless, shorter than the pe- 

 tioles ; outer sepals the broadest. O- H. Native country un- 

 known. Pers. ench. 1. p. 180. Very similar to C. Sicu'lus at 

 first sight ; but the leaves and whole plant are larger, and beset 

 with short white hairs. Corolla small, white. Stigmas 2, glo- 

 bular. Perhaps a species of Ipomcea. 



Bractless Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 



3. Leaves cordately lobed, or hastate. Annual and perennial 



plants. 



46 C. IMPERA'TI (Vahl, syrob. 1. p. 17.) glabrous, trailing, 

 creeping ; leaves panduriform or entire, emarginate, cordate at 

 the base ; peduncles 1 -flowered, length of leaves, sometimes 

 twin ; sepals ovate, obtuse, rather transparent. I/ . H. Native 

 along the Mediterranean Sea ; and of the kingdom of Naples and 

 Mauritania. Willd. spec. 1. p. 896. C. stoloniferus, Desr. in 

 Lam. diet. 3. p. 553. Cyr. pi. rar. fasc. 1. p. 14. t. 5. Ipo- 

 mce'a stolonifera, Poir. diet. 6. p. 20. C. sinuatus, Petagn. 

 inst. bot. 2. p. 553. Mor. hist. 2. sect. 1. p. 15. t. 7. Barrel. 

 obs. p. 33. icon. 856. Convolvulo Marino Imperati, no. 671. 

 p. 767. Leaves usually lobately palmate, ex Pentagna, 1. c. 

 Bracteas small. Corolla large, campanulate, cream-coloured. 

 Plant lactescent. Very like Calystegia soldanella. 



Imperati' s Bind-weed. PI. creeping. 



47 C. ? SAGITTA V TUS (Thunb. prod. 35.) glabrous ; stems fili- 

 form, prostrate ; leaves lanceolate-sagittate : hind lobes acute, 

 deflexed; peduncles 1-floxvered, longer than the leaves. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. spec. 1. p. 877. Sepals 

 ovate, obtuse, concave, equal, glabrous. Corollas small, clothed 

 with rusty villi outside. 



Sagittate-\eaved Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 



48 C. ? HI'BTUS (Mill. diet. no. 10. Willd. spec. 1. p. 875.) 

 stem and petioles pilose; leaves cordate and subhastate, villous; 

 peduncles many-flowered ; pedicels naked ; flowers alternate, 

 pedicellate, having a small lanceolate bractea on each pedicel. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



Hairy Bind-weed. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1806. PI. twin- 

 ing. ? 



49 C. CAPE'NSIS (Willd. spec. 1. p 877.) stems ascending, 

 glabrous : leaves linear, hastate at the base : lobes divaricate, 

 small, glabrous, semibifid ; peduncles 1 -flowered, length of 

 leaves ; stems decumbent, villous ; sepals ovate, acuminated, 

 equal. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. C. hastatus, 

 Thunb. prod. p. 55. Corolla large, downy outside. 



Cape Bind-weed. PI. trailing. 



50 C. SUBLOBA'TUS (Lin. suppl. p. 135.) procumbent, pilose; 

 lower leaves cordate : superior ones repandly toothed at apex ; 

 flowers capitate, usually 3 in a head, surrounded by a 6-leaved 

 involucrum. O- H. Native of India. Willd. spec. 1. p. 877. 

 Corolla large. 



Sublobate-lesved Bind-weed. PI. procumbent. 



51 C. ? EDU'LIS (Thunb. jap. p. 84.) stem creeping, angular; 

 leaves cordate, entire, or 3-lobed, glabrous. 11 . G. Native of 

 Japan, Willd. spec. 1. p. 875. Tubers large, fleshy, as in 

 Batatas edulis, or sweet potatoe, eatable, of a very pleasant fla- 

 vour. Perhaps only a variety of batatas edulis. 



