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CONVOLVULACE^E. XVI. CONVOLVULUS. 



Scammony Bind-weed. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1596. PI. t\v. 



70 C. SIBTHORPII (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 285.) leaves 

 cordate -hastate, acuminated, pilose, angular at the base ; pedun- 

 cles generally 1-flovvered ; capsule hairy. If. . rv . H. Native of 

 the Island of Samos, and other Grecian Islands, in vineyards 

 and corn-fields. C. sagittifolius, Sibth. et Smith, fl. grace, t. 193. 

 but not of Michx. Tourn. cor. p. 1. Bocc. mus. t. 35. 

 Flowers white, or reddish white ; sepals hairy, ovate, acute. 

 Very nearly allied to C. Scammonia. 



Sibthorp's Bind-weed. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. PI. 

 twining. 



71 C. LOUREIRI ; stem branched, suffruticose, slender, pilose; 

 leaves sagittate-oblong, somewhat truncate at the base ; corollas 

 yellow, plicate, undivided ; peduncles long, terete, usually 4- 

 flowered ; bracteas lanceolate. ^ / ~ > - S. Native of Cochin- 

 china, in woods. C. Scammonia, Lour. coch. p. 106. 



'Loureiro's Bind-weed. Shrub tw. 



72 C. BONARIE'NSIS (Cav. icon. 5. p. 54. t. 480. f. 2.) stems 

 filiform, downy ; leaves hastate, cuneated at the base, terminating 

 each in a bristle ; peduncles generally 3-flowered, shorter than 

 the leave . %. r \ G. Native of Buenos Ayres, in plains. 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 470. Leaves petiolate ; middle lobe linear, 

 very long, 2 inches, obtuse, 2 lines broad: lateral ones very 

 short, with a tooth outside. Calyx length of the tube of the 

 corolla. Corolla small, white, variegated with red veins ; seg- 

 ments of the limb acute. 



Buenos Ayrean Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



73 C. ERUBE'SCENS (Sims, bot. mag. 1067. R. Br. prod, 

 p. 482.) plant rather pilose ; leaves hastate : hind lobes toothed 

 or cut : intermediate one lanceolate or linear, toothed or quite 

 entire; peduncles 1-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves ; sepals 

 equal, ovate, mucronulate, spreading ; capsule erect, 2-valved ; 

 seeds scabrous. $ . r> . G. Native of New South Wales, about 

 Port Jackson ; and of Van Diemen's Land. C. rubescens, 

 Poir. suppl. 3. p. 466. Corollas small, red. Nearly allied to 

 C. althceoldcs and C. bryonicefblius. 



Reddish-cowered Bind-weed. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1803. 

 PI. tw. 



74 C. REMOTUS (R. Br. prod. p. 483.) rather pilose from 

 adpressed hairs ; leaves hastate, linear-oblong, entire ; pedun- 

 cles 1 -flowered ; sepals equal, ovate, mucronulate ; seeds sca- 

 brous. 7. r> . G. Native of New Holland, on the South 

 coast. 



JRemole-]e&\-ed Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



75 C. GENICULA'TUS (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1826. p. 17. 

 pug. 1. p. 15.) radical leaves hastately-cordate, very blunt; 

 cauline leaves hastately-lanceolate, acute : auricles or hind lobes 

 angularly toothed; peduncles 1 -flowered, length of leaves, joint- 

 ed and bracteate in the middle, and thickened above ; calycine 

 segments reflexed at apex, mucronulate. 0. / "\ G. Native of 

 Australia. Stem angular, pilose. Leaves downy. Bracteas 

 linear-lanceolate. Corolla pale red, glabrous, 5-lobed, silky un- 

 derneath at the plicae ; lobes rounded. Capsule size of a pea. 



Jointed-pedunded Bind-weed. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 PI. tw. 



76 C. QUINQUEFLORUS (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 31. Willd. spec. 

 l.p. 862.) stems downy, terete; leaves sagittately ovate, atte- 

 nuated, glabrous, hoary, crenately sub-repand ; peduncles gene- 

 rally 5-flowered, length of leaves; sepals oblong, obtuse, mucro- 

 nate, rather villous. I/ . ^. S. Native of the Island of Bour- 

 bon. Hind lobes of leaves erect, truncated behind and uniden- 

 tate. Peduncles downy : upper ones 3-flowered. Lobes of 

 corolla bearded at top. Probably a species of Iponuxfa. 



Five-Jlorvered Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



77 C. RU'BER (Vahl, eclog. 2. p. 12.) glabrous; stems terete; 

 leaves sagittate, emarginate : hind lobes oblong, very blunt, di- 



varicate, quite entire ; peduncles length of leaves, bearing about 

 4 flowers in an umbel, which are at first sessile, but at length 

 pedicellate, involucrated by 2 ovate membranous leaves ; sepals 

 unequal, glabrous : 2 outer ones larger, mucronate. If. . / "\ S. 

 Native of Tropical America. Stem beset with piliferous dots. 

 Leaves 2 inches long. Bracteas oblong at the base of the pedi- 

 cels. Corolla purple. Perhaps a species of Ipomcea. 

 /fed-flowered Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



78 C. CRENATIFOLIUS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. t. 118. f. a.) 

 stems terete, downy ; leaves sagittate, acute, crenated ; pedun- 

 cles long, 10-1 1 -flowered, umbellate, involucrated at the base. 

 0. r *. S. Native of Peru, along with C. Hermdnnice. Poir. 

 suppl. 3. p. 470. Leaves petiolate, 3-4 inches long, crenate at 

 the base, but generally entire from the middle to the apex. 

 Bracteas on the pedicels, small, subulate. Corolla middle- 

 sized ; lobes acute, pilose at apex. Stamens exserted. Stigmas 

 flat. 



Crenate-leaved Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



79 C. CHERLE'RI (Agardh, ex Room, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 261.) glabrous; stems prostrate, angular; leaves hastately 3- 

 lobed : lobes linear, very narrow ; peduncles 1-flowered, length 

 of leaves ; sepals truncately rounded. !.? / "\ H. Native 

 near Malaga. Middle lobe of leaves 3-4 lines longer than the 

 lateral ones, obtuse, mucronate. Bracteas short, downy. Co- 

 rolla 3 times longer than the calyx. 



Cherler's Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



80 C. RUFE'SCENS (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 479.) 

 plant of a rufous rusty colour ; leaves hastately cordate, acute 

 at the apex, mucronulate, with sinuated edges : auricles cre- 

 nately-lobcd ; peduncles short, 1-3-flowered ; sepals ovate, acu- 

 minated, equal. Tf.. *"\ H. Native of the Nilligherry moun- 

 tains. Stem terete. Sepals ciliated : outer ones downy out- 

 side. Petioles villous. Capsule glabrous. Nearly allied to 

 C. atriplicifclius and C. crenalus, 



Rufescent Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



81 C. PANNIFOLIUS (Salisb. par. p. 20. Ait. hort. kew. 

 edit. 2d. vol. 1. p. 328.) canescent ; leaves cordately hastate, 

 hairy; peduncles generally 3-flowered ; bracteas linear, distinct 

 from the calyx ; sepals hairy, oblong, acute ; corollas large, pale 

 red. Tj . ^. G. Native of the Canary Islands. Ker. bot. reg. 

 222. 



Cloth-leaved Bind-weed. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 1805. Shrub 

 twining. 



82 C. LANUGINOSUS (Vahl, symb. 3. p. 23. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 847.) stem beset with rust-coloured hairs ; leaves on short 

 petioles, cordate-oblong, somewhat hastate ; clothed with very 

 soft, rusty, silky tomentum : auricles bidentate ; peduncles 3- 

 flowered, pilose ; the 3 outer sepals very hairy, ovate, acumi- 

 nated. If.. *"\ H. Native of the Levant. The two lateral 

 pedicels bibracteate, and the middle one bractless. Bracteas 

 lanceolate. Corolla nearly as in Conv. Scammonia, yellowish, 

 with a lanceolate purple ray outside of each lobe, clothed with 

 yellowish villi. 



Woolly Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



83 C. ? CORDIFOLIUS (Thunb. prod. p. 35.) downy ; leaves 

 cordately hastate, acuminated, toothed : hind lobes acute, divari- 

 cate, glabrous, hairy beneath ; peduncles bifid, umbellate, length 

 of leaves. 11.?^. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 857. Flowers small. Sepals ovate, acumi- 

 nated, glabrous. Corolla pale blue. 



Heart-leaved Bind-weed. PI. tw. 



84 C. HIRSU'TUS (Bieb. fl. taur. 1. p. 442. cent. pi. ross. 

 66.) plant clothed with white hairs ; leaves cordate, acute, sub- 

 hastate : auricles angularly toothed ; peduncles usually 3-flow- 

 ered, longer than the leaves ; sepals nearly equal, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, acuminated. If. . / ~ l . H. Native of the South of Tauria, 



