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two outer oblong, rigid, larger than the rest ; corolla hirsute, 

 small. Native of Arabia. 



82. Convolvulus Imperati. Leaves panduriform, or entire, 

 emarginate, cordate at the base ; peduncles one-flowered ; 

 stem creeping; calix smooth, with oblong leaflets. Native 

 of the sandy shore at Bagnoli, near Naples ; flowering in ; 

 August and September. 



83. Convolvulus Arenarius. Leaves oblong, emarginate, 

 lobed at the base, or entire; peduncles one-flowered; co- 

 rollas tubular; stem twining. The whole'plant is smooth ; 

 stems decumbent : corollas tubular, not bell-shaped. Native 

 of the Azores, or Western Islands. 



84. Convolvulus Wheleri. Leaves sagittate, roundish, 

 behind, and entire; peduncles round, one-flowered. This 

 species varies with ovate leaves, having straight, shorter, 

 rounded, lanceolate ears, or a little divaricate and lanceolate 

 on the same plant. Native of Spain, by the lake Albufeda, 

 in the kingdom of Valencia. 



85. Convolvulus Lanuginosus. Leaves cordate-oblong, 

 subhastute, silky, tomentose; ears toothed ; peduncles three- 

 flowered. Stem hairy, herbaceous, twining, pale; corolla 

 almost like that of Scammony, yellowish, having on the out- 

 sick a lanceolate purplish line, with a pile of yellow hairs -to 

 each lobe of the border ; style bifid. Probably a native of 

 the Levant. 



86. Convolvulus Incanus. Silky, tomentose : leaves lan- 

 ceolate, sagittate, blunt, somewhat toothed at the base ; pe- 

 duncles two-flowered. Stem twining, herbaceous, round ; 

 the potioles only one-fourth of the length of the leaf ; pedun- 

 cle the same length with the leaves ; corolla villose on the 

 outside. Native of America. 



87. Convolvulus Emarginatus. Leaves lanceolate, the lower 

 ones emarginate, mucronate ; peduncles one-flowered, outer 

 calicine leaflets semiovate, large. Stem twining, rooting at 

 the bottom, muricated upwards with little spines, and having 

 minute hairs thinly scattered over it at top, even. Native of 

 the East Indies. 



88. Convolvulus Filicaulis. Leaves linear, lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, mucronate, dilated and toothed at the base ; calicine 

 leaflets oblong. Stem herbaceous, filiform, twining, branched) 

 stigma simple, bluntish. Found by Isert in Guinea. 



89. Convolvulus Angustifolius. Leaves linear, hastate, 

 obtuse, mucronate, smooth ; ears almost quite entire ; pedun- 

 cles one-flowered. Stem filiform, twining, smooth, branched ; 

 leaves petioled, an inch or rather more in length ; ears lance- 

 olate, acute, sometimes straight; stigma bifid. Native of 

 the East Indies. 



90 Convolvulus Dentatus. Leaves hastate, smooth ; ears 

 toothed ; peduncles many-flowered, muricate. Stem twining, 

 round, smooth. Native of the East Indies. 



91. Convolvulus Bracteatus. Leaves cordate, almost 

 entire., and three-lobed, hastate, attenuated ; peduncles one- 

 flowered, outer calicine leaflets bracte-shaped. Stem her- 

 baceous, twining, with short hairs thinly scattered over it; 

 leaves two inches long, veined ; corolla villose on the outer 

 side. Native of the East Indies. 



92. Convolvulus Bicolor. Leaves cordate, villose, angu- 

 lar-sublobate at the base ; peduncles one-flowered, outer 

 calicine leaflets bracte-shaped ; corolla white, with a violet 

 purple base, hairy on the outside. Native of the East Indies. 



93. Convolvulus Platanifolius. Leaves cordate, three- 

 lobed ; side-lobes tooth-angular; peduncles subtriflorous, 

 and calices almost equal, smooth; stem round; stigma 



_ capitate. Native of America. 



94. Convolvulus Acuminatus. Leaves cordate, and three- 

 lobed, attenuated ; peduncles elongated, many-flowered, and 



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calices smooth. Stem twining,with a few minute hairs scattered 

 over it, pressed close to it, and visible only with a magnifier ; 

 flowers about five, alternate ; pedicels an inch and half long, 

 a little thicker under the leaf; corolla large, bell-shaped, 

 purple, with a pale base, with five paler, lanceolate, attenu- 

 ated rays, running to the edge ; stigma capitate. Native of 

 the West Indies. 



95. Convolvulus Gemellus. Leaves cordate, somewhat 

 villose underneath ; peduncles two-flowered. Stem twining, 

 tender, pubescent at top; peduncles the length of the petiole, 

 thickened at top, two-flowered, seldom one-flowered; pedi- 

 cels a little shorter than the peduncle ; one shorter, thicker, 

 without any bracte, the other more tender, with two bractes 

 in the middle, both turned back when ripe ; corolla bell- 

 shaped, six times as large as the calix, smooth. Native of 

 the island of Java. 



96. Convolvulus Striatus. Leaves cordate, attenuated, 

 smooth ; peduncles longer than the leaf, having three or four 

 flowers ; corollas smooth, striated on the outside. Stem her- 

 baceous, twining, pubescent, round, slender. Grows in the 

 East Indies. 



97. Convolvulus Guianensis. Leaves cordate-ovate under- 

 neath, with the calices tomentose ; peduncles elongated ; 

 flowers corymbed in a sort of head. Stem twining, branched, 

 round, purplish, villose, rugged, Native of Cayenne. 



98. Convolvulus Capitatus. Hispid : leaves cordate-ovate ; 

 flowers in a head, five in number ; peduncles axillary, solitary, 

 a little shorter than the leaves, without any joint. Stem twin- 

 ing, herbaceous, rugged. Native of the East Indies. 



. 99. Convolvulus Hispidus. Extremely hirsute ; leaves cor- 

 date-ovate; flowers um belled ; peduncles very short. It is 

 easily known from the other species by its shagginess; corolla 

 smooth ; stigmas capitate. Native of the East Indies. 



100. Convolvulus Parviflorus. Leaves cordate, acuminate, 

 smooth ; peduncles many-floweredj and ealices acuminate, 

 villose. Stem weak, slightly villose at top ; corolla blue, 

 smooth, twice as long as the calix, five-cleft. Native of Java. 



101. Convolvulus Violaceus. Leaves, and the two outer 

 leaflets of the calix, cordate-ovate, acute ; peduncles elongated , 

 bifid, many-flowered. Stem, as well as the petioles, peduncles, 

 and calices, villose; corolla bell-shaped, violet-coloured, with 

 five lanceolate paler rays. Native of Santa Cruz. 



102. Convolvulus Trillorus. Leaves cordate-lanceolate, 

 attenuated, smooth, obtuse; peduncles three-flowered. Stem 

 herbaceous, twining, smooth ; leaves two inches long, quite 

 entire, simply veined ; the veins underneath villose when 

 examined with a magnifier, the under surface is paler; they 

 are rounded at the end, and mucronate ; the lobes are rounded 

 behind, and are sometimes, but seldom, obscurely angular. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



103. Convolvulus Bifidus. Leaves cordate-oblong, acu- 

 minate, very soft underneath ; peduncles bifid, many-flowered. 

 Stem twining, villose ; corolla almost funnel-shaped, three 

 times as long as the calix, with five slender villose lines on 

 the outside ; lobes acute, bearded at the tip. Native of the 

 East Indies and the island of Java. 



104. Convolvulus Triqueter. Leaves cordate- acute, sub- 

 villose; peduncles many-flowered. Stem three-keeled, pubes- 

 cent, rendered triangular by three subfbliaceous very slender 

 decurrent lines. Native of the island of Santa Cruz. 



105. Convolvulus Quinqueflorus. Leaves sagittate-ovate, 

 attenuated, smooth, crenate, subrepand ; peduncles mostly 

 five-flowered. Stem slightly pubescent, round, branched; 

 peduncles the length of the leaves ; corolla twice as long as 

 the calix, with the lobes bearded at the tip ; stigma bifid. -?~ 

 Supposed to come from the isle of Bourbon. 



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