682 PLANT LIFE OF ALABAMA. 



Breweria pickeringii (M. A. Curtis) Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 217. 1878. 



PICKERING'S BREWEHIA. 



Convolvulus pickeringii M. A. Curtis, Best. Journ. N. Hist. 1 : 129. 1837. 



Gray, Man. ed. 6, 370. Chap. Fl. 346. Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 293. 



Carolinian area. New Jersey and southern Illinois, south to North Carolina and 

 Texas. 



ALABAMA: Mountain region. Winston County, reported by T. M. Peters. Peren- 

 nial. 



Type locality: "North Carolina, about Wilmington (Curtis)." 



CONVOLVULUS L. Sp. PI. 1 : 153. 1753. 

 (CALYSTEGIA R. Br. Prodr. 483. 1810.) 



About 160 species, temperate and warmer regions, largely in tho Mediterranean 

 region and Asiatic. North America, 12. 



Convolvulus repens L. Sp. PI. 1 : 158. 1753. CREEPING HINDWEED. 



Calystegia catesbeiana Pnrsh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 : 729. 1814. 



C. septum var. pubescens Gray, Man. ed. 5, 376. 1876. 



Convolvulus sepium var. repens Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 215. 1878. 



Ell. Sk. 1 : 255. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 370. Chap. Fl. 345, in part. Coulter, Contr. Nat. 

 Herb. 2 : 292. 



Alleghenian to Lousianian area. Canada, New Jersey west to Michigan, south to 

 Florida, Texas, and New Mexico. 



ALABAMA : Central Pine belt to Upper division of Coast Pine belt. Damp shaded 

 thickets. Tnscaloosa County (E. A. Smith). Clarke County, Thomasville. Flowers 



white or faint rose-color; April, May. Not frequent. Perennial, 

 ^ype locality : " Hab. in Americ~ ,.;+; m ; a 

 [erb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Convolvulus arvensis L. Sp. PI. 1 : 153. 1753. COMMON FIELD BINDWEED. 



. Gray, Man. ed. 6, 370. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 329. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 216. 



EUROPE. 



Naturalized in the Northern and Middle United States. 



ALABAMA: Adveutive with ballast. Mobile County. Flowers pink; June, August. 

 Frequent. Spreading slowly to waste places and likely to become a troublesome 

 weed. Perennial. 



Type locality: "Hab. in Europae agris." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



Convolvulus incanus Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3 : 23. 1794. HOARY BINDWEED. 



Convolvulus bonariensis and C. dissectus Cav. Icon. 5, t. 480. 1799. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 216. Coulter, Coutr. Nat . Herb. 2 : 292. 



Louisianian area. Arkansas, Texas, and Arizona. 



ALABAMA : Adventive from the Southwest. Mobile County. In an oat field, most 

 probably introduced from Texas with seed oats. Flowers pink; July, August. 

 Perennial. 



Type locality : " Hab. in America australi." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



BVOLVULUS L.Sp.Pl.ed.2,l:391. 1763. 



Eighty-five species, of tropical and subtropical regions, particularly in South Amer- 

 ica. North America, 6 ; Southwestern. 



Bvolvulus alsinoides L. Sp. PI. ed. 2, 1 : 392. CHICKWEED-LIKE EVOLVULUS. 



Gray, Syn. Fl. N. A. 2, pt. 1 : 218. Chap. Fl. ed. 3, 330. Griseb. Fl. Brit. W. Ind. 475. 

 Coulter, Contr. Nat. Herb. 2 : 293. 



THROUGHOUT THE TROPICS. 



Louisianian area. Florida to Texas. 



ALABAMA: Littoral region. Dry rich banks. Mobile County, Dauphin Island, 

 shell banks. Flowers pearl blue; July, August. Rare and local. Perennial.? 



Type locality : "Hab. in Malabaria, Zeylona, Bisnagaria, Bahama." 



Herb. Geol. Surv. Herb. Mohr. 



