CONVOLVUI.ACE^i. (CONVOLVULUS FAMILY.) 338 



ornament, and one, the Sweet Potato, for its edible farinaceous roots : those 

 of several species are cathartic ; e. g. Jalap.) There are three suborders, 

 or rather strongly marked tribes. 



Synopsis. 



TRIBE I. CONVOI/VULE-flE. Embryo with broad and foliaceous cotyledons crumpled 

 in the seed Ovary 2 - 3- (or falsely 4-) celled. Pod usually septifragal Leafy plants. 



* Style 1, undivided. 

 f- Calyx naked, i. e. not enclosed or surrounded by bracts. 



1. QUAMOCLIT. Stamens exserted. Corolla cylindrical-tubular, with a spreading border. 



Stigma capitate-2-lobed. Pod 4-celled ; the cells 1-seeded. 



2. 1POMCEA. Stamens included. Corolla funnel-form or bell-shaped. Stigma capitate, of- 



' ten 2 - 3-lobed. Pod 2 - 3-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 



3. CONVOLVULUS. Stigmas 2, elongated, linear. Otherwise much as in No. 2. 



i- - Calyx surrounded by 2 broad bracts. 



4. CALYSTEGIA. Stigmas 2, linear or oblong. Pod imperfectly 2-celled, 4-seeded. 



* * Style 2-cleft, or styles 2, rarely 3. 

 6. STYLISMA. Styles or their divisions simple : stigma depressed-capitate. 



TRIBE EL DICHONDRE^:. Pistils 2, separate. Otherwise nearly as Tribe I. 



6. DICHONDRA, Corolla bell-shaped. Pods 2, each 1-seeded. 



TRIBE HI. CUSCUTINE^E. Embryo spiral, slender, destitute of cotyledons. Ovary 

 2-celled. Leafless parasitic twiners. 



7. CTJSCUTA. The only genus of the group. 



1. QUAMOCLiIT, Toura. CYPRESS- VINE. 



Sepals mostly mucronate or awned. Corolla cylindrical-tubular, with a small 

 spreading border. Stamens and style protruded. Stigma capitate-2-lobed. 

 Pod 4-celled ; the cells 1-seeded. Annual twiners, with red or crimson flowers 

 (An aboriginal, probably Mexican, name.) 



1. Q. coccfNEA, Moench. Leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, entire, or 

 angled; sepals awn-pointed; corolla light scarlet (!' long). (Ipomoea coccinea, 

 L.) River-banks, &c., Ohio, Virginia, and southward. (Nat. from Trop. 

 Araer. or Ind.) 



Q. VULG\RIS, the cultivated CYPRESS- VINE, is becoming spontaneous in 

 the South. 



2. IPO ML <E A, L. MORNING-GLORY. 



Calyx naked at the base. Corolla bell-shaped, funnel-form, &c. Stamens 

 included. Stigma capitate, often 2 -3-lobed. Pod 2-celled, or in one group 3- 

 celled ; the cells 2-seeded. (Name, ex L. from fy, tiros, a Bindweed [which it is 

 not], and o/ioioy, like.) 



1. PHARBITIS, Choisy. Pod 3- (rarely 4-) celled; the cells 2-seeded. 

 1. I. PURprjREA, Lam. (COMMON MORNING-GLORY.) Stems retrorsely 

 hairy; leaves heart-shaped, acuminate, entire; peduncles long umbellately 3-5- 

 flowered ; calyx bristly-hat y below ; corolla funnel-form (2 long), purple vary- 



