4S2 CONVOLVULACEiE. 



Hcrla* v. Frulices, pluros volubiles, et lactescentes, 

 glabrx v. pube simplici. Folia altcrna, indivisa v. 

 lohata, raro pinnatifida; exstipulata. Inflorescentia 

 axillaris, v. terminaiis, pcd-.mculis 1-multifloris, 

 partialibus saepi^sime bibracteatis. 



Obs. Corrugatio cotyledonum definito seminum nnmero 

 sfrmpcr comitata est, idcoquc cx ordine amandavi Hydro- 

 leam, Namam, Sagoneam, et Diapensiam, utroque cha- 

 ractere orbutas ; necnon Retziam cujds semina pauciora 

 subdcfinita, sed embryone recto, teretiusculo intra albu- 

 men cajnosum incluso instructa, et habitus diversissimus. 



Loesclia cujus stigma certc triplex nec indivisum ad Polemo- 



niaceas recte retulit Jussieu. 

 Ad Convolvulaceas pertinet Falkia, cujos ovarium 4-partitum 

 lobis monospermis, et Embryo contortuplicatus. 



Scct. I. Ovarium unicum. 



CONVOLVULUS. Jacq. 



Convolvuli species. L. 



Cdlijx 5-partitus, nudus, v. bracteis 2 minoribus imbricatns. 

 Coroila campanulata, 5-plicata. Stamina limbo breviora. 

 Ouarium 2-loculare (raro 3-loculare ?), loculis dispermis. 

 Stylus indivisus. Stigmata 2, filiformia. Capsuta val- 

 vaia. 

 Herbae (rarl Frctices,) voluhiles v. proslratce, scepius lactes- 

 centes. 



1. C. erulescens, volubilis pilosiusculus, foliis hastatis : lobis 



posticis dentatis incisisve ; intermedio lanceolato v. lineari 

 dentato v. integerrimo, pcdunculis solitariis 1 — 3-floris, 

 calycis foliolis aequalibus ovatis mucronulo patulo, capsula 

 erecta bivalvi, seminibus scabris. (J. D.) v. v. 



Convolvulus erubescens. Sims, bot. mag. I067. 



Obs. Nimis affinis C. allhceoidi eX. lanuginoso. 



2. C. angustissimus, volubilis pilosiusculus, foliis tripartitis : 



lobis lateralibus 2-3-fidis; inteimedio longiore angusto- 

 lineari canaliculato, puuunculis l-floris, calycis foliolis 

 aequalibus ovatismucronulatis, capsulis nutantibus bivalvi- 

 bus, seminibus scabris. (D.) v. v. 

 Qm. Praecedenti valdc aiiini», a&distincta? 



3. C. remo* 



