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PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 285 



C. n. 663. Hall. Hist, v 1. 295. 



C. major. Ruii Sijn. 275. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 154./. 



Calystegia sepium. Br. Pr. 483. 



Smilax lenis, sive Isevis, major. Ger.Ein.SGl.f. Dod. Pempt. 



392. f. 

 S. laevis. Fuchs. Hist. 720. f. Matth. Valgr.v. 2. bb2.f. Cainer. 



Epit. 932./. 



In moist hedges, osier holts, and thickets. 



Perennial. July, August. 



Roots long, creeping extensively, rather fleshy. Stems twining, 

 several feet long, leafy, angular, smooth, slightly branched. 

 Leaves nearly vertical, on smooth stalks ; pointed at the end ; 

 variously lopped at the base, which the wooden cuts of old au- 

 thors, except Dodonaeus and Gerarde, do not express. Fl. soli- 

 •tary, large, pure white for the most part ; occasionally of an 

 uniform flesh-colour, or rose-colour. Stain, and Pist. white. 

 Stigmas short and blunt. 'J'he large hracteas inclose the calyx, 

 which is one of the characters of Mr. Brown's Calystegia, as its 

 name implies. I have not seen the fruit. The root has been 

 used as a purgative, being near akin to the acrid and violent 

 Scammony. 



3. C. Soldanella, Sea Bindweed. 



Leaves kidney-shaped, somewhat angular. Stalks single- 

 flowered, their angles membranous. Stems procumbent. 



C. Soldanella. Linn. Sp. PI. 226. mild. v. 1.876. Fl. Br. 233. 



Engl. Bot.v.^. i. 314. 

 C. maritimus, Soldanella dictus. Rati Syn. 276. 

 Soldanella marina. Ger. Em. 838./. 

 Brassica marina. Cord. Hist. 205. 2. f. Matih. Valgr.v. \.427.f. 



Camer. Epit. 253. f. 

 B. marina, sive Soldanella. Bauh. Hist. v. 2. 1 66. f. Dalech. Hist. 



526./ 



On the sandy sea shore. 



Perennial. June, July. 



Root extensively creeping. Herb smooth, rather succulent. Stems 

 lax, procumbent, spreading in a circular form, slightly branched, 

 angular, often purplish, 1 to 2 feet long. Leaves on longish 

 stalks, heart- or kidney-shaped, more or less pointed, entire, or 

 sometimes angular. Fl. very large in proportion, and remarka- 

 bly handsome, on long, solitary, angular stalks swelling upward, 

 their 4 angles bordered and purplish. Bracteas ovate, close to 

 the calyx, but rather shorter. Cor. as large as the last, of a de- 

 licate purplish pink, with pale yellow plaits. Stigmas short, awl- 

 shaped. Caps, roundish, somewhat lobed. Seeds large. The 

 powers expand in the sun-shine only, and are of siiort duration. 



