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557. CONVOLVULUS. 



p. 7-9. Hedges and thickets. Rome. K. 

 Naples. Sicily. 



3. sepiuxn. L. sagittate: basal lobes trun- 

 cate. Bracts flat, lying parallel to each other. 

 Fl. usually white, p. 7-9. Hedges and thickets. 



B. No Bracts close to fiower. Capsule 2- 

 celled. 



i. Stem twisting. 



4. arvensis. L. sagittate, acute. Basal 

 Lobes acute. Stalks asiUary, solitaiy, gene- 

 rally 1-flowered. Bracts very small, p. 6, 7. 

 Dry cult. Fl. pink, with yellowish plaits. 



5. althseoides. Hairs spreading. Lower 

 L. cordate, somewhat lobed; upper pedatifid, 

 unequally dentate. Fl. -stalks long, generally 

 2-flowered. p. 3-5. Bry. Istria. s. It. Sic. 

 Sardinia. Corsica. 



6. tenuissiznus. Silky ; hairs adpressed. 

 Lower L. cordate, prolonged, obtusely dentate ; 

 upper pedatifid, with linear, nearly entire di- 

 visions. Stalks long, generally 2-flowered. 

 p. 4-6. Dry. s. It. Sic. 



ii. Stems not twisting. 



a. Perennial. Flower-stalks far exceeding L. 



7. lanmginosus. Somewhat shrubby, 

 wooHy. L. lineari-lanceolate, acute, sessile. 

 Stalks supporting a compact head of flowers. 

 Cal. acuminate. Stigma linear-, ■w. 5, 6. 

 Rocks. Perpignan. Toulon. 



8. Cantabrica. Haii's spreading. L. lan- 

 ceolate ; lower attenuate and obtuse. Fl. 1-6, 

 lax, on a long, axillary stalk. Caps, imper- 

 fectly 2-cened. Seeds 4. (According to Duby 

 and to Choisy, the Sep. are linear : I find them 

 elliptic or lanceolate, acuminate.) p. 6-9. 

 Rocky, s. Em\ 



9. sabatius. Do^\Tiy. Stems procum- 

 bent. L. ovate or oval. Bracts linear. Stalks 

 axillary, solitary, generally 2-flowered, exceed- 

 ing L. Divisions of Cal. ovate, acute, spread- 

 ing at top. Caps. 2-celled. a. 7, 8. Capo 

 di Noli. — Bert. 



b. Annual. Lower Flower-stalks exceeding L.; 



upper shorter than L. 



10. tricolor. Somewhat hirsute. Lower 

 L. obovato-lanceolate; upper lanceolate, sessile. 

 Stalks axillary, 1-flowered. Sep. hirsute, nai-- 

 row lanceolate, acuminate, with long cilia. 

 a. 3-5. Clayey fields. Agrigentum. 



11. meonanthus. Stem vLUous. L. lan- 

 ceolate; upper sessile, acute. Stalks 1-flow- 



ered. Bracts linear, acuminate. Sep. ovato- 

 lanceolatc, acute, a. 5. Shore. Corneto. 



] 2. pseudo-tricolor. Lower L. obovate ; 

 upper oblongo-lanceolate, obtuse. Stalks 1- 

 flowered. Bracts Uneari-filiform. Sep. ovato- 

 oblong, obtuse, mucronulate. a. 4, 5. Hills 

 of St. Bartholomew at Genoa. Choisy, inBC, 

 considers this and Sp. 10, 11, a* one species. 



c. Annual. Flov)er-stalks not exceeding L. 



13. evolvuloides. L. oblongo-spatulate, 

 somewhat hairy, ciliate; upper amplexicaul. 

 Fl. nearly sessile, axillary, solitai-y (crowded, 

 Choisy) ; uppermost approximate. Caps, vil- 

 lous, a. 5, 6. Clayey fields. Caltanesetta 

 and DeKa, Sic. 



14. pentapetaloides. Lower L. obversely 

 lanceolate, stalked ; upper lanceolate, sessile. 

 Stalks axOlary, solitary, 1-flowered. Fr.-stalks 

 recurved. Cor. semiqainquefid. Stem decum- 

 bent, a. 4, 5. Fields. Sic. Sard. w. Lig. — 

 Bebt. 



15. siculus. Downy, procumbent. L. 

 cordate, acute. Stalks axillary, soKtaiy, 1- 

 flowered, falling short of L. Cal. hirsute, 

 a. 4, 5. Sic. Sard. 



d. Perennial. Flovier-stalks not exceeding L. 



16. lineatus. Ehizoma creeping. Plant 

 silky. Stems ascending. L. narrow lanceolate, 

 lined : lower attenuate, obtuse ; upper sessile. 

 Fl. -stalks axillary, solitary, generally 2-flow- 

 ered ; upper approximate. Segm. of Cal. con- 

 cave, connivent below, spreading above. Caps, 

 obscm-ely 2-3 -celled. Seeds B or 4. (vir. 

 Choisy.) p. 4, 5. Maritime rocks. Prov. 

 Capri. Sic. — Bert. 



17- Cneorum. Shrubby, erect, silky. L. 

 numerous, lanceolate, attenuate, sometimes ob- 

 tuse. Fl. in a terminal corymbose head. s.S. 

 4, 5. Calc. rocks, Capri. Monte PeUegrino. 



18. Smperati. Root creeping. Stem pros- 

 trate. Lower L. fiddle-shaped; upper 3- or 5- 

 lobed. Stalks generally solitary, axUlary, 1- 

 flowered, thickened above the smaE, opposite, 

 lanceolate bract. Seeds 2, villous, p. 7-9. 

 Shore. Pozzuoli. Ischia. — Bert. 



558. IPOM^A. 



1. sagittata. Smooth. Stem twining. 

 Lower L. cordato-subrotimd ; upper sagittate, 

 acuminate, with long, acute basal lobes. Stalks 

 axiUaiy, solitary, generally 2-flowered. Fil. 

 villous at base. Seeds tomentose. p. 5-8. 

 Shore. MondeUo in Sic. - 



