Convolvulus. TEHTANDRIA MONOaYNlA," #1 



Stems woody towards the base, twining to a very considerable ex- 

 tent. BarkM the ligneous parts smpojh ; that of the young shoots 

 armed with small, stiff, adpressed hairs.— Leaves alternate, petioled, 

 from ovate to elliptic, with. a. few adpressed hairs scattered over both 

 tv.i\ices; veins simple and parallel, length from two to six inches. 



Petioles scarcely half the length of the leaves ; two dark glands at 



the apex, and hairy like the other tender parts.— Stipules none. — 

 Peduncles axillary, shorter than the leaves, round, hairy, many-flow- 

 ered,, the divisions often accompanied with a leaf or two. — Bractes 

 small,, hairy, caducous — Flowers of a moderate size, rosy. — Calyx 

 with equal, ovate, rounded, smooth, segments; their margins coloured. 

 — Corol ; tube or bell sub-cylindric, the inside deep purple, the out- 

 side and border pink ; lobes emarginate, and slightly separated.-r- 

 Nectary a yellow, fleshy ring, surrounding the base of the germ. — ■ 

 Filaments, inserted on, the, bottom of the bell of the corol,there of 

 ^purple colour and bearded. Anthers ovate-oblong. — Germ sub- 

 obovate. Stigma of two globular lobes. — Capsule nearly, round, si^ft 

 of a large pea, fleshy, two-celled, with two smooth seeds in each. 



Q. C. parviflorus, Willd.Sp. PI. i. 856. 



Annual, twining. Leaves cordate, smooth. Peduncles as long as 

 the petioles, many-flowered ; lobes of the corol pointed. Stigma; 

 two-cleft, lobes re volute. 



Ipomoea paniculata, Burm. FL Ind. p. 50. t. 21./". 1. (bad.) 



IS native or hedges, &c. flowering time the cool season. 



Stems twining, annual, round, sometimes slightly hairy.—- Leaves 

 alternate, petioled, exactly cordate, entire, fine-pointed, sometimes 

 very slightly hairy, from one to four inches long. — Peduncles axilla- 

 ry, rather longer than the petioles, erect, many-tiowered, umbel-bear- 

 mor, — Flowers pure white, lobes acute. — Stigma two, clubbed, re- 

 volute. 



10 C. calycinus,.R.^ 



Perennial, twining, hairy. Leaves eorJate, acute. Pedunc,\ 



