Convolvulus. PtHTANOKIA MONOGYNIAr 7S 



very villous ; length from one to four inches. — Petioles scarcely half 

 the length of the leaves, channelled, villous, at the base swelled ort 

 each side into two glandular, stipulary knobs. — Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, erect, rigid, clavate, villous, about as long as the petioles, 

 supporting a tnchotomous, corymbiform umbel, of many, pretty 

 large, pure white, inodorous flowers. — Pedicels shorter than the pe- 

 duncles, but like them clavate, and villous. — Bractes many, cadu- 

 cous, and of various sizes. — Calyx ; leajlets oval, concave, slightly 

 villous, much shorter than the tube of the corol. — Corol per- 

 fectly campanulate. Border divided into five semi-circular lobes, — 

 Stamina hid in the tube. — Style about as long as the stamens, of 

 two round lobes. — Seed dark-brownish black, and covered with, 

 much soft hair, of the same colour.. 



36. C. bilobatus, R * 



Perennial, creeping. Leaves two-lobed, smooth. Peduncles from 

 three- to six-flowered. Lobes of the stigma round. Seed woolly. 



Convolvulus marinus, Rumph. Amb. v. 433. t. \5Q,f. 1. 



A native of the Moluccas, from whence the roots were brought 

 to the Botanic Garden at Calcutta, amongst the earth in which some 

 spice plants came. They blossom during the hot season. 



Stems and branches creeping, perennial, striking root at the joints 

 chiefly; young shoots smooth, polished, pale green ; length from 

 one to three fathoms. — Leaves, petioles erect, two-lobed, or of a 

 deeply emarginate, round,, obcordate shape, margins entire, and 

 very smooth on both sides, about three inches long, by two and a 

 half broad.— Petioles round, slightly channelled, smooth, with two- 

 very conspicuous reddish glands at the apex. — Peduncles axillary, 

 erect, slender, and longer than the petioles; bearing from one to se- 

 ven, -or even nine, large, purple flowers on their proper, clavate, 



* lpomoea maritima, Brown. Prodr. i. 480.— Syst Veg, iv. 249,— Conv. marUhim*, 

 De&jousseaux, j u Lam. Ency cl- Bot. iii. p. 550.— Ai . V/. 



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