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CONVOLVULUS PANNIFOLIUS. 
Cloth-leaved Convolvulus. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Convolvuli. Juss. Gen. p. 132. 
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Sect. J. Stylns unicus, 
Calyx 5-phyllus: foliolis arcte imbricatis et fornicatis, apice plus minus lamellaribus, interioribus 
minoribus: persistens. Corolle Tubus brevis: Limbus amplissimus, in cunabulis 5-plicatus 
cuneis totidem repando 5-fidus ; decidua. Filamenta ore tubi inserta, basi dilatata 
canaliculataque, medio limbi approximata. Pericarpium crustaceum, 2-3-loculare loculis 
2-spermis, valyis una cum basi styli a septis dehiscentibus, Stigma 2-3-partitum, laciniis an- 
gustis longis. Herba et Frutices volubiles, lactescentes. Folia multarum postice 2-fida. Flores a 
mane ad post meridiem semel expansi; pedunculis axillaribus, 1-20-floris, dichotomis cum impart; 
pedicellis in fructu deflexis et incrassatis, uno lateralium fere semper deficiente. Genus hucusyue vastum, 
e diversa structuré filamentorum, stigmatum et pericarpii, ni fallor, in plura dividendum, Character 
supra in posterum recognoscendus, cum ob insolitas estatis pluvias, nullius legitimi Convolvuli fruc- 
tum maturum obtinere potui. 
C, caule angulato: foliorum laminis hastato-cuneatis, utrinque hirsutis: pedunculis 2-3-floris : 
coroll tubo 14 lineam longo, laciniis mucronulatis: pericarpio tenero hirsuto. 
Floret apud nos Augusto. Septembri. 
This species was communicated by Messrs. Leeand Kennedy, who received the seeds from 
Lisbon; and I suspect it to be a Teneriffe plant, but this is merely from its apparent affinity to 
Convolvulus Canariensis, nor am I yet certain if the stem is frutescent like that species. The 
leaves are of a pale green colour, halberd shaped, and very hairy on both sides like a piece of 
woollen cloth. Bractes narrow and attenuated. Calyx hairy, Corolla very pale purple with 
_ the inside towards the base darker, its margin and the wedge-shaped folds of the limb pubescent, 
Filaments white, towards the bottom covered with a glandulous pubescence. Anthers blue. 
Nectarium yellow with a whitish margin. The Pericarpium, which I only saw in a young state, 
was 2-locular, with two seeds in each cell, Style white, about 3 lines long. Stigmata white, 
longer than the style, spreading out wide, quite linear and obtuse. 
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REFERENCES TO THE PLATE, 
1. Part of the Corolla spread open, shewing the insertion of the Filaments. 
2. The Germen and Stigma. 
3. Transverse section of the Capsule magnified. 
Printed by D. N. Suuny, k-Itrect, Soho. 
