CONVOLVULACEAE. 26$ 



Capsule conrpletely 2-ceilecP, elastically locuftcidally dehdscerit; oppo- 

 site-leaved herbs; placentae axile. Fani.,14.: Acomthaceae. 

 , ,pvar.y and fruit 1-celled with 1 erect orthotrqpous ovule and seedj herb 

 with spicate flowers and refleied fruits. Pam. 15. ' Phrymdced'e. 



Family 1. CON VOLVULACEAE Vent. Morning-glory Family. 



Style 2-cleft or 2-parted".' 1. Breweria^. 

 Style entire up to the stigma. 



Stigma or stigmas capitate or globose- 

 Corolla salverform; stamens and style exserted. 2. Quamoclit. 



Corolla funnelfbrm or campanulate : ; stamens and style included. 



■ ' ■ 3. Ipomoea. ■ ' 



Stigmas 2, filiform to oblong. 4. Convolvulus. 



1. BREWERIA B. Br. 

 1. Breweria Pickeringii (M. A. Curtis) A. Gray. ,M- p. 750. Dry pine- 

 barrens. Summer. 

 Burlington — Atsion, Quaker Bridge (C). Atlantic— Along Little Egg 

 Harbor River" (C), Pleasant Mills on the^MuIliea River, Dr. J. B. Brin- 

 ton (He.). 



2. QUAMOCLIT MoemA. 



1. Quamoclit coccinea (L.) Moench. Small Bed Morning Glory. M- p. 



751. Waste and cultivated ground. Escaped. Summer and faH. 



3. IPOMOEA L. Mprninb Glory. ',.., 



Ovary Z'-ceHed (rarely 4-celled) ; stigma entire or 2-lobed. 



Perennial' from an enormous root; corolla 5-8' cmv long. 1. I. pandurata. 



Annual; roots fibrous; corolla 8-20 mm. long, white. 2. I. lacunosa. 

 Ovary 3<-celle«t; stigmas' 3; ( leaves cordate; annuals. '■•■''■ 



Leaves entire; corolla 5-7 cm. long. 3. I. purpurea. 



Leaves deeply 3-lobed; corolla 2.5-4 cm. long. 4. /. hederacea. 



,/i. Ipomoea pandurata (L.) Meyer. Wild Potutp-viime, Man-of-the-Earth. 

 M. p. 752. Dry ground. Summer. 



2. IpomOea lacunosa L. M. p. 752 1 . Moist soil. Summer. 



Lancaster— York Furnace. ' 



Camden— Petty 's Island, Dr. Geo. Smith (Fu.). Gloucester— Westville, 

 one plant (Wn.). Monmouth — Cliffwood (C). 

 ./ 3.* Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Roth. Cowman Morning Glory. M. p.. 7:52, : 



Waste places. Escaped. Summer. 

 t s~ 4, Ipomoea hbdekacea Jaeq. M, flj 752v Fields and waste places. Sum- 

 V mer. >. [u J"t-> ?* . %v <* ft f " jy\ f f ' ' " ■' 



iPOisrOEA sagittata Gray. Ballast 



Philadelphia— Below Old Navy Yard; Mart: (B. C.'). 



4. CONVOLVULUS L. 



Caijpi' with 2 large bracts at the base,' which 1 enclbse it. 



Stems trailing or climbing. 1. C. sepium. 



Stem erect or ascending; flowers white; bracts, not cordate. , , ( 



2. C. spitharnfieus. 

 Calyx not bracted; peduncle "bracted at'tfoe 1 strrirmii '' 3. C. atvetisKs: 



