218 CI. coNVOLVULACEiE. (C. B. Clarke.) [Oomiolvulus. 



on shortened branches ; outer bracts 3 in., elliptic or ovate, not plicate, densely rusty- 

 tpmentose. Sepals j- in. Corolla i-| in., widely funnel-shaped, hairy on the folds 

 ■without. Fruit not seen. 



2. C. Aitcliisoni, Clarke ; patently fulvous-hirsute, leaves fascicled, 

 linear lower oblong, flowers capitate bracteate, sepals linear-lanceolate very 

 hirsute. 0. lanuginosus, Aitch. Cat. Pvi/njah. PI. 98 ; ? of Lawk. 



Punjab ; .Thelum and Salt Range, AitcMson. — Disteib. Affghanistan. 



Eootstock woody, forming tufts ; annual flowering stems j-4 in. Radical leaves 

 \\ in., linear, or in small examples f in. oblong, densely patently hirsute on both 

 sides. Bracts § in., narrowly lanceolate. Sepals ^ in. Corolla 1 in., wide-funnel- 

 shaped, hairy on the plaits without. Ovary glabrous. Frtdt not seen. — This cannot 

 be C. lanuginosus, Lamk. (Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 401), unless C. Calverti, Boiss. 

 (Fl. Orient, iv. 94), and several other intermediate species be united with it ; it is not 

 silky, but abundantly hirsute with hairs ^ in. long. It is undoubtedly closely allied 

 to C. lannginosus, Lamk. See Cav. Ic. ii. t. 189. 



3. C. microphyllus, Sieb. ; Vis. PI. Mg.-Nuh. 12 ; fulvous-Yillous, 

 leaves linear-oblong or upper elliptic, flowers axillary or on short lateral 

 branches sessile 1-4 together, sepals \ in. lanceolate densely hirsute, corolla 

 scarcely ^ in. hairy without. Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 402 (ayn, C. deserti 

 excl.) ; Wight Ic. t. 1367 ; Dah. 8f Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 164 ; Boiss. Fl. Oi-ient. 

 iv. 103. 



SoiNDE ; Stocks. GooraiRAT ; Dalzell. — Disteib. Beloochistan to Egypt and 

 Nubia. 



Bootstock woody ; stems 6-24 in., little divided, patently villous, often floriferous 

 from near the base. Leaves ^-1 in., silky and villous in Sieber's example, subsessile. 

 Bracts lanceolate, rufous-hirdute, shorter than the sepals. Corolla wide-funnel-shaped, 

 rose-yellow. Capsule scarcely | in., ovoid. Seeds glabrous. 



Vae. Boissieri ; stems and leaves adpressedly rusty-silky, flowers mostly solitary 

 axillary. C. scindicus,- Boiss. Biagn,. 2, iii. 123, not of Stocks. — Scinde; Stocks,. 

 Dalzell. 



4. C. pluricaulis, Owis. Convolv. Or. 95, and in DC. Prodr. ix. 403 

 (the Plains plant) ; thinly fulvous-hairy, leaves small linear, flowers 1-3 to- 

 gether axillary pediceUed, sepals | in. narrowly linear-lanceolate sparsely hairy, 

 coroUa 5-5 in. hairy without. Bvolvulus ferrugineus. Wall. Cat. 1316, the 

 Behar example only. P Ipomsea microphylla. Roth Nov. Sp. 112. 



Plains of HiNBOSTAN and Behae; Wallich, H.f. ^ T., &c., frequent. 



Bootstock woody ; stems 3-6 in., slender, wiry, very thinly hairy. Leaves ^ by |- 

 in., subsessile ; radical more spathulate, subpetioled. Pedicels 0-^ in. ; bracts 

 linear, small. Sepals with a linear elongation, so thinly hairy as to appear glabrous 

 to the naked eye. Corolla wide-funnel-shaped, pale rose. Ovary glabrous. 



Vab. macra ; larger, more densely hairy, leaves oblong, sepals ^ in. elliptic- 

 lanceolate rufous-hirsute, corolla |-| in., seeds puberulous. Evolvulus pilosus, Boxb. 

 Fl. liid. ii. 106. E. ferrugineus. Wall. Cat. 1316.— Punjab, common ; from 3000 ft. 

 alt. in Kashmir to Delhi ; Wallich, Boyle, Edgetvorth, &c. — Easily separable from C. 

 pltmcaulis, but except in the larger corolla not distinguishable from C. microphyllus. 



5. C. rhyniospermus, Sochst ; Chois. in DC. Prodr. ix. 405 ; leaves 

 suhsessiLe oblong sparsely hairy, flowers clustered axillary, sepals lanceolate 

 subobtuse hirsute, corolla f in. tubular, mouth narrow fimnel-shaped. Wight 

 Ic. t. 1368. 



Scinde; Stocks, Dalzell. — Distrib. Cordofau. 



Annual; stems 3-10 in., little divided, often flowering nearly their whole length. 

 Leaves ^1 in. Flowers rarely solitary, peduncle 0-| in. ; bracts j-^ in., and sepals 

 J in., not acuminate. Corolla hairy without. Ovary glabrous. Capsule ^ in., ovoid. 



