1894.] D. Prain — Some additional species of Convolvulaceee. 113 



North-West Frontier : Nal, DtiJce. Distrib. Afghanistan (Griffith) 

 Belnchistun (Stochs) ; Persia. 



Height 1-3 ft. ; leaves i-^ in. ; calyx | in. ; corolla 5-I in. 



A description of this species is necessary for the same reason that calls for 

 one of C. leiocahjcinus. From that species the longer pedicels, the hirsute calyx 

 and corolla, and the different leaves, easily distinguish it. 



1. Convolvulus scindicus StocJcs. 



+ t Herbaceous not spinescent. 



4 h. Convolvulus lineatus Linn : Boiss. Flor. Or. iv., 97 ; adpressed 

 sericeous, leaves oblong ; the lower narrowed into a long petiole, the upper 

 most often narrowly linear, cymes few-fld, at the ends of the branches ; 

 flowers solitary shoi-tly pedicelled ; sepals oblong lanceolate membran- 

 ous at the base, tips herbaceous spreading, corolla 3 times as long as the 

 calyx, ovary hirsute. Convolvulus spicsefolius Desr. in Lamk. Encyel. 

 Meth. iii., 549. C. Besseri Spreng. Syst. i, 610. 



British Beluchistan : Quetta, Stocks ! Punjab Frontier : frequent, 

 Sanders ! Duke ! etc. Distrib : Europe, N. Africa, Western Asia, 

 Siberia. 



Root-stock woody, steins 4-8 in., herbaceous numerous, ascending or procum- 

 bent, lower leaves 2-3 in. by 5-I in., petioles 1 in. or longer, stem leaves f-l in. ; 

 sepals f in,, adpressed sericeous ; corolla rose, 1 in., externally adpressed, sericeous 

 on the plaits. 



Described for the reasons given under C. leiocalycinus and C. s^inosus. 



6. Convolvulus glomeratus Choisy. 



Add to localities of F. B. I. .— 



Rajputana : Jodhpur, King ! 



7 6. Convolvulus tenellus Stocks, Hook. Kew Journ. iv., 172; 

 pale-green, sparingly adpressed hirsute, leaves sessile linear, peduncles 

 1-3-fld., sepals ovate mucronulate or suddenly acuminate, quite glabrous, 

 corolla f in. wide, campanulate ; ovary glabrous style very long. Con- 

 volvulus Stocksii Boiss. Flor. Or. iv., 110 [1879]. C. Rottlerianus var. 

 tenella Clarke, Flor. Brit. Ind. iv., 219. 



Scinde : Cutch, Stoliczka ! Distrib. Beluchistan (Stocks! Ball!) 

 Erect strictly branched, stems and branches wiiy ; leaves 5 in. very naiTowly 

 linear ; peduncles long, 2-2| in. ; sepals ^ in., corolla I'ose, f in. at mouth, very 

 sparingly hispid along the angles. 



This is extremely distinct from C. Rottleriamis, and may be at once recognised 

 by its glabrous calyx and its much longer scai'cely hirsute corolla. 



Boissier's name, C. Stocksii, is given because thei-e is a piior name C. tevelhi 

 {Desr. in Lamk. Encyel.) As the "C. tenellus" of Desrousses is a Breu-eria and 

 not a Convolvulus, there is no reason why Stock's name should not be used. 



7 c. Convolvulus sinuato-dentatus, Coll. 8c Hemsl.y Jomii. 

 Linn. Soc, xxviii., 98; pubescent, leaves petioled thick cordate- 

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