Order I. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
HI 
§ 1. Climbing; leaves sagittate or hastate. 
52259 Leaves sagittate acute at each end, Peduncles about 1-flowered 
2-260 Leaves sagittate truncate behind, Peduncles rounded 3-flowered 
2261 Leaves cordate sagittate behind sinuate repand, Pedunc. axillary solitary about 2-flowered 
2262 Leaves lanceolate hastate acute. Auricles 1-toothed behind, Stem simple. Peduncles 1-flowered 
^2. Climb'ing ; leaves cordate hastate. 
2263 Leaves cordate hastate hirsute, Pedunc. about 3-flowered, Bract, linear remote from calyx 
2264 Leaves cordate hastate angular lobed 5-nerved smooth ish, Ped. long, Fl. fasc. Sepals lanceol. acuminate 
\ 3. Climbing ; leaves cordate lobed. 
236i3 Leaves cordate villous at the base angular lobed. Peduncles 1-flowered, Outer sepals bract-like 
2266 Pubescent, Leaves broad cordate entire or lobed fiddle-shaped, Pedunc. long, Flowers fascicled 
\ 4. Climbing ; leaves quinate or palmate. 
2267 Leaves cordate sinuate silky lobes repand, Pedunc. 2-flowered 
2268 Leaves 7-lobed palmate hispid middle lobe sinuated drawn out, Pedunc. axill. solitary very long jointed 
2269 Leaves palmate pedate 5-parted, Pedunc. 1-flowered 
2270 Very smooth, Leaves digitate quinate, Leaflets stalked acuminate entire, Pedunc. branched divaricating 
\ 5. Climbing ; leaves cordate or subcordate. 
2271 Leaves oblong cordate acuminate subrepand smooth, Pedunc. umbelled 5-flowered, Flowers sessile 
2272 Leaves cordate pubescent. Stem perennial villous, Pedunc. many-flowered 
2273 Leaves cordate acuminate repand, Pedunc. 3-flowered, Stem mealy 
2274 Leaves cordate ovate acuminate ciliated. Heads stalked very hairy with an involucrum 
2275 Leaves cordate ovate acuminate entire smooth. Stem and leaf-stalks smooth 
2276 Tomentose, Leaves cordate oblong obtuse subrepand, Pedunc. longer than stalk. Limb acute 
\ 6. Prostrate ; leaves cordate. 
2277 Leaves cord, ovate upper acute, Ped. 1-fl. shorter than leaves, Bractes obi. lane, longer than ciliated cal. 
2278 Leaves cordate ovate cusp. Ped. 2-fl. longer than leaves, Bractes lin. subul. shorter than parted peduncle 
^ 7. Prostrate j leaves cordate lobed or hastate. 
2279 Leaves panduriform or entire emarginate cordate at base, Peduncles 1-flowered, Stem creeping 
2280 Leaves hastate lanceolate. Auricles rounded. Stem creeping, Peduncles 1-flowered 
2281 Leaves cordate and somewhat hastate villous, Stem and leaf-stalks hairy. Peduncles many-flowered 
§ 8. Prostrate ; leaves ovate or oblong and linear. 
2282 Leaves linear lance.olate. Stem ascending villous, Peduncles axillary 1-flowered 3 times as long as leaf 
2283 Leaves lanceolate obtuse naked lined. Branches declinate. Flowers silky ^ 5-cleft 
2284 Leaves lanceolate silky lined stalked, Peduncles 2-fl. Cal. silky leafy 
2285 Very hairy. Leaves linear. Flowers capitate, Calyxes acuminate 
2286 leaves lanceolate tomentose. Flowers capitate. Calyxes hairy. Stem nearly erect 
2287 Stems erect shrubby. Leaves linear acute silky, Flowers terminal umbelled panicled, Cal. hairy 
2288 Leaves linear lane, acute. Stem branched nearly erect, Cal. hairy, Pedunc. 2-flowered 
2289 Leaves nearly linear silky. Stem panicled, Cal. naked obtuse 
2290 Leaves linear hairy. Peduncles about 3-flowered, Cal. silky ovate acute. Branches twiggy 
2291 Prostrate hoary. Leaves linear lanceolate smooth, Thyrse terminal pyramidal compound 
2292 Leaves lanceolate ovate smooth. Stem declinate. Flowers solitary 
2293 Leaves wedge-shaped emarginate beneath silky. Peduncles 2-flowered 
2294 The only species 
2295 Leaves sagittate very acute, behind obtuse or trunc. entire. Bract, ac. longer than cal. twice as short as cor, 
2296 Leaves cordate. Lobes angular truncated, Pedunc. rounded 1-fl. Bract, ovate obt. inflated. Sepals obtuse 
2297 I.«aves cordate pubescent, Stem erect. Peduncles 1-flowered 
2298 Leaves reniform. Peduncles l-flowered, the angles winged 
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and Miscellaneous Particulars. 
pical climates much in the same manner as our potatoe, but with more room for its trailing stalks. Not only 
tne tubers, but the young leaves and tender shoots are boiled and eaten : and as is the case with all plants long 
in cultivation, there are several varieties. 
C. tricolor is a well known border-annual, commonly called C. minor, with reference to another border- 
tlower, Ipomoea purpurea, which gardeners and seedsmen commonly call C. major. 
^- reptans, is a common potherb in the East Indies and in China. 
J85. Argijreia. From a^yv^ov, silver, in allusion to the silvery texture of the leaves of the plant. A beau- 
^ genus nearly related to Convolvulus. 
\.^' ^'^^°Pf'^"- From vifMi., a grove, and <ptXiM, to love ; the species growing in shady woods. A small 
987^ ^- A^ier'can piant, with bright blue flowers and divided leaves. 
i«Tn i From %.a.Xo?, pretty, and ^tyr,. a covering, in allusion to the two bracteae in which the calyx 
hUvlf A X ^''^^^ artificial genus, distinguished from Convolvulus and Ipomcea, onlv bv the presence of 
nrnnArf' ■ -v^ capsule being one-celled. C. sepium, the Convolvulus sepium of WUlucnow, lias medical 
properiies similar to Scammony, for which Withering thinks it may serve as a substitute. Swine, it is said, 
oai me roots m large quantities, and yet are not purged by them. C. soldanella is an acrid purge. 
