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ovate-lanceolate pointed, panicle downy elandidar. — U. B. 14. 
— St. 1 — 2 feet high, simple, hollow.* L. alternate, leaflets 
many. Fl. many, somewhat drooping, bright blue or white. — 
Busliy hilly places, rare. P. VII. E. S. I. 
Order Lni. COJfYOLVULACEiE. 
Cal. inferior, 5-parted, persistent, imbricate, often unequal. 
Cor. hrpogynous, regular, plaited, deciduous. Stam. 4 — 5, from 
near the base of the corolla. Ovary of 2 — i cells, few-seeded, 
surrounded by an annular hypogynous disk. Style 1, rarely 2. 
Caps, with the yalves separating from the edges of the dissepi- 
ments or bursting transversely. 
* With leaves and cotyledons. 
1. CoNTOLVTLUS. Cor. bellshaped, with 5 prominent plaits 
and 5 shallow lobes. Style simple : stigmas 2. Caps. 2—4- 
celled ; ceUs 2-seeded.— G. F. G. Gam. i. 63, 64. 
** Without leaves or cotyledons. 
2. CuscTTTA. Cal. 4 — 9-cleft. Cor. roimdish-urceolate or 
bellshaped, 4 — o-parted, with as many scales alternating 
with the segments at the base within. Stam. 4 — 5. Styles 
2, rarely 1. Caps, bursting transversely, 2-celled, 4-seeded. 
— G. F: G. Gam. i. 65. 
1. CoNTOi'TTJLr's Linn. Bindweed. 
1. C. arvm'sis (L.) ; 1. aiTowshaped with acute lobes, peduncles 
mostly 1-flowered, bracts mimde distant from tliejlower. — E.B. 
312.— St. many, angular, twining or prostrate, leafy, branched. 
Peduncles sometimes 2-flowered. Cor. beautifully variegated 
with pink and white. Caps. 2-celled. Eoots descending re- 
markably deep. Plant glabrous, or st. and 1. downy. — Fields 
and hedges. P. VIII. E. S. I. 
■ 2. C. sepium (L.) ; 1. arrowshaped with truncate .lobes, pe- 
duncles 1-flowered square, bracts targe cordate close to thejlotcer. 
— -E. B. 313. Calystegia R. Br. — St. twining, many feet long, 
with large rather distant leaves. Fl. solitary, axillary, large, 
white, rarely pink. Bracts quite inclosing the calyx. Fr. im- 
perfectly 2-celled through the shortness of the dissepiment. — 
Hedges'and thickets. P. VII. VDI. E. S. I. 
3. C. Soldanel'la (L.) ; 1. reniform slightly angidar fleshy, pe- 
dimcles 1-flowered with 4 membranous angles, bracts ovate close 
to the Jlower. — B.B. Sli. Calystegia R. Br. — St. short, pro- 
cumbent. Fl. large, solitaiy, axUlaiy, very handsome, pink with 
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