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62. CONVOLYULACEJE. 
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Tribe I. CONVOLVTJLEsE. 
Style 1, rarely ( Cresset , E volvulus See.) 2. Carpels united 
into a single ovary. Caps, single 2-4-lobed, mostly dry rarely 
subbaecate, indebiscent or dehiscent. 
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t+1. Quamoclitia. Sep. 5 mostly mucronate or aristate. 
Cor. tubular hypocrateriform, tube narrow-subcylindric or 
clavate elongate. Stam. exserted. Style 1 ; stigma single 
globosely capitate 2-lobed. Ov. 4-celled, cells each 1 -ovu- 
late. — Twining herbs. Fed. 1- or mostly many-tkl. ; br. 
minute or inconspicuous. 
ttt.2. Batata*. Sep. 5. Cor. tubular-bell-sliaped or cam- 
panulate-hypocrateriform, tube short subcylindric abruptly 
enlarged above the narrow base. Stam. included. Style 
1 ; stigma single globosely capitate 2-lobed granulate. Ov. 
4-ovulate 2-celled or partially 4-celled. — Herb, or sufffu- 
tescent often twining. L. palmately nerved, often palma- 
tilobate. Ped. 1 or 2-many-fld. ; br. small and incon- 
spicuous, often deciduous. 
tf3. Pharbitis. Sep. 5. Cor. campanulate-infundibuliforni. 
Stam. included. Style 1 ; stigma single globosely capitate 
3 -lobed coarsely granulate or favoso-cellulate. Ov. 2- or 
mostly 3- rarely 4-celled, cells 2-ovulatc. — Twining herbs 
with large conspicuous tl. Ped. 1 or 2-many-fld. Br. in- 
conspicuous linear. 
4. Convolvulus. Sep. 5 subequal. Cor. campanulate- 
infundibuliforni. Stam. included. Style 1 ; stigmas 2 di- 
vergent filiform linear or subclavate. Ov. 2-celled, cells 
2-ovulate. — Ilerb. or fruticose often twining. Ped. mostly 
1 or 2- rarely many-fid. Br. small inconspicuous, mostly 
remote from the fi. 
5. Calystf.ota. Sep. 5 equal membranous. Cor. campanu- 
late-infundibuliform. Stam. included. Style 1 ; stigma 
forked bipartite, lobes short linear or cylindric-oblong, 
flattened inside. Ov. 1 -celled or partially 2-celled , the dis- 
sepiment not reaching to the top, cells 2-ovulate. Caps, 
indehiscent 1- or imperfectly 2-celled, 1-4-seeded. — 
Twining or procumbent herbs. Ped. 1-fid. Br. 2 large 
leafy opposite close bcloiv and infolding the Ji.-bud or cal. 
ttTribe II. DICII ONE REM. 
Cal. and cor. 5-partite or 5-lobed, aestivation of sep. subval- 
vate. Styles 2. Carpels 2 distinct ; ov. 2, or 4 binate in pairs, 
* Batatas in Spanish and Portuguese is merely the plural of Batata. 
