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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 
ohtusilohus. 
sagit tif ollus. 
pandura tus. 
®.rve risis. 
batis quinquenervibus glabriusculis, pedunculis longis, 
floribus fasciculatis, calycis glabri laciniis lanceolatis 
acuminatis, corolla campanulata. — Mich.fi.amer. 1. 
p. 138. Willd sp. pl. 1. p. 853. 
Cultivated throughout America. 7/. July. v.v. Flowers 
white, red, and sometimes purple. Vid. Catesh. car. 2. 
t. 6 0. There are a number of varieties, as is the 
case with most cultivated plants. 
3. C. prostratus, glaber ; foliis crassis sinuato-lobatis, lobisro- 
tundato-obtusis : impari majore emarginato, peduncu- 
lis unifloris, laciniis calycis oblongo- ovalibus, corolla 
brevi-campanulata. — Mich.fi. amer. 1. p. 139. 
On the sandy beach of Georgia and Florida. Michaux. 
V- +. 
4. C. volubilis, glaberrimus ; foliis oblongo-sagittatis : sinu 
profundissimo: auriculis subacuminatis, pedunculis uni- 
floris, laciniis calycis rotundato-ovalibus, corolla in- 
fundibuliformi campanulata. — Mich.fi.amer. l.p. 138. 
C. speciosus. Walt. fi. car.p. g3. 
Icon. Catesh. car. 1. t. 35. 
In wet situations, among bushes : Virginia to Carolina. 
7/ . June, July. v. v . Flowers of a beautiful rose-co- 
lour, large. 
5. C. volubilis, pubescens 5 foliis lato-cordatis integris loba- 
tisve panduriformibus, pedunculis longis, floribus fas- 
ciculatis, calycibus glabris muticis, corollis subulato- 
campanulatis. Mich.fi. amer. 1. p. 138. TVilld. sp. 
pL 1 . p. 850. 
Icon. Dill. elth. t. 85. f. 99. 
In sandy fields and among bushes : Canada to Carolina. 
7/. June — Aug. v.v. Flowers white, with a red 
bottom. There is a variety with double flowers, cul- 
tivated in the gardens of America, which is a singular 
circumstance in this genus. The root in some in- 
stances grows to an enormous size ; I have seen one 
the thi kness of a man’s thigh, and more than two 
feet long. Taken in the place of Jalap, it has the same 
effect, only in a less degree. 
6. C. volubilis, glaber ; foliis sagittatis utrinque acutis, 
pedunculis subunifloris, bracteis minutis a flore remo- 
tis. Smith fi. hrit. I . p. 232. 
Icon. Engl. hot. 312. FI. dan. 45Q. 
In meadows : Virginia. Gron. fi, virg. 2 7- 7/ . June, 
July. Flowers rose-coloured. I never observed this 
