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Knoll -of rofes; it has alfo a flight acrid tafte. Query, 
whether it be the lignum rhodium of the (hops > Found 
about Santa Cruz, by MaiTbn. Mr. Miller, (ays it grows 
sn Candia, and feveral iflands of the Archipelago. Na¬ 
tive alfo of the Canary iflands. 
51. Convolvulus oenotheroides: fhrubby, eredl; leaves 
linear, becoming hoary ; peduncles axillary, folitary, 
ereft, one-flowered, braffed ; calyxes lanceolate, fmooth. 
Found at the Cape of Good Hope, by Sparmann. 
52. Convolvulus floridus, or many-flowered bindweed: 
leaves oblong-lanceolate, drawn to a point at the bale, 
fomewhat hairy; (lowering branches and peduncles pa- 
nicled. Native of the Canary iflands; flowers in Augult 
and September. 
53. Convolvulus corymbofus, or tufted bindweed : 
leaves cordate; peduncles umbellate; llern creeping. 
Native of America and New Caledonia. 
54. Convolvulus fpithamseus, or fmail bindweed : 
leaves cordate, pubefcent; (tern ftraight; peduncles^one- 
flowered. Native of Virginia. 
55. Convolvulus Perficus, or Perfian bindweed : leaves 
oval, tomentofe; peduncles one-flowered. Native of Per- 
fla, on the (bore of the Cafpian. 
56. Convolvulus tricolor, or trailing bindweed : leaves 
lanceolate-ovate, (inooth; (iem declining ; flowers foli¬ 
tary. This is an annual plant, with feveral thick: herba¬ 
ceous (talks, about two feet long, not twining, but bend¬ 
ing towards (;he ground, upon which many of the lower 
branches lie proftrate. The peduncles come out juft 
above the leaves at the fame joint, and on the fame (ide ; 
they are about two inches long, each Curtaining one large 
openbell-fhaped flower, of a fine blue colour with a white 
bottom, varying to pure white, and fometimes beauti¬ 
fully variegated with both colours. The white flowers 
are fucceeded by white feeds, but in the blue ones they 
are dark-coloured. Native of Barbary, Spain, and Sicily; 
Mr. Miller lays Portugal. Cultivated in 16.29 by Pa»- 
kinfon, who received the feeds (as he (ays) out of Spain 
and Portugal, from Guillaume Boel. It is known among 
the feedfmen and gardeners by the name of convolvulus 
minor. Curtis obferves, that the whole plant with us is 
in general hairy, and hence that it does not well accord 
with Linnaeus’s defcription. Parkinfon’s figure is very 
hairy, but Curtis’s is perfedtly fmooth. 
57. Convolvulus repens, or water bindweed: leaves 
fagittate, obtufe behind ; ftem creeping; peduncles one- 
flowered or two-flowered. Native of America, near the 
fea ; Miller received the feeds from Campeachy ; found 
alfo on the fandy coafts of Jamaica. 
58. Convolvulus reptans, or creeping bindweed: leaves 
haftate-lanceolate, ears rounded ; ftem creeping ; pedun¬ 
cles one-flowered. Native of the Eaft Indies, China, and 
Cochin-china* where it is a common pot-herb. 
59. Convolvulus edulis, or eatable bindweed : leaves 
cordate, entire and three-lobed, fmooth ; ftem creeping, 
angular. Flowers very feldom. Found at Japan, whither 
it was brought by the Portuguefe; far from the coaft it 
is not known. 
60. Convolvulus hirtus, or hairy bindweed : leaves 
cordate and fubhaftate, villofe ; ftem and petioles hairy ; 
peduncles many-flowered. This is an annual plant, ri¬ 
ling with (lender, (tiff, twining, ftalk.s, eight or nine feet 
high. Flowers many together, at the end of ftrong pe¬ 
duncles ; corolla purple. Found in the Eaft Indies by 
Ofbeck. Miller lays that the feeds were fent him from 
Jamaica by Dr. Houftoun. 
61. Convolvulus foldanella, or fea bindweed : leaves 
kidney-lhaped; peduncles one-flowered. Roots fmail, 
white, ftringy, fending out feveral weak trailing branches. 
Leaves the (ize of leifer celandine, alternate, on long 
petioles. The flowers are produced on the (ide of the 
branches at each joint; they are of a reddiftt purple co¬ 
lour, appear in July, and are fucceeded by round cap- 
fules, having three cells, with one black feed in each. 
Every part of the plant abounds with a milky juice, 
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L V U L U S. 157 
Found oft the fea coafts of Frifia, Piedmont, Carniohi ; 
coaft of Norfolk, frequent; Eflex, Kent, &c. north coaft, 
and Scotland: called Scottifti fcurvy-grafs, and impro¬ 
perly fea-colewort. Half an ounce of the juice, or a 
drachm of the powder, is an acrid purge-. The leaves 
applied externally are (aid to diminilh dropfical fwelling > 
of the feet. 
62. Convolvulus pes capras, or thick-leaved bindweed: 
leaves two-lobed ; peduncles one-flowered. Native of 
the Eaft Indies, China, and Cochin-china, and the eaftern 
coaft of Africa; flowers in June and July, and is annual. 
63. Convolvulus Braiilienfis, or Brafilian bindweed: 
leaves emarginate, with two glands at the bafe; pedun- 
cles three-flowered; ftems perennial, trailing and fpread- 
ing to a great'diftance ; flowers large, purple, produced 
by thress on very long peduncles. Native of South Ame¬ 
rica, and the Weft-India iflands, near, the (bore. Browne 
fays that it is common near the fea in Jamaica; that the 
leaves are beautifully veined ; that the whole plant is 
very milky; and that the root is a ftrong purgative, fome- 
times ufed with fuccefs in hydropic cafes. He calls it 
purging fea-bindwud. 
64. Convolvulus fublobatus, or ferrated bindweed .- 
upper leaves tooth-repand at the end; ftem procumbent; 
flowers in a head. Native of the Eaft Indies; annual. 
65. Convolvulus littoralis, or fea.ftde bindweed : leaves 
oblong, lobe-palmate ; peduncles one-flowered ; ftem 
creeping. Native of America. 
New fpecies, from other authors. 66. Convolvulus 
palmatus, or palmate-leaved bindweed : leaves palmate, 
lobes feven, linuate-pointed; peduncles one-flow.ered , 
calyxes very large, fpreading ; ftem twining. This riles 
with a ftrong winding (talk to the height of twenty feet, 
dividing into feveral (mailer. The flowers are large, 
purple, on long peduncles, and are fucceeded by large 
roundilh feed-veflels, having-three cells, in each of which 
is lodged a (Ingle feed. It grows naturally at VeraCruz in 
New Spain, whence the feeds were fent by Dr. Houftoun. 
67. Convolvulus ariftolochifolius, or American bind 
weed : leaves haftate-lanceolate, with rounded ears ; pe¬ 
duncles many-flowered ; ftem twining. This riles with 
a (lender twining (talk ten feet high ; the (lowers are pro¬ 
duced in fmail clufters ; they are yellow, and are Cue- 
ceeded by three-cornered feed-veflels, having three cells, 
with two feeds ip each. It is an annual plant. The feeds 
were fent from Carthagena in New Spain, where this 
plant grows naturally. 
68. Convolvulus glaber, or fmooth bindweed : leaves 
ovate oblong, fmooth ; peduncles one-flowered ; calyxes 
ten-parted ; ftem twining. This alfo is an annual plant, 
with twining lfalks riling feven or eight feet high. The 
flowers come out at every joint on long (lender pedun-' 
cles, each fupporting a large purple flower, with the 
calyx cut almoft to the bottom into ten parts. It was 
fent from the id and of Barbuda. 
69. Convolvulus multiflorus, or many-flowered bind¬ 
weed : leaves cordate, fmooth ; peduncles many-flow¬ 
ered ; feed villofe, ferruginous; ftem twining. It is an 
annual plant, and grows naturally in Jamaica. 
70. Convolvulus hederaceus, or twining bindweed ;• 
leaves triangular, acute ; flowers many, feflile, fpread. 
ing; calyxes acute, many-cleft; ftem twining. This 
riles with a very (lender twining (talk four or five feet 
high. The flowers are blue. It is an annual, and the 
feeds were fent to Mr. Miller from Jamaica, where it 
grows naturally. 
71. Convolvulus rofeus, or red bindweed: leaves cor¬ 
date, acuminate; peduncles two-flowered; ftem twining. 
Stalk twining, l'even or eight feet high. This alfo is an 
annual plant, and one of the moft beautiful forts,- the 
flowers being very large, and of a fine rofe-colour. It 
grows naturally in Jamaica, whence the (Jeds were font 
to Mr. Miller by Dr. Houftoun. 
72. Convolvulus betonicifolius, or white-flowered bind¬ 
weed : leaves cordate-fagittate ; peduncles one-flowered , 
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