OF 
CALYSTEGIA sprruamza. 
Small upright Bear-bind. — a 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA—Nar. Orv. CONVOLVULACEE. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyx 5-partitus, bracteis duabus foliaceis inclusus. Corolla 
campanulata, 5-plicata, Stamina subzequalia, limbo breviora. Ovarium 
semibiloculare, 4-spermum. Stylus indivisus. Stigmata 2, obtusa (tere- 
tia vel globosa). Capsula unilocularis. uae. 
Herbee lactescentes, glabra, volubiles v. prostrate (extra tropicum provenientes ). 
Peduncul solitarit, uniflori.—Br. 
Calystegia spithamea ; erecta pubescens; foliis subcordato-ovalibus ob- 
tusis, pedunculis unifloris foliis brevioribus, bracteis ovatis: acutis, 
caule superne florifero.— Pursh. 
Calystegia spithamea, Pursn, Fl, of N. Am. v. i. p. 143. 
Convolvulus spithameeus, Witxp. Sp. Pl. v. i. p. 873.—Extiot’s Bot. of S. 
Carol. & Georg. v. i. p. 251.—Hort. Kem. ed. 2. v. i. p. 337. 
Root flagelliform, and much creeping, cylindrical, yellowish, perennial (not 
biennial, as mentioned in Hort. Kew.) Stem erect, about a span high in : 
its native country, nearly a foot in height when cultivated, rounded, pu- | 
bescent, simple or slightly branched, branches from the axils of the | 
leaves. Leaves an inch anda half to two inches in length, cordato-ovate, | 
obtuse, the lowermost ones broader, shorter, and more asa all upon ; | 
shortish footstalks, and pubescent. ‘y | 
Flowers axillary, solitary, short er than the leaves, large, Hailes, white. | 
Peduncles about two inc hes long, downy, triangular upwards. Bractee | 
of two large, concave, ovate, acute, nerved, pubescent, opposite, erect | 
leaflets. Calyx of 5 small, erect, glabrous, shining, pale leaflets, which | / 
are entirely covered and concealed by the bracteze. Corolla campanulate, 
the limb spreading, large, cut into 5 obtuse, subcrenulate, rounded, pli- 
- cate lobes. Stamens shorter than the tube. Filaments subulate, com- 
pressed, white, with yellowish glands at the margins. Anthers oblong, 
yellow. Pistil as long asthe stamens. Germen small, 5-lobed. Style fi- 
liform, white. Stigmas two, rounded, incurved. 
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ie Ecrodbosd to this country from, North “America by WIL- 
| LIAM Hamixton, Esq, in 1796, ‘according to Hortus Kew- 
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