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CONVOLVULUS ochraceus. 
Benin Convolvulus. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ConvoivutacEs. 
CONVOLVULUS. Supra, vol. 2. fol. 133. 
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 Ochraceus ; caule volubili piloso, foliis cordatis integris petiolisque pilosis, 
Pedunculis unifloris pilosis petiolis brevioribus, calyce ovato pubescente : 
tubo multd breviore, corolle limbo patente subcrenulato, stigmate 
Capitato. 
Annua? Caulis teres, volubilis, debilis, pilosus. Folia cordata, sind 
Sperto, integra, pilosa, petiolorum longitudine. Pedunculi unzflori, petiolis 
multo breviores, apice bibracteolati ; pedicellus zncrassatus, pubescens, pedun- 
culo triply longior. Calyx ovatus, pubescens, tubo corolle umplo intus pur- 
Pureo dupld brevior. Corolla ochracea, limbo plano, lobis apiculatis, crenu- 
a Stigma parvum, capitatum. 
a Ni nT eal I a 
A native of the Gold Coast, where it was found by 
Mr. James Murray, who accompanied Captain Clapperton s 
last African expedition as far as Accarah. Our drawing 
Was made in Mr. Tate’s Nursery, in August 1826. 
_ Apparently a tender annual. The blossoms are of a 
bright yellowish orange colour, with a dark purple eye, 
and are extremely beautiful. The species 1s very nearly 
akin to ©, obscurus, represented at fol. 239 of this work, 
from which it differs in being covered with slight hairiness 
©n the leaves, stems, peduncles, and calyx, and in the 
Colour and larger size of the flowers. It would seem from 
€ figure above referred to, that the calyx of C. obscurus 
as a different figure from that of C. ochraceus ; but upon 
Comparing our specimens of the two plants, we find no 
Material difference in that respect; the calyx and peduncle 
of C. obscurus are quite smooth; those of C. ochraceus 
are very distinctly pubescent. 
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