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CONVOLVULUS chinensis. 
Sir George Staunton’s Bindweed. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. . 
Nat. ord. ConvoLvuti. Jussieu gen. 132. 
ConvoLvuLAcex. Brown prod. 481. 
CONVOLVULUS. Supra vol. 2. fol. 133. 
C. chinensis, caule tortili, subsimplici, anguloso-striato, foliis secundis, _ 
carnosulis, hastatis; auriculis edentatis; pedunculis solitariis, crassius- 
culis, firmis, longioribus folio. 5 
Convolvulus japonicus. Herb. Banks. Exemplar natioum China in provincia 
Pechelee a Sir George Staunton lectum. Dubitatur vero an sit idem cum 
ConvoLvuLo japonico Thunbergii,- ob auriculas foliorum integerrimas 
neque unidentatas, ac he in eo dicte sunt. Certissime tamen. nostra species. 
: Proximé affinis Convoivuto arvensi. Perennis, 2-3-pedalis, else re= 
pente. Fol. firmula, glauctuscula ». cinerascentia, decrescentia, hastata, lobo 
medio elongato-oblongo, subattenuato, obtuso mucronato, unciali v. ultra, 
auriculis divaricatis brevibus integerrimis: pet. linearis, canaliculatus, 3plo 
brevior lamina v. ultra. Flores in cdule superni, axillares, solitarii, secundt, 
edunculis patentibus, nunc subbiuncialibus: bractez 2, parvule, opposite, 
ineari-subulate, flore remote. Cal. virescens, cartilagineo-membranaceus, 
multoties brevior corolla, subequalis, vix + uncie altus, imbricato-connivens, 
foliolis obcordato-oblongiusculis, ellipticis, retusis, glabris. Cor. rotato-in- 
nibh foratss limbus amplus, purpureo-punicans, disco pictus stella ine- 
uali subluteo halone purpureo-radiante cincta: tubus equalis calyci: faux 
seers Stam. exserta fauce: fil. subulata margint interiort baseos tubt brevis- 
sim annexa, glanduloso-villosa, intis inferné canaliculata, quater plusve 
longiora antheris: anth. oblonga, sagittata, anguste, marginibus atro- 
rubentes: pollen albidum. Germ. parvum, conicum, glabrum, insidens disco 
crasso latiore aurantiaco-flavescente: stylus capillaris, glaber; stigmata li- 
neari-leretia, ochroleuca, divaricata. 
_ We find in the Banksian Herbarium a specimen of this 
species, gathered in China, in the province of Pechelee, by 
Sir George Staunton, Secretary to Lord Macartney, during 
the embassy to the Chinese Court. In a note at the foot 
of the specimen, it is suggested that it may probably be the 
same with the ConvotvuLus japonicus of Thunberg; but as 
we do not find the plant to agree completely with the very 
short account we have of that species, the lobes or earlets 
of the leaves being quite entire in our sample, and not aug- 
mented with the tooth, which is ascribed to those of the 
leaves of the japonicus, we have thought it safer to publish 
it by a distinct specific title. We are clear it is not the 
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