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CONVOLVULUS elongatus. 
Broussonet’s trailing Bindweed. 
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PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. CONVOLVULI. Jussieu gen. 132. Div. I. 
CoNVOLVULACER. Brown prod. 1.481. Sect. £. 
CONVOLVULUS. Supra vol. 2. fol. 133. 
Div. Caule prostrato s. non volubilt. 
C. elongatus, foliis cordato-ovatis cuspidatis, pedunculis bifloris folio longio- 
ribus, bracteis lincari-subulatis pedunculo partiali brevioribus, calycibus 
subciliatis. Wélld. enwm. 1. 205. 
Conyolvulus pseudo-siculus. Broussonet MSS. (fide Willdenovii in loc. cit.) 
Annuus. Caules teretes elongati prostrati, nunc superne subvolubiles, to- 
mentoso-villost, virides. Fol. alterna, distantia, cordata, acuminata, tenuia, 
leté virentia, sesquiuncialia latitudine unciali v. circitér, supra atomis albis 
crebris conspersa, subtus villostuscula: petiolus teres multoties brevior lamina. 
Pedunculi axillares, solitarii, filiformes, tomentoso-villosi, longiores folio, 
1-2-flori: pedicelli calyci subequilongi, crasstores, singult bracteis binis 
lanceolato-linearibus herbaceis erectis oppositis ad basin. Flores pro genere 
parvi, albi: cal. infundibuliformis viridis; foliola equilonga, obovato-oblonga, 
acuminata, superné ciliata, 2 interiora angustiora. Cor. subrotata, profun- 
dius quinqueloba, lobis rotundatis, subtus villosiusculis. Stamina plurimam 
breviora corolla: fil. bast latiora, imo corolle disco subtubuloso-contracto 
atque lutescente adnata, — glabra. Stylus albus, erectus, 2-3plo_ brevior 
stigmatibus binis filiformibus, robustis, erectis, albidis. Germ. pallidum, 
subrotundum. Caps. globosa, Piso mediocrt minor, glabra; semina 3, 
subrotunda, scabra. 
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Supposed to be native of the Canary Islands. Ori- 
ginally observed by M. Broussonet. First published by 
Willdenow under the present name in his “ Enumeratio.” 
Introduced by Messrs. Colville, at whose nursery in the 
King’s Road, Chelsea, the present drawing was taken in 
July last. 
A hardy annual. Stems round, long, trailing, some- 
times twining at the upper part, tomentosely villous, green. 
Leaves alternate, wide asunder, cordate, taper-pointed, thin, 
lively green, about an inch and half in length and an 
inch across or thereabouts, beset with white atomous dots 
and bare on the upper side, slightly furred on the under: 
petiole round, many times shorter than the leaf. Peduncles 
axillary, solitary, filiform, tomentosely villous, longer than 
the leaf, 1-2-flowered: pedicles about the length of the 
