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EVOLVULUS latifolius. 
Broad-leaved Evolvulus. 
— a 
PENTANDRIA ZEZRAGYNIA; [rectits forstn DIGYNIA ?] 
Nat. ord. Convotvut. Jussieu gen. 132. Div. II. Styli plures. 
unicum, 
EVOLVULUS. Cal. 5-partitus. 
biloculare, loculis 2-spermis. 
Caps. valvata. 
Herbex non lactescentes, prostrate v. repentes, rard erecta. Fol. integra. 
Pedunculi azillares, 1-pauciflori, pedicellis bibracteatis. Brown loc. cit. 489. 
OBS. Crapvostytes Humboldt et Bonpland differt tantummodd capsuld 
evalvi, et forsin numero ovulorum. Id. in eod. 
Cor. subrotata, plicata. Germ. 
Styli duo, bipartiti. Stigmata simplicia. 
E. latifolius, suffruticosus, pannoso-villosus, inferné erectus, ramis diffusis; 
foliis subsessilibus, oblongo-cordatis, acuminatis: fasciculis subsessilibus, 
subtrifloris. wig, 7 
Caulis teres: rami simplices, foliosi, flexuosi, graciles. Fol. alterna, 
bifaria, numerosa, divaricato-patentia, recurva, internodiis duplo longiora, 
brevissimé petiolata, oblongo-cordata, longivs acuminata, \-biuncialia hittie 
dine, ubi latiora, duplo minore, subrugata, late virentia, nervo medio laterales 
utringue emittente: ob petiolum brevem et sini baseos inclusum quasi am- 
plexicaulia. Flores candicantes, subssessiles: pedunculi solitarii, axillares, 
brevissimi. pauci-(3-42) floris pedicelli uniflort brevissimi; bractee ap- 
presse, acuminate, plurimiim breviores calyce. Cal. herbaceus, % brevior 
corolla, segmentis lineari-lanceolatis, piloso-ciliatis. Cor. rotata, diametro & 
. partem uncie pauld exsuperans, extis pilosa, tubo brevissimo. Styli 2 albidi, 
bipartiti. Germ. liberum, glabrum, viride. 
An unrecorded plant, from the Brazils; belonging to a 
genus of very rare occurrence in our collections, and not 
found within the limits of Europe. A co-ordinate of Con- 
vonvuLus, but distinguishable at once by the two bipartite 
styles. 
The drawing was made from a sample which flowered this 
summer in the hothouse at the nursery of Messrs. Colville, 
King’s Road, Chelsea. 
A villously furred suffrutescent perennial: stem upright at 
the lower part, round; branches wide-spread, flexile, simple, 
leafy, flexuose, slender. Leaves alternate, bifarious, nu- 
merous, subsessile, oblong-cordate, long-pointed, divari- 
cately spread, twice longer than the intervals, very shortly 
Q 
ConvoLvuLtacem. Brown prod. 1. 48). Sect. I. Germen. 
