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742 CONVOLVULACEAE. { Calystegia. 
Norte anp Sours Isuanps, Cuatuam [sranps: Abundant from the Three Kings 
Islands and the North Cape to Foveaux Strait. Srewart IstanpD: Rare. December- 
February. 
According to Sir J. D. Hooker, this is also found in Valdivia and Chiloe, and Mr, 
Hemsley (Bot. ‘‘ Challenger’ Exped.) has recorded it from the Island of Masafuera. 
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3. C. Soldauella 4 Br. Prodr. (1810) 483.— Rhizome long, creeping 
underground. Stems rather stout, 6-18in. long, rarely more, prostrate 
and trailing, not twining, glabrous or puberulous. Leaves on petioles 
1-3in. long; blade $-2in. diam., usually broader than long, reniform 
or broadly rounded-cordate, obtuse or apiculate, entire or sinuate, thick 
and fleshy, sinus at the base broad and shallow. Peduncles solitary, 
1-flowered, as long or longer than the leaves; bracts ovate-cordate, obtuse, 
rather shorter than the calyx. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate, obtuse. 
Corolla large, 1-l$in. diam., pink or purplish. Ovary incompletely 2- 
celled. Capsule large, broadly ovoid, apiculate. Seeds blackish-brown.— 
A. Rich. Fl. Nouv, Zel. (1832) 200; A. Cunn. Precur. (1838) n. 395; 
Raoul Chore (1846) 44; Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 183; Cheesem. Man. 
N.Z. Fl. (1906) 476. Convolvulus Soldanella Linn. Sp. Plant. (1753) 159; 
Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 198. 
KERMADEC ISLANDS, Norra AND SoutH Isnanps, Stewart IsLanp, CHATHAM 
IsLanps: Not uncommon on sandy shores throughout; inland on sandy beaches at 
Lake Taupo, &c. November—March. 
Kasily distinguished by the short uniformly prostrate stems, fleshy reniform leaves, 
and large black seeds. It is a common plant on maritime sands on almost all 
temperate shores. 
4, C. marginata Rk. br. Prody. (1810) 484—Rhizome creeping; stems 
slender, twining, quite glabrous, 2-5 ft. long, Leaves on petioles 1-2 in. 
long; blade 1-3in., sagittate, acute or acuminate, membranous; the 
basal lobes long, acute, diverging, often toothed or lobed. Peduncles 
usually shorter than the petioles, margined ; bracts rounded-ovate, longer 
than the calyx. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate, obtuse. Corolla small, 
gin, diam., white. Ovary imperfectly 2-celled. Capsule globose; seeds 
usually 4.—Hook. f. Fl. Nov. Zel. i (1853) 184, t. 48; Cheesem. Man. N.Z. 
Fl. (1906) 477. Convolvulus marginatus Poir, Encycl. Meth. Suppl. ii 
(1811): Hook. f. Handb. N.Z. Fl. (1864) 198: Benth. Fl. Austral. iv 
(1869) 430. , 
Norri Isuanpd: Rare and local. Near Kaitaia, R. H. Matthews! Fairburn. 
H, Carse! between Mangonui and Whangaroa, 7. F. C. ; Whangarei and Owai, Colenso ; 
Maungatapere, H. Carse! Paparoa, Omaha, and Thames, 7. Kirk / Sea-level to 
500 ft. December—March, Also in eastern Australia. 
3. CONVOLVULUS Linn. (739 
Herbs or undershrubs, erect or prostrate or chmbing. Leaves entire 
or toothed or lobed. Peduncles axillary, 1- or many-flowered ; bracts 
usually narrow or small. Sepals subequal or the inner narrower. Corolla 
campanulate; limb plaited, 5-angled or obscurely 5-lobed. Stamens 
included ; filaments filiform, dilated at the base ; anthers oblong. Ovary 
2-celled, 4-ovuled : style filiform; stigmas 2, distinct, oblong or linear, 
Capsule globose, 2-celled, 4-valved or splitting irregularly. Seeds glabrous. 
A large genus of about 180 species, abundant in most subtropical or temperate 
countries, less plentiful in the tropics. The single New Zealand species is also found 
in Australia. 
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