An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . e ovoid, acute, pubescent, longer than the calyx. In dry pine barrens, New Jersey to North Carolina;Illinois to Iowa, Louisiana and Texas. June-Aug. 2. EVOLVULUS L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 391. 1762. Erect or diffuse branching, mostly silky-pubescent or pilose, annual or perennial herbs,with small usually entire leaves, and axillary solitary, racemose or paniculate, small bluepink or w
An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions : from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102nd meridian . e ovoid, acute, pubescent, longer than the calyx. In dry pine barrens, New Jersey to North Carolina;Illinois to Iowa, Louisiana and Texas. June-Aug. 2. EVOLVULUS L. Sp. PI. Ed. 2, 391. 1762. Erect or diffuse branching, mostly silky-pubescent or pilose, annual or perennial herbs,with small usually entire leaves, and axillary solitary, racemose or paniculate, small bluepink or white flowers. Sepals nearly equal, acute or obtuse. Corolla funnelform, campanu-late or rotate, the limb plaited, 5-angled or 5-Iobcd. Stamens included or exserted; filaments 4* COXVOLVULACEAE. Vol. hi. filiform; anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary entire, 2-ceIled; style 2-divided to the base, ornear it, each division deeply 2-cleft; stigmas linear-filiform. Capsule 2-celled, globose toovoid, 2-4-valved, 1-4-seeded. Seeds glabrous. [Latin, unrolling.]. About 85 species, natives of warm and tropical regions. Besides the following, some 7 othersoccur in the southern United States. Type species: Evolvulus nummularius I. Evolvulus pilosus Xutt. 3427. Evolvulus argenteus Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. R. Br. 1810. 1814. Evolvulus pilosus Nutt. Gen. i: 174. 1818. Perennial, densely silky-pubescent or villous;stems ascending or erect, 3-9 high, very sessile, oblong, lanceolate or spatulate, 3-9long, I -3 wide, acute or obtuse at the apex, nar-rowed at the base; flowers solitary and nearly ses-sile in the axils; peduncles 2-bracted at the base,recurved in fruit, i-2 long; sepals lanceolate,acute or acuminate; corolla funnelform-campanu-late, purple or blue, 3-6 broad; capsule ii-2 indiameter, about as long as the sepals. On dry plains, North Dakota to Missouri, Nebraska,Mexico and Arizona. May-July. 3. QUAMOCLIT [Tourn.] Moench, :\reth. 453. 1794. Twining herb
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