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 . pandurata (L.) Meyc^. Wild Potato \ine. Fig. 3430. Convolvulus panduralus L. Sp. PI. 153. pandurata Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 100, 1818. Perennial from an enormous fleshy root, glabrousor puberulent; stems trailing or feebly climbing,2°-i2° long. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, acumi-nate at the apex, 2-6 long, slender-petioled. entire,sometimes contracted in the middle,


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 . pandurata (L.) Meyc^. Wild Potato \ine. Fig. 3430. Convolvulus panduralus L. Sp. PI. 153. pandurata Meyer, Prim. Fl. Esseq. 100, 1818. Perennial from an enormous fleshy root, glabrousor puberulent; stems trailing or feebly climbing,2°-i2° long. Leaves broadly ovate, cordate, acumi-nate at the apex, 2-6 long, slender-petioled. entire,sometimes contracted in the middle, or some of thelater ones rarely angulate-dentate or 3-lobed; pe-duncles 1-5-flowered, much elongated in fruit;sepals oblong, obtuse or acutish, 6-8 long, gla-brous: corolla funnclform, white, or with pinkishpurple stripes in the throat, 2-2, long, the limb5-lobed; ovary 2-celled; capsule ovoid, 2-valved,2-4-sceded. the seeds densely woolly on the marginsand pubescent on the sides. In dry soil, in fields or on hills. Ontario to Con-necticut, Florida, Michigan. Kansas and Texas. Oc-curs rarely with double flowers. ( Wild sweet potato. jalap. Scanunony. 44 COXVOLVULACEAE. Vol. III.


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