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Convolvulaceae (from the genus Convolvulus, signifying to entwine). Morning-glory Family Fig. 60. Herbs, shrubs or small trees, twining or erect, turf-forming shrubs, thorny shrubs, "switch plants," or yellow, leafless, twining parasites, often with milky juice: leaves alternate: flowers bisexual, regular; peduncles very often bi-bracteate; calyx 5-parted, persistent; corolla more or less 5-lobed, usually plaited, gamopetalous, hypogynous, convolute; stamens 5, slightly epipetalous, alternating with the corolla-lobes; hypogynous disk present, usually lobed; ovary superior, 2-celled, rarely more or fewer celled; each cell 1-2-ovuled, micropyle directed downward and outward; styles 1-2; stigmas 1-2: fruit a capsule or a berry, very rarely breaking into 4 1-seeded nutlets.
Convolvulaceae (from the genus Convolvulus, signifying to entwine). Morning-glory Family. Herbs, shrubs or small trees, twining or erect, turf-forming shrubs, thorny shrubs, "switch plants," or yellow, leafless, twining parasites, often with milky juice: leaves alternate: flowers bisexual, regular; peduncles very often bi-bracteate; calyx 5-parted, persistent; corolla more or less 5-lobed, usually plaited, gamopetalous, hypogynous, convolute; stamens 5, slightly epipetalous, alternating with the corolla-lobes; hypogynous disk present, usually lobed; ovary superior, 2-celled, rarely more or fewer celled; each cell 1-2-ovuled, micropyle directed downward and outward; styles 1-2; stigmas 1-2: fruit a capsule or a berry, very rarely breaking into 4 1-seeded nutlets.
Convolvulaceae has 40 genera with about 1,000 species, of which 300 species belong to the genus Ipomoea and 160 species to the genus Convolvulus. They are distributed in all regions except the arctics; but are especially numerous in tropical Asia and tropical America. The family is related to the Solanaceae and Boraginaceae, but also to the Polemoniaceae and Hydrophyllaceae. The absence of a circulate inflorescence, the plaited corolla, the direction in which the micropyle is turned and the few-seeded fruit are important distinguishing characteristics. The genus Cuscuta is parasitic and chlorophylless, receiving its nutriment by means of haustoria from the plant upon which it twines.
Convolvulaceae has 40 genera with about 1,000 species, of which 300 species belong to the genus Ipomoea and 160 species to the genus Convolvulus. They are distributed in all regions except the arctics; but are especially numerous in tropical Asia and tropical America. The family is related to the Solanaceae and Boraginaceae, but also to the Polemoniaceae and Hydrophyllaceae. The absence of a circulate inflorescence, the plaited corolla, the direction in which the micropyle is turned and the few-seeded fruit are important distinguishing characteristics. The genus Cuscuta is parasitic and chlorophylless, receiving its nutriment by means of haustoria from the plant upon which it twines.