| C. purpureus, the common morning-glory, and many related species are to be found under Ipomoea. | | C. purpureus, the common morning-glory, and many related species are to be found under Ipomoea. |
| + | C. althaeoides. Linn. (C. italicus, Roem. & Schult.). St. prostrate, twining or climbing, if it finds support: upper lvs. pedatifid.; lower ovate-cordate, crenate, silvery: fls. pink. May-Aug. Medit. region. B.M. 359. F.S. 10:1021 (as var. argyreus). R.H. 1864: 111.-C. ambigens, House, native from Mont, to New Mex. and S. Calif., is a close relative to C. arvensis.—C. arvensis. Linn. Slender perennial trailer, 1-3 ft. long, glabrous or nearly so: lvs. ovate-sagittate or hastate, variable: fls. white or pink. Eu. and E. Asia. Naturalized in old fields through the Atlantic states and Calif. A troublesome weed in cult, grounds.—-C. canariensis. Linn. Greenhouse evergreen: lvs. oblong-cordate, acute, villose: fls. violet-purple; peduncle 1-6-fld. Canary Isls. B.M. 1228,-C. dahuricus Herb. (Calystegia dahuricus, Fisch.). Hardy deciduous twiner, 3-6 ft.: lvs. oblong-cordate, shortly acute: fls. pink or rose-violet. June, July. N. Eu. B.M. 2609. F.S. 10:1075.—C. erubescens, Sims (C. acaulis, Choisy). Tender biennial: lvs. oblong, hastate, the basal lobes toothed: fls. small, 6-lobed. row-pink. Austral. B.M. 1067. —C. macrostegius, Greene. The plants in the trade under this name may be referred to C. occidentalis.—C. major, Hort., not Gilib.= Ipomoea purpurea.—C. ocellatus, Hook. Stove evergreen: limb of corolla white, 5-angled; throat reddish purple: lvs. sessile, linear, acute, 1-veined, villose. S. Afr. B.M. 4065.—C. scoparius, Linn.— C. Soldanella, Linn. Sts. prostrate: lvs. reniform: fls. pink or rose colored. Sandy shores, Wash, to Calif.; also in Eu. and Asia. S. W. Fletcher. H.D.House. |