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Convolvulus Nil. Azure Convolvulus. 



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Clafs and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Char a Her. 



Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigmata 2. Cap/. 2-locularis: 



loculis difpermis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



CONVOLVULUS Nit foliis cordatis trilobis, corollis femi- 

 quinquefidis, pedunculis petiolo bre- 

 vioribus. Linn. Syfi. Veg. ed. 14. Murr. 

 p. 209. Ait. Hort. Kezv. v. 1. p. 209. 



CONVOLVULUS caeruleushederaceo angulofoiblio* Bauh. 

 Pin. p. 295. 



NIL Arab. Gef. bor. Eyfl. 



CONVOLVULUS Caeruleus. Blew Bindweed. Ger. Herb, p* 

 715. cum ic. 



CONVOLVULUS trifolius five hederaceus purpureus. The 

 greater purple Bindeweede or Bell- 

 flower with cornered leaves. Park. 

 Par ad. PL 361. fig. 2. 



All our writers on exotic botany treat of this plant, 

 Gerard, one of the firft, gives us the following account: 

 ** This beautiful Bindweed, which we call Convolvulus C^ru- 

 w leus t is called of the Arabians Nil: of Seraph, Hab alni(> 

 n about Alepo and Tripolis in Syria, the inhabitants call iL 

 •• Hafmtfen t ttie Italians Campanaazurea, of the beautifull azurcd 

 '* flowers, and alfo Fior de notte, bicaufe his beautie appeereth 

 " moll in the night :** he informs us, that it grew in his garden, 

 but perifhed before it ripened its feeds. Parkinson fays, 

 it thrives remarkably well in our country, if the year be any 

 thing kindly : Miller informs us, that it is a native of Africa 

 and America, extols it as one of the moll beautiful of the 

 genus ; obferves, that it is a very diflinft fpecies from the 

 purpurea, of which it has been confidered by fome as a variety ; 

 that it will grow to the height of eight or ten feet, that in 

 favourable feafons the feeds will ripen in the open air, and 

 that it requires the fame treatment as other annuals ufuany 

 raifed on a hot-bed. Mr. Aiton conliders it as aftove plant, 

 as indeed moft of our tender annuals properly are. 

 It flowers from July to September. 

 Though apparently common in our gardens formerly, it ' 

 cow very rarely met with. 



