COXVOLVULACEAE. 



VOL. 111. 



i. Convolvulus sepium L. Hedge or 

 Great Bindweed. Lily-bind. Fig. 3436. 



Convolvulus sepium L. Sp. PI. 153. 1753. 

 Convolvulus sepium var. amcricanus Sims, Bot. 



Mr.g. pi. 732- 1804. 

 Calystegia sepium R. Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holl. i : 



483. 1810. 



Glabrous or sparingly pubescent ; stems ex- 

 tensively trailing or high-twining, 3-io long. 

 Leaves slender-petioled, triangular in outline, 

 hastate, 2' -5' long, acute or acuminate at the 

 apex, the basal lobes divergent, usually acute, 

 angulate-dentate or entire; petioles l'-2' long; 

 peduncles i-flowered, longer than the petioles, 

 often 2-3 times as long; flowers pink with 

 white stripes or white throughout, about 2' 

 long; bracts at the base of the corolla, large, 

 ovate, acute or obtuse, cordate ; stigmas oblong. 



In fields and thickets, usually in moist soil, 

 Newfoundland to North Carolina, British Colum- 

 bia, Illinois, Nebraska and New Mexico. Also in 

 Europe and Asia. June- Aug. Bell-bind. Wood- 

 bind. Pear- or Devil's-vine. Lady's-nightcap. 

 Hedge- or harvest-lily. Rutland beauty. Wood- 

 bine. German scammony. Creepers. Bracted- 

 bindweed. 



Convolvulus japonicus Thunb. Fl. Jap. 85. 1784, a species with narrow hastate leaves and 

 smaller pink flowers, cultivated in a double-flowered form, has in this form escaped from cultiva- 

 tion from southeastern New York to the District of Columbia and Missouri. 



2. Convolvulus repens L. Trailing or 

 Hedge Bindweed. Fig. 3437. 



Convolvulus repens L. Sp. PI. 153. 1753. 

 Convolvulus sepium var. repens A. Gray, Syn. Fl. 2 : 



Part i, 215. 1878. 



More or less pubescent or tomentose ; stem 

 trailing or twining, i-3 long, simple, or spar- 

 ingly branched. Leaves ovate or oblong, petioled, 

 i '-2' long, obtuse, acute or abruptly acuminate at 

 the apex, sagittate or cordate at the base, entire, 

 the basal lobes rounded, scarcely or not at all 

 divergent; petioles i'-i' long; peduncles i-flow- 

 ered, equalling or longer than the leaves ; flowers 

 white (sometimes pink?) about 2' long; calyx en- 

 closed by 2 ovate acute or obtusish slightly cor- 

 date bracts ; stigmas oblong. 



In moist and dry soil, Quebec to Florida and 

 Louisiana. Recorded from the Great Lake region. 

 May- Aug. 



C. interior House, of the western plains, with 

 broader leaves and smaller corollas, is found in Kan- 

 sas and Nebraska. 



3. Convolvulus fraterniflorus MacKenzie & Bush. 

 Short-stalked Bindweed. Fig. 3438. 



C. Sepium fraterniflorus Mack. & Bush, Fl. Jackson Co. 153. 

 1902. 



C. fraterniflorus Mack. & Bush, Rep. Mo. Bot. Card. 16: 104. 

 1905. 



Sparingly pubescent; stems trailing or twining, much 

 branched, 3-6 long. Leaves hastate or hastate-sagittate, 

 short-pubescent on both sides, 4' long or less, acute at the 

 apex, the basal lobes entire or dentate, spreading; pedun- 

 cles often 2 in each axil, wing-angled, mostly not longer 

 than the petioles; bracts large, cordate, pubescent, con- 

 cealing the sepals at flowering time; sepals glabrous, ob- 

 tusish, 5"-8" long; corolla white, about 2' long. 



Dry banks and prairies, western Missouri ; recorded eastward 

 to the District of Columbia. July-Sept. 



