CONVOLVULACE^E MORNING GLORY FAMILY 



Convolvulus arvensis, L. 



White, or tinged Field Bindweed, Bell-bind, 



with pink Small Bindweed, Corn-bind, 



Hedge-bells, Cow-bind, 



May-September Bear-bind, European Bindweed, 



Cow-lily, Corn-lily, 



Lap-love, Small-flowered 

 Sheep-bind, Morning Glory. 



Convolvulus: Latin, to entwine. 

 Arvensis: Latin, belonging in a field. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open thickets. 



THE PLANT: trailing, one foot to two and one half feet 

 long; stems simple or branched, very slender, hairless or 

 nearly so. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; one inch to two inches long; ovate 

 or oblong; hairless or nearly so; obtusish, mucronulate, 

 acutish at the apex; sagittate or somewhat hastate at the 

 base; petioled; the basal lobes spreading; slender, acute; 

 entire. 



THE FLOWERS : one to four, on peduncles shorter than the 

 leaves, which are bracted at the summit ; usually another 

 bract is on one of the pedicels; corolla sometimes nearly 

 one inch across; sepals oblong-obtuse. 



THE FRUIT: a globose capsule. 



The Bindweed of the dry soil, frequently seen in the 

 streets of the town. It has funnel-shaped, usually dead- 

 white flowers. Not unattractive when crawling along the 

 ground, it fades almost immediately after being picked. 



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