CONVOLVULACE^: 



"It closes in wet weather and at night, that its honey may 

 not be reduced in quality." 



From the plant is obtained a valuable oil. 



CONVOLVULACE^E MORNING GLORY FAMILY 



Convolvulus sepium, L. 



White, streaked Wild Morning Glory, Lily-bind, 



with pink Hedge Bindweed, Bell-bind, 



Great Bindweed, Wood-bind, 



June- August Hooded Bindweed, Lady's Nightcap, 



Bracted Bindweed, Hedge-lily, 



Rutland Beauty, Devil's Vine. 



Convolvulus: for derivation see arvensis. 

 Sepium: Latin for a hedge. 



THE PREFERRED HABITAT: open thickets. 



THE PLANT: trailing, three feet to ten feet long; the stem 

 branched, without hairs. 



THE LEAVES: alternate; hastate; two inches to five inches 

 long; smooth on both surfaces; acute at the apex; lobed 

 at the base, the lobes spreading; usually acute or acumin- 

 ate; entire. 



THE FLOWERS: solitary, on stems longer than the leaves, 

 pink or rose-coloured with white stripes, or white through- 

 out, about two inches long; bracts at the base of the corolla 

 acute or obtuse, ovate or heart-shaped. 



THE FRUIT: a capsule. 



A surprise awaits the one who pushes his way through 

 a dense thicket and, coming to an open space, is greeted by 

 the pretty, pink-tinted flowers of the Bindweed, which 

 strays for yards and yards over the bushes. Immediately 

 one suspects the Wild Morning Glory, but it is interesting 

 to find its characteristics. 



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