209 BINDWEEDS. 
Natural Order, Bindwerts; Convolvulacee (V. K., p. 630.) 
Prevailing Quality. Purgative. 
ConvoLvuuus. Linneus. 
Calye naked. Stigmas 2, linear. Ovary 2-celled, with 4 ovules. 
- C. Scammonia Linneus.—(Scammony.) Fig. 283. : 
erennial ; stem smooth; leaves sagittate with truncate or lobed auricles; 
peduncles very long, many-flowered ; sepals truncate, much shorter 
_ than the calyx. 
Habitat. Levant. 
Quality. A powerful drastic purgative. 
48. Constipation, worm cases, dropsy. se 
» C. arvensis Linneus. — (SMALLER 
_ Binpweep.) Fig. 284. 
frennial, creeping rooted ; leaves 
Sagittate, auricled ; sepals roundish- 
ovate, 
Habitat, Hedges, 
Quality and Uses. Like Seammony, but less \ 
active, 4 
3. CO. dissectus Cavanilles. 
Perennial ; stem downy ; 
leaves deeply 5-parted 
or sagittate, linear ; 
peduncles 1-2-flowered; _ 
calyx downy, nearly as 
long as the corolla. 
ac America and South Africa. oe ee 
._Abounds in prussic acid. ee 
+ Gives its flavour to the liquor called noyeau imported from Martinique, &¢., os 
Where the plant is called“ the Noyeau Vine” | 
Fig. 283,—Leaf of Conyolvulus Scammonia ; 284. Convolvulus arvensis. 
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