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CONVOLVULACEA. 
Bindweeds. 
Na 55. 
CONVOLVULUS SCAMMONIA. 
Scammony. Syrian Bindweed. 
Geog. Position. Europe. 
Quality. Acrid, bitter, nauseous. 
Power. Purgative, 
Use. The root in costive habits. 
BOTANICAL AD ALLE. 
Natural Classification. 
OrpER CONVOLVULACEA. 
Linnean Classification. 
Cuass V. Pentandria. Orver Monogynia. 
Aursonritises. — Lin. Sp. Pl. 218. Willd. Sp. PL I. 844. Woody. Med. Bot. 
II. 243. Lind. Flor. Med. 398. Whitlaw, Med. Disc. 28. Lond. Disp. 297. U.S. 
Disp. 661. Ec. Disp. U.S. 137. Loud. Encyc. Pl. 140. Ballard and Garrod, Mat. 
Med. 340. Thomson, Mat. Med. 918. Pereira, Mat. Med. IJ. 337. Griff. Med. 
Bot. 477. Carson, Ilust. Med. Bot. If. 14, Gray, Bot. Text-Book, 846. _ 
Genus CONVOLVULUS. 
From the Lat consolvere, to entwin, from the habit. A large genus of tame 
or prostrate her! 
Synvonrmns. — Scammonée (Fr. 1); Sscies beouihegrad von Aleppo (Ger. ) Soummo- 
nea (It.), Escamonea os, and For), Het Scammoneum Pan Sukmunya 
(Heb. and Arab.). . 
Tar as, CuaracTers, 
Cautyx. Sepals five, much imbricated, usually united at base, 
persistent. 
Corotus. Regular. Limb five-lobed or entire, plaited and 
_ twisted in estivation. - 
_Sramens. Five, inserted into the base of the —— — 
alternate with its lobes. ; a: 
Ovary. — ee free. Styles een ite ae 
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