HEDGE BINDWEED 



watching for their best friend the moth, Sphinx con- 

 volvuli. In the sunshine they welcome the bees and 

 the butterflies. 



After the corolla falls the lobes of the calyx close 

 up about the pistil and outside of these the two 

 great, leafy bracts enfold them all. Later, if all 

 goes well, there will be a little round pod of two cells 

 and two seeds in a cell. 



When no support appears the Hedge Bindweed 

 cheerfully trails itself over the grass and weeds, its 

 arrow leaves making a tapestry of exquisite pattern 

 and texture. At first the leaves are very beautiful, 

 but evidently they are toothsome to insects and become 

 badly eaten by September. 



Several species of Bindweed frequent the road- 

 side ways, but all agree in general habit and floral 

 structure. The Small Field Bindweed, Convdlvulus 

 arvensis, another European form, has wandered from 

 the seaboard as far as Kansas. The blossom is smaller 

 than that of the Hedge Bindweed and lacks the leaf-like 

 bracts at its base. 



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