142 FLORA HTSTORICA. 



CONVOLVULUS or BINDWEED. 



Natural Order Campanacccc, Convolvuli, Juss : a 

 Genus of the Pentandria Monogynia Class. 



*' Convolvolus, expand thy cup-like floM'er, 

 Graceful in form, and beautiful in hue." 



Barton. 



" Regardez: ce beau Liseron 

 Dessine sa legere cloche 

 A travers cet cpais buisson 

 Dont Tepine defend rapproclie;"" 



This beautiful genus of plants is sufficiently nu- 

 merous to fill an entire volume with their descrip- 

 tion alone. Martyn described no less than one 

 hundred and ten kinds as long back as 1807, 

 since which time several species have been added, 

 as the Hortus Ke wen sis then contained only thirty- 

 three species, which arc now increased to forty- 

 nine. Europe claims only fourteen species, but 

 three of which are natives of the British islands, 

 the remainder being indigenous to the Indies 

 and America. 



The species most familiar to our gardens, are 

 the Trailing, Convolvulus Minor, or Tricolor, 



