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PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Convolvulus. 



Var. 2. Leaves arrow strap-shaped. 



Pink. 24. 3.* 



Both leaves and flowers smaller. 



Between Harleston and Eversden, Cambridgeshire. Ray. 



Var. 3. Bloss. very small, almost divided to the base. 

 Near Maidstone. Ray, 



be'pium, C. Leaves arrow-shaped, lopped at the base: fruit-stalk 



4 -cornered, bearing 1 flower. 



4 • 



E. hot. 



313 



Curt.-FL dan. U>%~Sheldr. 56-Blaek<w. 33- 



Knlph. 12-Dod. 392-Lob. obs. 340. 1-Ger. em. 801. 1- 

 Park. 163. 3-i/. ox. i. 3. 6-Ger. 712. l-Fuchs. 72%-J.B. 

 ii. VA-Trag. &i)5-Blair. 4. 3~S<wert. ii. 14. %-Walc. 5. 



Edges of the leaves brown. Bloss. white. Linn. Floral leaves 

 5?, close to the cup, whilst in the preceding species they are at 

 some distance below it. The large size of its fine milk white 

 blossoms makes it a beautiful ornament to our hedges. 



Great Bindweed. Moist hedges. P. July, Aug.* 



(2) Stem not twining. 

 Soldanel'Ia.C. Leaves kidney-shaped : fruit-stalks with 1 flower. 



E. hot. 3U-Matt&, l6$-Dod. tyS-Lob. obs. .129. 2-Ger.tm. 

 838. 1-Park. 168. 2. 6-H. ox. i. 3. 1-Ger. 6"00. 



Stems in open ground short, and lying flat, taking a semi- 

 circular direction ; but among bushes growing to some length 

 unbranched, bearing no flowers. Leaves sometimes heart-shaped. 

 Leaf-stalks long. Mr. Woodward. Blossoms red. At some 

 distance from the sea, not above half the usual size, but the plant 



in other respects the same. 



Scottish Scurvy Grass. 



shore. 



Sea Colenvort. Sea Bindweed. Sea 



[Norfolk coast, frequent. Mr. Woodw 

 Mr. Dalton. — Near the sea coast. Cornwa 



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Walney 



'. July-* 



* The inspissated juice of the plant, in doses of 20 and 30 grains, is a 

 powerful drastic purge. Scammony is the inspissated juice oi a species 

 of Convolvulus so much resembling this, that they are with difficulty 

 distinguished. Though an acrid purgative to the human race, it is eaten 

 by Hogs in large quantities without any detriment. Sheep, goats, MW 

 horses eat it. Cows refuse it. 



i Half an ounce of the juice, or a dram of the powder, is an acrid 

 puj\;e. The leaves applied externally are said to diminish dropsical 

 swt ings of the feet. The different species furnish nourishment to the 



Sphinx cmvohuli and Phalan* Elptnor. 



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