XIII 



WASTES AND WAYSIDES IN SUMMER {Continued) 



Continuing our list of the numerous wayside flowers of the 

 summer months, we take first the Rampion Bellflower or Ramps 

 [Campanula Rapunculus), of the order Campanulacea;. The flowers 

 of this order are usually easily distinguished by their bell-shaped 

 corolla, mounted on an inferior ovary, and by their general resem- 

 blance to the Canterbury Bells so famiUar to us as favom-ite garden 

 flowers. The Rampion is to be seen on some of the sandy or 

 gravelly wastes of the South of England during July and August, 

 but is rather local in its distribution. It has an angled, erect stem, 

 from two to three feet high, rough with stiff, white hairs. The 

 stem leaves are narrow, pointed, and usually entire ; but the 

 lower leaves are broader, with sUghtly -scalloped edges, on long 

 stalks. The blue flowers are arranged in erect terminal racemes, 

 either simple or branched, each flower having a short stalk. In 

 order to distinguish between this and other species of the same 

 genus we should note that the segments of its calyx are narrow and 

 entire ; and that the corolla is divided deeply into five narrow, 

 pointed segments. 



The Great Bindweed {Convolvulus sepium) of the order Con- 

 volvulacece, is very conspicuous in most hedgerows, and is probably 

 so well known that a description need hardly be given for purposes 

 of identification, but we must call attention to a few interesting 

 features that might be overlooked. It is both a creeper and a 

 climber, for it has a creeping rootstock that enables it to travel 

 considerable distances below the surface of the ground, and a 

 twining stem, usually four or five feet long, by which it climbs 

 over the surrounding plants or shrubs. The large, white flowers, 

 which bloom from June to August, are arranged singly on 



