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CALYSTEGIA soLDANELLA (Sea Bindiveed). 



2. C. Soldanella (Sea Bindweed). Stem not climb- 

 ing; leaves fleshy, roundish, or kidney-shaped ; flowers 

 solitary, on 4-sided, winged stalks ; bracts large, egg- 

 shaped, close to the flower. A very beautiful species, 

 growing only on the sandy sea-coast, and decorating 

 the sloping sides of sand-hills with its large, pale rose- 

 coloured flowers striped with red. The stems are usually 

 almost entirely buried beneath the sand, and the flowers 

 and leaves merely rise above the surface. The flowers, 

 which are nearly as large as those of the preceding 

 species, expand in the morning, and in bright weather 



