CL. V.] PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 123 



half-way into five nearly equal segments with inflected margins. 

 Filaments thread-shaped. Anthers roundish ; germen globular. 

 Style cylindrical, erect, permanent; stigma knobbed. Capsule 

 roundish, with five deep furrows, five-celled, five-valved. Seeds 

 numerous, roundish. From azaleas, parched. 103. 



1. A. procumbens. Trailing Azalea. Branches spreading and procum- 

 bent ; leaves opposite, revolute, smooth. A small shrub growing in 



tufts : flowers terminal, rose-coloured. Flowers in July : grows on dry 

 heathy ground on many of the Highland mountains. Eng. Bot. pi. 865. 

 Eng. Ft. vol.i. p. 282. 324. 



19. CONVO'LVULUS. BINDWEED. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, small, divided into five egg-shaped, 

 permanent segments. Corolla of one petal, large, bell-shaped, 

 regular, with five plaits and five shallow lobes ; nectary, a gland 

 under the germen. Filaments awl-shaped, half as long as the co- 

 rolla; anthers arrow-shaped, erect, terminal. Germen roundish. 

 Style thread-shaped, as long as the stamens ; stigmas two, spread- 

 ing. Capsule roundish. Seeds large, roundish. Named from 

 convolvo, to entwine. 104. 



1. C. sepium. Great Bindweed. Leaves arrow-shaped ; flower-stalks 

 square, bearing a single flower ; bracteas heart-shaped, close to the 



flower. Roots long, creeping : stems twining, several feet long : 



flowers large, white or tinged with rose-colour. Perennial : flowers in 

 July and August : grows in hedges and thickets : frequent. Eng. Bot. 

 vol. v. pi. 312. Eng. Fl. vol.i. p. 285. 325. 



2. C. arvensis. Small Bindweed. Leaves arrow-shaped ; flower-stalks 



bearing a single flower ; bracteas minute, remote from the flower. 



Root creeping, long : stems twining or prostrate, several feet long : 

 flowers rose-coloured, sometimes white. Perennial : flowers in June and 

 July : grows in hedges, on dry banks, in pastures, &c. : common. Eng. 

 Bot. vol. v. pi. 312. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 285. 326. 



3. C. Soldanella. Sea Bindweed. Leaves kidney-shaped ; flower- 

 stalks bearing a single flower, their angles membranous ; stems procum- 

 bent. Root creeping : stems about two feet long : leaves rather suc- 

 culent : flowers large, purplish pink-coloured, with pale-yellow plaits. 

 Perennial: flowers in June and July : grows in sand on the sea-shore : 

 frequent. Eng. Bot. vol. v. pi. 314. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 286. 327. 



20. POLEMO'lNIUM. GHEEK VALERIA*. 

 Calyx inferior, of one leaf, cup-shaped, divided into five broad 

 segments, permanent. Corolla of one petal, wheel-shaped, with a 

 very short tube, closed at the top by five convex, downy valves ; 

 the limb flat, with five obtuse, equal segments. Filaments thread- 

 shaped, inclining, shorter than the corolla ; anthers roundish, erect. 

 Germen egg-shaped, acute, superior. Style cylindrical, as long 

 as the stamens ; stigma three-cleft, revolute. Capsule egg-shaped, 

 with three blunt angles, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds nume- 

 rous, triangular. Named from polemos, war. ]05. 



