Flowers 



L. ^POCYNA H CE^E : Fl'NCA. 657 



Leaves simple, opposite, exstipulate, evergreen; entire, shining. Fh. 

 axillary. Trailing, suffruticose, evergreen shrubs ; natives of Europe. 



GENUS I. 



iJ 



FTNCA L. THE PERIWINKLE. Lin. Syst. Pentandria Monogjnia. 



Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 295. ; Juss., 144. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 95. 



Si/noni/mes. Pervinca Tour^i. t. 45. ; la Pervenche, Fr. ; Suungriin, Ger. ; Vinca, or Fior da 



Mor'to, Jtal. 

 Derivation. In Don's Miller, this word is said to be derived from vinco, to conquer ; because the 



species subdue other plants by their creeping roots, or bind them by their runners : but a much 



better origin seems to be from vinculum, a baud, on account of the suitableness of the shoots for 



the purpose of making bands. 



Gen. Char., $c. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla salver-shaped ; tube longer than the 

 calyx ; throat bearded ; segments of the limb flat, oblique, truncate at the 

 apex. Stamens 5, inserted in the throat, enclosed. Anthers ending each 

 in a hairy membrane at the apex, which connive over the stigma. Stigma 

 bearded, seated on a flat orbicular disk, which is grooved round the cir- 

 cumference. Glands 2, alternating with the ovaries, glabrous, as well as 

 they. Follicles 2, erect, terete, narrow, dehiscing lengthwise, few-seeded. 

 Seeds cylindrical, naked. Albumen fleshy. (Don's Mill.) 



Leaves as in the Order. Flowers axillary, solitary, alternate, pedunculate ; 

 blue, purple, or white. Shrubs, evergreen, sufFruticose, creeping or trail- 

 ing ; natives of Europe ; of the easiest culture ; and readily propagated by 

 division, layers, or cuttings : valuable in pleasure-grounds, as thriving under 

 the dense shade of trees and shrubs. 



^ 1. V. MA'JOR L. The greater Periwinkle. 



Identification. Lin. Sp., p. 304. ; Don's Mill.j 4. p. 95. ; Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836. 



Synonumes. Tinea media Dcliie ; Pervfnca major Scop. Cam. No. 274. 



Engravings. Eng. Bot., t. 514. ; Baxt. Brit. Fl. PL, vol. 2. t. 158. ; and our figs. 1278. and 1279. 



Spec. Char,, $c. Stamens erectish. Leaves ovate, acute, ciliated. Calycine 

 teeth linear-subulate, ciliated, usually with a small tooth on each side at 

 the base. Segments of corolla broad, obovate. 



1278. V. major. 



This species is larger in all its 

 parts than the following sort. 

 Flowering stems erect ; barren 

 ones trailing. (Don's Mill.) A 

 low, trailing or creeping, suf- 

 fruticose evergreen. Middle 

 and South of Europe, and 

 apparently wild in some parts 

 of Britain. Height 2 ft., form- 

 ing a dense, dark green, low, 

 trailing bush, growing freely 

 under the shade of other trees, 

 and producing its fine blue 

 flowers from March to Sept. 



1279. V. major. 



Variety. 



V. ?n. 2 variegata Hort. Leaves variegated with white and yellow. 

 ik 2. F. MI'NOR L. The less Periwinkle. 



" ' M 



,, ,. ,6. , d our ^ UK 



Spec Char., Sfc. Stems procumbent. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, glabrous. 



u u 



