338 WILD FLOWERS. 



BINDWEED. 



Convolvulus. 



Welsh, Cynhafawg. French, Liseron, Liset. German, Winde. 

 Dutch, Yinde. Danish, Snerli. Italian, Vilucchio, Vi- 

 tecchio. Spanish, Convolvulo. Portuguese, Oliserao. 

 lllyric, Slek, Slak. Arabic, Olleyk, Lubbayn, Middayd. 



NATURAL. 



Pentandria. Couvolvulacece . 



Monogynia. Convolvulus. 



THE Convolvuldcece are an order of peculiar beauty 

 and interest, which occur both in temperate and 

 tropical regions ; assuming, in some parts of South 

 America, quite an arboreous character ; but every- 

 where preserving the beauty of their vase-like blos- 

 soms, and the grace of their wandering and flexile 

 stems. This is even the case in the leafless genus 

 cuscuta, or dodder. In the valley of the Nile the com- 

 mon striped-bindweed (C.arvensis) grows everywhere 

 in the fields ; and one name it bears, olleylc, applies 

 to its "suspending/' or "climbing," habits, as the 

 other, lubbayn, does to its "milky" juice. That of 

 the desert derives its name, middayd, from its 

 "stretching forth/' or "creeping/' habit; and it is 

 probably the same as the C. Forskalii, whose other 

 appellation, baydd, signifying " white/' is derived 

 from its juice. There are also other natives of the 



