I-. ^POCYNACE^. : n'NCA. 



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

 axillar}'. Trailing, suff'ruticose, evergreen shrubs ; natives of" Europe. 



Genus I. 



FFNCA L. The Periwinkle. Lin. Syst. 



Pentandria Monogjnia. 





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Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 29.5. ; Juss., 144. ; Don's Mill., 4. p. 95. 



Si/noniiines. Pervinca Tourn. t. 45. ; la Pervenche, Fr. ; Sunngriin, Ger. ; Vinca, or Fior da 

 "Mor'to, Ital. 



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 band, on account of the suitableness of the shoots for 

 the purpose of making bands. 



Gen. Char., S)-c. Calyx S-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. 



f(^ 1. V. MA^JOR L. The greater Periwinkle. 



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



Synnnymes. Tinea media Dclile \ Pervinca major Scop. Cam. No. 274. 



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



Spec. Char., Sfc. 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. 

 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 



1 flowers from March to Sept. 



fariety. 



Sw V. m. 2 variegdta Hort. Leaves variegated with white arid yellow. 



j %, 2. V. mi'nor L. The less Periwinkle. 



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



^ijnoiiymes. Pervinca minor Scop. Cam. No. 273. , Pervinca vulgaris Par*. Theatr. 311. f. 1.; 



1 Clematis daphniildes Dorian. Pempt. 401. 



f.ngravings. Eng. Bot., t. 917. ; Hayne Abbild, t. 20. ; and our fig. 1280. 



foec. Char., ^c. Stems procumbent. Leaves elliptic lanceolate, glabrous. 



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V. major. 



1279. V. major. 



