74 A GUIDE TO THE WILD FLOWERS 



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' stalked, 2-5 in. long, triangular in outline, the basal lobes 

 widely-spreading, acute. Flowers solitary, arising from the 

 base of a leaf-stalk, pink, often white striped, or rarely white 

 throughout, 2 in. long. July. Newfoundland to British Co- 

 lumbia, 111., etc. Fig. 210. 



211. Trailing Bindweed. Convolvulus repens. Lower, and 

 nearly always trailing on the ground, the stem more or less 

 hairy. Leaves stalked, 1-2 in. long, not triangular in outline, 

 the basal lobes not widely spreading. Flowers about 2 in. 

 long, white. June-July. Quebec to Florida, and Louisiana, 

 rare or wanting westward. 



212. Low Bindweed. Convolvulus spithamaeus. Scarcely ever 

 more than i ft. high, weekly trailing. Leaves oval, almost or 

 quite stalkless, 1-2 in. long. Flowers white, about 2 in. long. 

 June- July. Nova Scotia to Ontario and Manitoba, south to 

 Florida and Ky. 



213. Small Bindweed. Convolvulus arvensis. Stems trail- 

 ing, never more than 2 ft. long. Leaves somewhat similar to 

 the first, but smaller. Flowers usually 1-4 together, and with- 

 out the 2 leaf -like organs at the base, pink or white, about 

 ly^ in. long. Summer. Nova Scotia to Ontario, and Montana, 

 south to N. J., Kan., etc. Native of Europe and Asia. Fig. 

 213. 



