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GREATER PERIWINKLE, rinca major. 



Woods, shady banks, gardens. April, May. This makes a useful trailer 

 for rough banks or stumps. Propagate by division in March or April. 



Floivcrs blue-purple, solitary and axillary, pedicels shorter than leaves ; 

 Calyx .5-partite, segments narrow, equalling corolla tube, eiliate on margins, 

 glandular at base inside ; Corolla 5-lobed, tube almost campanulate, slightly 

 contracted at mouth, hairy inside, limb flat, spreading, lobes broad, almost 

 angular ; Stamens 5, epipetalous, enclosed in tube, filaments short, anthers 

 inflexed, tipped with membrane, bearded ; Ovary of 2 carpels, distinct at base, 

 connate at apex, style 1, stigma oblong; Disk of 2 glands alternating with the 

 carpels ; Fruit of 2 follicles, oblong, terete, each of 1 cell, greenish ; seeds several, 

 seldom ripened. 



Leaves opposite, broadly ovate, or cordate at base, entire, eiliate, shining 

 green. 



An evergreen under-shrub ; Barren shoots long, trailing, not tough ; flowering 

 stems nearly erect in flower, afterwards elongating, rooting at tip only ; Root-stock 

 creeping. 



A native of Britain. Known also as Rand-plant and Cut-finger. 



LESSER PERIWINKLE, Finca minor. 



Woods, copses, hedge banks, gardens. April, May. 



Flowers blue-purple, solitary and axillary, peduncles short ; Calyx 5-partite, 

 segments broad, .\ length of corolla tube, glabrous ; Corolla 5-lobed, tube more 

 open than in V. major ; Fruit of 2 follicles, rare. 



Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate or oblong, narrow, glabrous, 1-1^ in. long, 

 petioles short. 



An evergreen nnder-shruh ; Barren shoots trailing, tough, 1-2 ft. long, 

 rooting ; flowering stems short, erect, 



A native of Britain. 



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