CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. Convolvulacex. 



the borders of thickets and woods throughout the north, 

 and south to Ga. Found near Lake Dunmore, Vt. 



An early-flowering species with delicate 

 Milkweed magenta-pink flowers, the reflexed lobes 



Asclepias of which are palest pink. The stem is 



quadrifolia slender and generally leafless below, bear- 

 Magenta=pink - about twQ circleg of four leaves about 

 May-July ., . , ,, , . . 



the middle and two pairs of opposite 



smaller leaves at the upper part of the stem. The plant 

 is delicate and small, with few flower-clusters. 1-2 feet- 

 high. Woods and copses, throughout the north, and 

 south to N. Car. 



. An extremely small narrow-leaved plant 



verticillata with a slender stem leafy at the summit. 

 Qreen=white The leaves smooth and very narrowly lin- 

 July- ear, generally grouped in circles of 4-7. 



September Flowers greenish white. 1-2 feet high. 

 Common on dry hills, especially so south. Me., west to 

 S. Dak. , and south. 



CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. Convolvulacece. 



Herbs, in our range, with twining or trailing stems, 

 alternate leaves, and regular, perfect flowers with gen- 

 erally a bell-shaped or funnel-formed corolla, and five 

 stamens. Flowers visited by the honeybee and bumble- 

 bee. Self-fertilized as well as cross-fertilized. The 

 name from the Latin convolve, to roll together. 



A small, erect or slightly twining plant, 

 Btadweed scarcely a foot long, with blunt, oval, 

 Convolvulus light green leaves, heart-shaped at the 

 spithamceus base, short -stemmed, about 1-2 inches 

 White long. Funnel-formed white flowers about 



June-August inches long? borne s i ng i y< Calyx in- 

 closed in two large leafy bracts. In sandy or rocky 

 fields, Me., south and west. 



A smooth-stemmed vine with arrow- 

 Bi^ndweed shaped, triangular, grayish green leaves, 



Convolvulus slender - stemmed and acute - pointed. 

 sepium Handsome bell-shaped or funnel-shaped 



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