CXLVI. 

 VINCA MINOR. 



Lesser Periwinkle. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. Apocyne.e. 



Gen. Char. Calyx five-parted. Corolla hypocrateriform, 

 the segments oblique, spirally imbricated in the bud- 

 Filaments dilated at the end into concave scales. Fol- 

 licles two, erect ; seeds naked . 



Spec. Char. Stems procumbent. Leaves elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, glabrous at the margin. Calycine teeth small, 

 lanceolate, glabrous- 



SYNONYMES. 

 Greek .... xXufiurn $a<p>oitbt$. 



( Clematis Daphnoides minor. Bauh. Pin. 301. 



I Vinca Pervinca minor. Ger. Em. 894. Raii Syn. 268. 



Latin <^ Clematis daphnoides. Dod. Pempt. 405. 



j Vinca minor. Lin. Sp. PI. 304. Eng. Fl. i. p. 338. Eng. 

 L Bot. t. 917- 



Pervenche ; Violette des Sorciers. 



Pervinca ; Centocchio. 



Pervinca ; Yerba Doncella. 



Pervinca. 



Kleines Sinngriin ; Jungfernkrone ; WintergrUu ; UngrUn. 



Vinkoorde ; Maagdenpalm. 



Singroen. 



Barwinek. 



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Description. — The root or rhizoma is perennial, creeping, 

 slender, and fibrous. The stems are slender, ligneous, creeping, 

 cylindrical, very smooth, and from four to twelve inches in 

 height. The stems are nearly sessile, opposite, elliptical-lan- 

 ceolate, coriaceous, glabrous, deep shining green, very entire, 

 and smooth at the margin. The flowers are solitary, axillary, 



