82 COBOLLIFLOB.E. 



CKLORA. YELLOW-WOKT. 



C. perfoliata (perfoliate Yellow-wort?) In chalky and lime- 

 stone pastures. Stem from 1 foot to 18 inches high, simple ; 

 leases distant, in pairs, connected at the base by their whole 

 breadth, and pierced by the stem, triangularly ovate; stem branch- 

 ing at the top into a flowering panicle, bearing bright yellow 

 flowers ; corolla and calyx both consisting of 8 divisions. Near 

 Starcross, PL D. (E. B. t. 60.) A. vn.-ix. 



MENYANTHES. BUCKBEAN. 



M. trifoliata (BucTcbean^ or marsh Trefoil?) In marshy and 

 boggy situations. Boot creeping ; stem thick, round, and leafy ; 

 leaves stalked, divided into three equal, obovate, wavy leaflets ; 

 flower-stalk erect, terminating in a dense cluster of flesh-coloured 

 flowers, thickly fringed with beautiful white filaments. Marshy 

 meadow at Edginswell. Forde bog, near Newton. Bovey Heath. 

 (E. B. t. 495.) P. v.-vn. 



OBD. LYII. POLEMONIACEJG, 



OBD. LVIII. CONVOLVULACEJE. 

 CONVOLVULUS. BINDWEED. 



C. arvensis (small Bindweed.) In fields, hedges, and waste 

 places. Stems twining or decumbent, leafy, numerous ; leaves 

 alternate, arrow-shaped, with acute lobes, stalked ; flower-stalks 

 generally 1-flowered ; flowers bell-shaped, variegated with rose- 

 colour and white. Very common in all our fields and hedges. (E. 

 B. t. 312.) P. VI.-YIII. 



CALYSTEGXA. HOODED BINDWEED. 



1. C. sepium (great Convolvulus, or hooded Bindweed.) In 

 shady woods and hedges. Stem climbing, with large but distant 

 leaves, alternate, arrow-shaped, their lobes truncated. Flowers 

 large and handsome, pure white, sometimes streaked with pink. 



