MORNING GLORY FAMILY. Convolvulaceae. 



There are a great many kinds of Convolvulus, widely 

 distributed; ours are mostly twining or prostrate perennials; 

 the flowers large, with a slender style and two stigmas; the 

 fruit a capsule, usually with two large seeds. The name 

 is from the Latin, meaning "to entwine." These plants 

 are often called Bindweed. 



This is a troublesome weed, introduced 

 Field Morning- ffom Europe> with very deep roots and 



^Conldlvuius pretty flowers. The leaves are dull green 



arvensis and look roughish, though they are 



White, pinkish smooth or nearly so, and the flowers are 



Spring, summer, about ^ inch ac wMte insid ^ d 



autumn 



West, etc. w ^h pi 11 ^ and tinged with yellow at the 



base, and pink outside, striped with duller, 

 deeper color. The stamens and pistil are white and the 

 buds purplish-pink. The flower stalks usually have a pair 

 of bracts near the middle. 



An attractive plant, with pretty foliage 

 Yellow Morning- and large> pale flowers, the stems trailing 



on the g round and climbing over low 



ocddentalis bushes. The leaves are smooth and dark 



Cream-color bluish-green and the flowers are about 



Summer ^ wo mc h es and a half across, very pale 



yellow, almost cream-color, with stripes 

 of slightly deeper yellow, tinged with pink. The anthers 

 and the pistil are pale yellow and the flower-stalks have 

 two bracts just beneath the calyx. 



There are many kinds of Cuscuta, or Dodder, widely 

 distributed and difficult to distinguish; leafless parasites, 

 without green coloring, with twining, threadlike stems and 

 inconspicuous flowers, in clusters. The seed germinates in 

 the soil and produces a twining stem, which attaches itself 

 to a neighbor by means of suckers. These plants are 

 easily recognized, for they look like tangled bunches of 

 coarse thread, and are often very conspicuous on account of 

 their coloring, sometimes making fine masses of bright 

 orange-color, beautiful in tone, though the plants are very- 

 unattractive. They have other names, such as Love-vine 

 and Strangle-weed. 



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