342 101. Vinca. 29. VINC^. PI. ex. cor. 



Fam. XII. 29. VINC^. Apocynarum genus. Jussieu. 

 Calyx 5-cut, persisting; corolla 1-petaled, liypogynous, 

 regular, 5-lobed ', aestivation imbricate, deciduous ; stamens 5, 

 on the corolla, alternating with the lobes ; ^laments dis- 

 tinct; 07z^/ze?-5 2-celled, opening longitudinally ; pollen gx^- 

 nular, applied immediately to the stigma ; ovaries 2 ; style 1 ; 

 stigma 1, cvc^itoXe; follicles 2, long, 1-celled or half 2-celled ; 

 opening longitudinally on the inner edge; seeds naked, 

 often margined, on the edges of the follicles; spermodermis 

 simple; perisperm fleshy ; corculum straight ; radicle above ; 

 plumule inconspicuous ; cotyledons leaflike. — Shrubs or 

 under-shrubs often twining, lactescent; leaves opposite, edge 

 not in the least cut, often fringed with glands ; flowers 

 axillary or terminal. 



I. 101. VINCA. Pliny. Pervinkle. 



Calyx 5-parted ; corolla salvershape ; tube long ; mouth 

 slightly prominent, 5-sided ; limb flat, 5-lobed ; lobes blunt ; 

 anthers approaching ; stigma annulate at the base ; follicles 

 upright, round, half 2-celled; seeds ovate. — Stem shrubby, 

 diffuse; flowers solitary, axillary. 



1. Vinca minor. Small pervinkle. 

 Stem procumbent ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, edge bald ; 



peduncles 1 -flowered, solitary, axillary, longer than the 

 leaves ; teeth of the calyx lanceolate. 



Vinca pervinca minor, Raii Syn. 268, 1 ; Ger, em. 894, 1. 



Vinca pervinca vulgaris. Park. 380. 



Vinca minor, Lin. S. P. 304. 



Vinca ellipticifolia, Stokes Bot. Mat. 3Ied. 495. 



Vinca humilis, Salisb. Prod. 146. 



Woods and coppices; perennial; May. 

 Bhizoma creeping; stem upright; leaves perennial ; flowers 

 alternate, violet; mouth white. 



2. Vinca major. Great pervinkle. 



Stem upright; leaves ovate, edge fringed; peduncles one- 

 flowered, solitary, axillary ; teeth of the calyx bristlelike, 

 long. 



Vinca q. Clematis daphnoides major, Raii Syn. 268, 2. 



Clematis daphnoides, sive Pervinca major, Ger. em. 894. 



Clematis daphnoides latifolia, seu Vinca pervinca major. Park. 381. 



Vinca major, Lin. S. P. 304. 



Pervinca major, Scop. Cam. 274. 



Vinca gr;indiflora, Salisb. Prod, 146. 



Vinca ovalifolia, Slokes D. M. M. 497. 



