The 
BRUTUSH HERD 2D 
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The whole plant is of a fine whitith filvery 
hue, and when broken does not afford a milky 
juice, as moft dindweeds do. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June: — 
C. Bauhine calls it Convolvulus argenteus folio 
althee. J. Bauhine, Convolvulus peregrinus pul- 
cher folio Betonica, 
4. Little blue Bindweed. 
Convolvulus ceruleus minor. 
The root is long, flender, brown, and hung 
with many fibres. 
The ftalks are weak, round, hairy, of a pale 
green colour, and a foot high. 
The leaves ftand irregularly, and in a confide- 
rable number: they have no footftalks: they 
are of a pale green, long, narrow, and pointed 
at the ends: the edges are not at all dented, and 
they are but a little hairy. 
The flowers ftand fingly on long, fender foot- 
ftalks, rifing from the bofoms of the leaves : 
they are large, and of a beautiful blue. 
The feed-veffel is fhort and thick. 
It is a native of Africa and of fome of the 
warmer parts of Europe, and flowers in July. 
C. Bauhine calls it Conveluulus peregrinus ceru- 
leus folio oblongo, Others, Convolvulus c.eruleus 
minor, 
5. Small-leaved Bindweed. 
Convolvulus ramofus folio parvo. . 
The root is fmall, fibrous, and brown. 
The ftalks are numerous, round, of a pale 
green, and tolerably firm: they divide into 
many branches; and frequently ftand upright. 
They are fix or eight inches high. : 
The leaves are fmall, oblong, and rounded at 
the ends. They fometimes ftand in pairs, but 
oftener fingly. 
The branches rife from the bofoms of thefe, 
and are long, flender, and often divided into 
others. The leaves on thefe are very {mall and 
numerous ; and they ftand altogether irregularly. 
The flowers are large, and of a bright red: 
they grow towards the tops of the branches, 
and have very fhort footftalks. 
The feed-veffel is fhort and thick. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. 
Morifon calls it Convolvulus ramofus minor. 
Pona, Helxine ciffampelos ramofa Cretica; for it 
is alfo a native of that IMand. 
6. Many-leaved Bindweed. 
Convoluulus foliis numerofis anguftis. 
The root is long, woody, brown, and furnifh- 
ed with many fibres. The leaves that rife from 
it are very narrow, longifh, pointed at the endss 
and of a pale green: they ftand on long foot- 
ftalks, and fade when the ftalks rife. 
Thefe are numerous, flender, tough, of a pale 
green, fix or feven inches long, and confiderably 
branched. 
The leaves are numerous, and ftand thick: 
they are narrow, pale, undivided at the edges, 
pointed at the ends, and have fcarce any foot- 
ftalks. ; : 
The flowers are numerous, moderately large, 
of a beautiful pale red ; and they generally grow 
two together. They are divided at the rim into 
five, pointed fegments. 
The feed-veffel is fmall. 
It is a native of Italy, and flowers in June. » 
C.Bauhine calls it Convolvulus linarie folio: 
Others, Convolvulus Jpice foliis. 
7. Oak-leaved Bindweed. 
Convolvulus quercus folio. 
The root is flender, fibrous, and brown. 
The firft leaves rife in a thick tuft: they are 
of a deep green colour, of a flethy fubftance, and 
ftand on long footftalks: they have fome ride 
refemblance of oak leaves in miniature, only they 
are lefs indented toward the point, and blunter at 
the ends. 
The ftalks are numerous, tough, round, red- 
ifh, and two foot high: they ftand more ereé&t 
than moft of the other dindweeds, but not per- 
fectly fo. 
The leaves ftand alternately : they refemble 
thofé at the root, but they are fmaller, and not 
fo flefhy. v4: 
The flowers grow finely from the bofoms of 
the leaves, and have long, flender footftalks: 
they are large, undivided at the edge, and of a 
dufky purplith colour. 
The feed-veffel is large, and full of dark co- 
loured feeds. 
It is a native of the fea-coafts of Italy, but not 
common, 
Imperatus calls it Soldanelle maritime congener. 
8. Cretick Bindweed, called Dorycnium. 
Convolvulus multifiorus fericeus. 
The root is long, thick, and has but few 
fibres. 
The firft leaves ate long, narrow, undivided, 
and have no footftalks: they are of a filvery 
whitenefs, and foft to the touch. : 
The ftalks are numerous, round, firm, and 
woody : they do not lie upon the ground, as in 
moft of the others, but ftand erect. 
The leaves on them are narrow, long, and 
blunt at the end, and have the fame filky afpect 
with thofe from the root: they are numerous, 
and ftand irregularly, with young tufts frequently 
in their bofoms. 
The flowers ftand at the tops of the ftalks, fix 
or eight together, and they are large, and of a __ 
beautiful red, though ‘fometimes white. 
The feed-veffel is fhort and thick. 
It is a native of the Greek iflands, and flowers 
in July. 
Morifon calls it Convolvulus major reétus Creti- 
cus argenteus. Others, Dorycnium, and Cn orum. 
C. Bauhine, Cneorum ‘album folio ole argenteo 
mollt. 
Linnzeus fuppofes this, and the laft but one, 
varieties of the fame fpecies; but they are truly 
difting. 
g: Ivy-leaved Bindweed. 
Convoloulus foliis trilobis. 
The root is fmall, fibrous, and brown. 
The firft leaves are large, numerous, and form 
a thick tuft. They are placed on long footftalks, 
and 
