68 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Vinca. 



picturesque plant. The roots to whet the leather-cutter's knives 

 on. Berries emetic, and purgative. Plant eaten by horses, sheep, 

 and cows. Some of the largest sized, and soundest forest-trees are 

 such as have been entwined with Ivy for a great length of time. 

 The Ivy draws its support from its own root ; its adhering fibres do 

 not supply it with nourishment. Latest of our fl. plants. Oint- 

 ment of the /*. for burns, Irish Ivy a var. with larger Is. of rapid 

 growth. 



THE'SIUM. Bastard-toadflax. 



T. linophyUum. Flax-leaved B. Cluster branched. 

 Bracteas three together. Leaves Hnear-spear-shaped. 

 Tube of the calyx very short. E. B. 247. 



Hiyh, open, chalky pastures. Stanton St. John. Sb. Streatley, 



Berhs. BIr. L. Darivall, and Bx. 

 Per. JuJy. 

 Stems several, reclining, rigid, taper, five or six inches, not much 



branched. Fl. spikes branched, sometimes forming a panicle, 



solitary, on alternate flower-stalks. Cal. funnel shaped, very 



white above, and at the margin beneath. 



VINCA.' Periwinkle. 



* V. minor. Less P. Stems lying down. Leaves elliptic- 



spear-shaped, smooth-edged. Flowers stalked. Seg- 

 ments of the calyx spear-shaped. E. B. 917. C. fas. 

 o. 16. V. pervinca minor. G. E. 894. 



Hedges, banks. Magdalen College Walks. Right hand side of the 

 road between Wolvercot and Yarnton. Cornbury. Sb. 



Per. April. 



Root creeping. Whole plant smooth, shining. Stems slender, 

 leafy, in fl. erect, afterwards prostrate, lengthened out, and root- 

 ing at the joints. Ls. opposite, stalks short. Fl. smaller than 

 in V. major, darker blue. Cal. shorter, smooth, less tapering. 

 Anth. stigm. and fruit curious in the genus. 



Its evergi'een Is, and early fl. ornamental, in shady places and 

 under trees. Astringent, both species. P^ar. Fl. white. 



* V. major. Greater P. Stems ascending. Leaves egg- 



shaped, fringed. Flowers stalked. Segments of the 

 calyx bristle-shaped, lengthened out. E. B. 514. C. 

 fas. 4. 19- Clematis daphnoides major. G. E. 894. 



Thickets, yroies. ]Ma£,dalen College Walks. Sb. 



Per. Ajiril. 



Roots creeping. Stems leafy, some trailing, throwing out roots, 



' From Lat, vincio, to bind. 



