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among the largest which this cotmlry produces. — Fl. June ^ 

 September. Perennial. 



2. C. Soldanl'lla (Sea Bindweed). — A- very beautiful species ; 

 stems not climbing, usually almost entirely buried beneath the 

 sand ; leaves flesliy, roundish or kidney shaped ; bracts large, ovate, 

 close to the flower ; flozoers solitary, almost as large as those of the 

 preceding species ; pale rose-coloured, striped with red or yellow, 



CnNVML\'l-LLs SOLDAWiLLiV (S,:a, /Ului'Mn/). 



on 4-sided, winged stalks. — Sandy sea-shores ; frequent. The 

 flowers generally expand in the morning and close before night. 

 — Fl. June — August. Perennial. 



3. C. arvensis (Field Bindweed) — A beautiful, though destruc- 

 tive twining plant ; hrwes arrow-shaped, with acute lobes ; hraeis 

 -'.small, linear, distant from the flower: flinders 1 — 3 together, 

 white or rose-colfurcd, with darker red plails, handsome and 

 fragrant, opening only in sunny weather, — A common weed in 

 light soil, either trailmg along the ground among short grass or 



