Convolvulus ifamili?. 



Hedge Bindweed. Convol/vul/us sepium. 



Blossoming along the roadside and in the meadow in June and 

 July. 



This twining leafy vine, climbing over low shrubbery, has a round, 

 smooth, light green stem. 



The broad arrow-shaped leaf is from 2 to 3 inches in length, taper- 

 ing at the tip, and set on a long floot-stem ; the surface is smooth, 

 and the color a grayish-green. 



The large funnel-shaped flower is about 2 inches broad and from 

 2 to 3 inches long; the spreading top is obscurely 5-sided, and singu- 

 larly fine and delicate in texture, and of a pale shell-pink or white 

 color ; the stamens and a 2-divided white pistil are visible within the 

 tube ; the 5 pale-green parts of the calyx are nearly enfolded by two 

 lai'ger shell-shaped bracts. 



The Bindweed blossoms luxuriantly along the edge of cultivated 

 grounds, and often runs in among, the crops to such an extent as to be 

 deemed a pest by the farmer. Though it is the flower of the morning, 

 on cool gray days it frequently remains in bloom late into the afternoon. 



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