4S6 FLOWERS OF FIELD, HILL, AND SWAMP 



golden yellow. Leaves, small, shining, ovate or lance-shaped, 

 short-petioled, evergreen. Time, March and April. 



Calyx, 5-parted. Corolla, tubular, i to \\ inches long, the 

 border deeply 5-parted into broad lobes. Stamens, 5, with 

 arrow-shaped anthers. Style, i. Short stamens and long 

 style in one flower, corresponding to long stamens and short 

 style in another. A high climber over trees. 



This is one of the most beautiful of our vines, deservedly dear 

 to the Southern heart, the profusion of bright, deliciously fra- 

 grant, axillary - clustered flowers, in shape somewhat like the 

 Northern foxglove, contrasting finely with the richly colored 

 evergreen leaves. Low grounds, from Virginia to Florida and 

 Texas. 



33. Field Bindweed 



Convolvulus arvensis ("to twine"). — Family, Convolvulus. 

 Color, white, or with a pink tinge. Leaves, smooth, ovate to 

 oblong, arrow-shaped, alternate. Time, June. 



Calyx, bractless, of 5 sepals. Corolla, twisted in the bud, 

 open, funnel-form, or bell-shaped in the blossom, nearly i inch 

 long. Stigmas, 2, thread-like. 



A common trailing or twining vine, becoming a weed near the 

 coast. The flowers, single, on long peduncles, open with sun- 

 light and close at night. Imported from Europe. 



34. Hedge Bindweed 



C sepium bears light-pink or white morning-glory-like blos- 

 soms about 2 inches long. Calyx, surrounded by 2 broad, 

 leafy bracts. Leaves, triangular in outline, arrow or halberd- 

 shaped at base, with lobes toothed or wavy. 



A smooth (or downy) trailing or twining plant, matting on the 

 ground if it cannot climb ; but it prefers to cover bushes and 

 small herbs, spreading by running rootstocks, increasing very 

 fast, and furnishing along streams or in moist thickets delicate 

 color to masses of green. North Atlantic States and westward. 



