MORNING GLORY FAMILY. Convolvulaceae. 
There are a great many kinds of Convolvulus, widely 
distributed; ours are mostly twining or prostrate perennials; 
the flowers large, with a slender style and two stigmas; the 
fruit a capsule, usually with two large seeds. The name 
is from the Latin, meaning “to entwine.” These plants 
are often called Bindweed. 
This is a troublesome weed, introduced 
i Morning- from Europe, with very deep roots and 
Bie ee pretty flowers. The leaves are dull green 
arvénsis and look roughish, though they are 
White, pinkish = smooth or nearly so, and the flowers are 
a Tee ’ about an inch across, white inside, striped 
West: lefe. with pink and tinged with yellow at the 
base, and pink outside, striped with duller, 
deeper color. The stamens and pistil are white and the 
buds purplish-pink. The flower stalks usually have a pair 
of bracts near the middle. 
An attractive plant, with pretty foliage 
Yellow Morning- and large, pale flowers, the stems trailing 
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Pare at on the ground and climbing over low 
Be deeraie bushes. The leaves are smooth and dark 
Cream-color bluish-green and the flowers are about 
Summer : 
two inches and a half across, ve le 
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yellow, almost cream-color, with stripes 
of slightly deeper yellow, tinged with pink. The anthers 
and the pistil are pale yellow and the flower-stalks have 
two bracts just beneath the calyx. 
There are many kinds of Cuscuta, or Dodder, widely 
distributed and difficult to distinguish; leafless parasites, 
without green coloring, with twining, threadlike stems and 
inconspicuous flowers, in clusters. The seed germinates in 
the soil and produces a twining stem, which attaches itself 
to a neighbor by means of suckers. These plants are 
easily recognized, for they look like tangled bunches of 
coarse thread, and are often very conspicuous on account of 
their coloring, sometimes making fine masses of bright 
orange-color, beautiful in tone, though the plants are very 
unattractive. They have other names, such as Love-vine 
and Strangle-weed. 
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