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THE CONVOLVULUS FAMILY. 



except the extreme north. Common, and often a troublesome weed in 

 England and Ireland, but apparently local in Scotland. FL all 



2. Larger Convolvulus. Convolvulus sepium, Linn. 

 (Fig. 680.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 313. Bindweed.) 





Fig. 680. 



Bootstock creeping as in the lesser C. ; 

 the twining stems climb to the length 

 of many feet over hedges and bushes. 

 Leaves broadly ovate or triangular, 

 pointed, with broad, angular lobes at the 

 base. Peduncles bearing a single large 

 flower of a pure white, with a pair of 

 large, leafy bracts immediately under 

 the calyx and completely enclosing it. 

 Stigmas obovate-oblong. Capsule with- 

 out any partition between the seeds. 



In hedges and bushy places, through- 

 out Europe and Russian Asia, except 

 the extreme north, and in North Ame- 

 rica. Abundant in England and Ire- 

 land, but local in Scotland. Fl. summer. 

 This and the following species are often 

 removed from Convolvulus as a distinct 

 genus, under the name of Calystegia. 



3. Sea Convolvulus. Convolvulus Soldanella, Linn. 

 (Fig. 681.) 



(Eng. Bot. t. 314.) 



Bootstock creeping. Stems short, prostrate and scarcely twining. 

 Leaves small, thick, broadly rounded or kidney-shaped, with broad, 

 rounded or angular lobes at the base. Peduncles 1-flowered, with the 

 two large bracts of the larger C. Corolla nearly as large, of a light 

 pink colour, the stigmas longer and more pointed than in the larger C, 

 but shorter and broader than in the lesser C. 



