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CONVO'LVULUS* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndriaI , Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Convolvula'ce.e. Dr. R. Brown . — Lindl. 
Syn. p. 167; Introd. to Nat. Syst. Bot. p. 218. — Rich, by Macgilliv. 
p. 442. — Convolvuli. Juss. — Sm. Gram, of Bot. p. 103. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (figs. 1 & 2.) inferior, of one sepal, deeply 
divided into 5 rather deep, egg-shaped, imbricated, approaching, 
permanent segments. Corolla (fig. 4.) of 1 petal, large, bell- 
shaped, regular, spreading, with 5 prominent plaits, and as many 
very shallow lobes. Nectary a gland under the germen. Fila- 
ments 5, awl-shaped, attached to the base of the corolla, and about 
half its length. Anthers terminal, upright, arrow-shaped. Germen 
roundish. Style (fig. 3.) thread-shaped, as long as the stamens. 
Stigmas 2, spreading, oblong. Capsule invested with the calyx, 
roundish, of 1, 2, or 3 cells, and as many valves. Seeds (fig. 5.) 
large, roundish, 1 or 2 in each cell, attached to the base of the 
central, unconnected, angular receptacle. 
Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order, by 
an inferior, bell-shaped, plaited Corolla, a Style with 2 Stigmas, and 
a 2- or 3-celled Capsule, with 1 or 2 seeds in each cell. 
Three species British. 
CONVO'LVULUS ARVE'NSIS. Small Bindweed, or Corn- 
bindweed. It is also called Withe-wind, Barebind, Hedge-bells, and 
Devil’s-guts. 
Spec. Char. Stem climbing Leaves arrow-shaped, their lobes 
pointed. Flower-stalks mostly single-flowered. Bracteas very small, 
distant from the flowers. 
Eng. Bot. t. 312.— Curt. FI. Lond. t. — Huds. FI. Ang). (2nd ed.) p. 88. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 232. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 284. — With. (7th ed. ) v. ii. p.298. 
— Lindl. Syn. p. 167. — Hook. Brit. FI. p. 96.— Gray’s Mat. Arr. v. ii. p. 344. — 
Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 140. — Mart. FI. Rust. t. 89. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 76. — 
Abbot’s FI. Bedf. p. 47. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p. 116. — Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) 
p. 88. — Hook. FI. Scot. p. 73. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 49. — Johnson’s FI. of Ber- 
wick. v. i. p. 57. — FI. Devon, pp. 65 & 127. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 55. — Mack. 
Catal.ofPl. of Ireland, p. 22. — Convolvulus minor vulgaris, Ray’s Syn. p. 
275. — Smilax lenis minor, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 861. 
Localities. — In hedges, fields, and gardens : very common in ENG LAND, 
especially on a sandy or gravelly soil. — SCOTLAND. About Glasgow, but 
not common : Mr. Hopkirk, in Hook. FI. Scot. Near Cathcart : Dr. Brown, 
ibid. — Piershill Barracks, and near Lochend : Mr. Neili., in FI. Edin. Kirk- 
caldy, abundant, especially towards the sea-shore : Mr. Arnott, ibid. F’ields 
about Leith Links : Mr. Bainbridge, ibid. River-side below Canonmills : 
Mr. D. Steuart, ibid. Road-side east of Canonmills ; and road-sides about 
Newhaven : Dr. Greville, ibid. — IRELAND. Ditch banks, and cornfields, 
frequent : Mr. Mackay, in Catalogue of Plants of Ireland. 
Perennial. — Flowers from June to September. 
Fig. 1. Calyit. — Fig. 2. The same magnified. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and 
Stigmas. — Fig. 4. Corolla cut open, to show the 5 Stamens. — Fig. 5. A Seed. 
* From convolvo, to entwine : whence, too, the English name Bindweed. 
Dr. Hooker. 
t See Anchusa senipervirens, p. 48. note t. 
