﻿Park: Mr. Coke. — Devon; In the Rectory Orchard at Alphington : Rev. 

 H. T. Ellicombe. In a hedge near Mamhead Parsonage. Near Ide: Mr. 

 Jacob. By the rivulet in Manadon Wood near Plymouth : Dr.MooRF. Near 

 the first milestone on the turnpike road between Plymouth and Tavistock : Rev. 

 J.S.Tozer. — Essex; Near Colchester : Dr. Richardson. Hedge in Ribton 

 Lare near Woodford : Mr. R. Warner. — Hampsh. To the South of Yarmouth 

 in the Isle of Wight: Dr. Witherino. — Kent ; Between Knowlton and Deal ; 

 and near Roehill : Ray. In a field at Beckenham : Cum is. Lanes adjoining 

 East Langdon Church ; near Evethorne ; and lanes at the back of Ilvlhe : L. W. 

 D illwyn, Esq. At Simla! farm near Feveisham : E. Jacob. — Lincolnsh. At 

 Wooisthorpe near Belvoir Castle, on stones near the village : Rev. G. Crabb. — 

 Middlesex ; In a meadow near Harefield Church : Blackstone. — Norfolk ; By 

 Honingham Church: Mr Rigby. Grove at Thoipe: Mr Woodward. — 

 NorthamjJtonsh. At Southorp, Northend, under a wall : Morton. — Somersetsh. 

 In Brass-Knocker Wood : Dr. H. Gibbs. In a cop-e under the brow of the 

 hill Noitheast of Prior Park : Mr. E. Simms. Near Yeovil. W. H. in Mag. of 

 Nat. Hist. v. iii. p. 174. — Suffolk ; Near Hawsted Green : Sir T. G. Cui.lum. — 

 Surrey ; Bv the road-side at Dulwich : Dr. Martyn. In a lane leading from 

 Battersea Meadow to Wandsworth: Blackstone.— Sussex ; At Norlington, 

 and elsewhere about Lewes, but scarcely wild: W. Borrer, Esq. — Warwick- 

 shire ; At King’s Coughton, and Uversley : T. Purton, Esq. — Yorksh. Banks 

 of the Wharf near Wetherby : Mr. Brunton. AtThormanby near Easingwold 

 and Thrisk: Rev. Archdeacon Pii rson. Near Rotherham: Mr. L. Lang- 

 ley, in M. N. H. v. ii. p. 269. — WALES. Denbighsh. On the common near 

 Rhyd y Cilgwyn Bridge, between Denbigh and Ruthin: Mr. Griffith. — 

 Glamorgansh. Hedges about Parkmill, between Swansea and Penrice. — 

 SCOTLAND. On Dundas Hill: Mr. P. Neill. Collington Woods : Mr. 

 Maugiian. InKelbuin and Skilmerlie Woods: Mr. Murray. — IRELAND. 

 Not unfrequent : Mr. Mackay. 



Perennial. — Flowers from April to September. 



Root of many strong fibres. Stems nearly upright while in 

 flower, afterwards procumbent, and taking root near the extremity ; 

 round, but alternately a little flattened, smooth, frequently dotted 

 with red. Leaves opposite, petiolated, egg-shaped, evergreen, 

 somewhat succulent, of a shining dark green on the upper side, 

 rather paler on the under, entire, smooth, their margins minutely 

 fringed with short rigid hairs. Flowers solitary, axillary, on pe- 

 duncles half the length of the leaves. Segments of the Calyx 

 elongated, very narrow, ciliated. Corolla large, of a fine purplish 

 blue, with a whitish mouth, which is woolly within, just above the 

 anthers. Follicles unequal, spreading wide apart, filled with se- 

 veral large, oblong, furrowed, brownish seeds , one above 'another. 



This, and (lie oilier species of Vinca, are astringent; they contain gallic acid; 

 and turn solutions of iron of a dense black. They have been recommended as 

 vulnetaries, but are not now employed. The curious and beautiful structure of 

 the internal part of the flowers deserves particular investigation. In France the 

 Periwinkle is esteemed as the emblem of the pleasures of memory, and of sincere 

 friendship. In Italy the country people make garlands of it for their dead in- 

 fants, for which reason they call it fior di morto (death’s flower). 



Apocyne.e. — T his Order is composed of dicotyledonous trees or shrubs, 

 usually with a milky juice. Their leaves are opposite, sometimes vvhorled , 

 seldom scattered, quite entire, often having ciliffi or glands upon the petioles, 

 but with no stipulae. Their flowers are generally produced in a somewhat 

 corymbose manner, but they are sometimes solitary, and axillary. The calyx 

 is inferior, permanent, and 5-cleft. The corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, 

 regular, 5-lobed, with contorted aestivation. The stamens, which are 5 in num- 

 ber, are inserted into the lower part of the corolla, and are alternate with ils 

 segments. The filaments are. distinct ; the anthers 2-celled, opening length- 

 wise; th c pollen granular, globose, or 3-lobed, and immediately applied to the 

 stigma. 1 he ovaries are either 2 in number, or one with 2 cells, usually many- 

 seeded ; and the styles are either 2 or 1 , with only 1 stiyma. The fruit is a 

 follicle, capsule, or drupe, or berry, double or single, liie seeds have a fleshy 

 or cartilaginous albumen ; a simple testa; a foliaceous embryo, with an in- 

 conspicuous plumula, and a radicle turned towards the liilutn. See Lind. Syn. 



Vinca is the only British example of this order. 



