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101. Vinca. 29. VINCiE. 
PI. ex. cor. 
Fam. XII.* 29. VINCiE. Apocynarum genus. Jussieu. 
Calyx 5-cut, persisting; corolla 1-petaled, hypogynous, 
regular, 5-lobed ; aestivation imbricate, deciduous ; stamens 5, 
on the corolla, alternating with the lobes ; filaments dis- 
tinct ; anthers 2-celled, opening longitudinally ; pollen gra- 
nular, applied immediately to the stigma ; ovaries 2 ; style 1 ; 
stigma 1, capitate ; follicles 2, long, 1-celled or half 2-celled ; 
opening longitudinally on the inner edge; seeds naked, 
often margined, on the edges of the follicles ; spermodermis 
simple; perisperm fleshy ; corculum straight ; radicle above ; 
plumule inconspicuous; cotyledons leaflike. — Shrubs or 
under-shrubs often twining, lactescent; leaves opposite, edge 
not in the least cut, often fringed with glands ; flowers 
axillary or terminal. 
I. 101. VINCA. Pliny. Pervinkle. 
Calyx 5-parted ; corolla salvershape; tube long; mouth 
slightly prominent, 5-sided ; limb flat, 5-lobed ; lobes blunt ; 
anthers approaching ; stigma annulate at the base ; follicles 
upright, round, half 2-celled ; seeds ovate. — Stem shrubby, 
diffuse ; flowers solitary, axillary. 
1. Vinca minor. Small pervinkle. 
Stem procumbent ; leaves oblong, lanceolate, edge bald ; 
peduncles 1 -flowered, solitary, axillary, longer than the 
leaves ; teeth of the calyx lanceolate. 
Vinca pervinca minor, Raii Syn. 268, 1 j Ger. em. 894, 1. 
Vinca pervinca vulgaris, Park. 380. 
Vinca minor, Lin. S. P. 304. 
Vinca ellipticifolia, Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 495. 
Vinca humilis, Salisb. Prod. 146. 
Woods and coppices; perennial; May. 
Bhizoma creeping ; stem upright ; leaves perennial ; flowers 
alternate, violet; mouth white. 
2. Vinca major. Great pervinkle. 
Stem upright ; leaves ovate, edge fringed ; peduncles one- 
flowered, solitary, axillary; teeth of the calyx bristlelike, 
long. 
Vinca q. Clematis daphnoides major, Raii Syn. 268, 2. 
Clematis daphnoides, sive Pervinca major, Ger. em. 894. 
Clematis daphnoides latifolia, seu Vinca pervinca major. Park. 381. 
Vinca major, Lin. S. P. 304. 
Pervinca major, Scop. Cam. 274. 
Vinca grandiflora, Salisb. Prod. 146. 
Vinca ovali folia, Stokes B. M. M. 497. 
