Vinca major. Great Periwinkle. 
VINCA Lin. Gen. PI. Pentandria Monogynia. 
Contorta. Folliculi 2, eredi, Semina nuda. 
Rail. Sy?i. Gen. 17. Herb.® multisiliqu.® set; corniculatje. 
VINCA major caulibus eredis, foliis ovatis, floribus pedunculatis. Lin. Syjl. Vegetab. p. 304. 
PERVINCA caulibus eredis, foliis ovato-lanceolatis ciliatis, petiolis unifloris. Haller, hijl. n. 573» 
PERVINCA major. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 174. 
CLEMATIS daphnoides major. Bauh. pin, 332. 
CLEMATIS daphnoides s. Pervinca major. Ger.emac. .894. 
CLEMATIS daphnoides latifolia, f Pervinca major. Parkins. 280. Raii Syn. p. 268. The greater Pe- 
riwinkle. Hudfon FI. Angi. ed. p. 91. 6 
RADIX perennis, fibrofa, fibris albidis feu fulcis. 
CAULES florigeri eredi, bipedales et ultra, teretes, 
lateribus alterne fubcompreflis, glabri, rubro 
maculati, cauliculi etiam funt Heriles qui hu- 
mi repent aut plantas vicinas fcandent. 
FOLIA oppofita, petiolata, ovata, glaberrima, minu- 
tim ciliata, remota, fempervirentia. 
PEDUNCULI foliis longiores, eredi, teretes, glabri; 
filiformes, uniflori. 
FLORES ampli, pallide caerulei. 
CALYX: PerianthiUm quinquepartitum, laciniis 
fublinearibus, ciliatis, longitudine fere tubi 
corollae, Jig. 1 . 
COROLLA monopetala, hypocrateriformis, tubus in- 
ferne cylindraceus, fuperne latior, lineis quin- 
que infculptus, ore pentagono, albido, limbus 
horizontalis, quinquepartitus, laciniis extror- 
fum latioribus, oblique truncatis, jig. 2. 
STAMINA: Filamenta quinque breviffima, inflexa, 
retroflexa; Anthers biloculares, introrfum 
dehifcentes, membrana pilosa incurva termi- 
natae. Jig. 3. 
PISTILLUM. Germina duo, compreffa glandulis 
duabus nitidis liquorem melleum copiofe ef- 
fundentibus ; Stylus utrique unus commu- 
nis, ad bafin fenfim gracilefcens ; Stigmata 
duo, inferius orbiculatum, planum, fuperius 
albiflimum, pilofum, membranis antherarum 
obteda. jig. 4. 
ROOT perennial and fibrous, the fibrous whitifh or 
of a brown colour. 
STALKS producing the flowers upright, two feet high 
and upwards, round, the fides alternately 
fomewhat flattened, fmooth, dotted with 
red, there are alfo other flalks producing no 
flowers which creep on the ground or climb 
the neighbouring plants. 
LEAVES oppofite, Handing on footflalks ovate, 
fmooth, fhining finely edged with hairs, re- 
mote from each other, and evergreen. 
FLOWER-STALKS longer than the leaves, upright, 
round, fmooth, filiform, each fupporting one 
flower. 0 
FLOWERS large, of a pale blue colour. 
CALYX : a Perianthium divided into five fegments 
the fegments fomewhat linear, ciliated al- 
moft the length of the tube of the corolla. 
fig- 1. 
COROLLA monopetalous, falver-fhaped, the tube 
below, cylindrical, above broader, having five 
grooves, the mouth whitilb, five cornered, 
the limb horizontal, divided into five feg- 
ments which are externally broadeft, and ob- 
liquely cut off. Jig. 2 . 
STAMINA: five Filaments very Ihort, firft bent 
m, and afterwards bent back ; Anther* bi- 
locular, opening inwardly, terminated by a 
. ha "7 membrane bent in at top. fa. . 
PISTILLUM : Germina two, prefibd by two fhining 
glands which pour forth plentifully a fweet 
liquor ; Style one common to both, gra- 
dually tapering to the bafe; Stigmata two 
the lowetmoft round and flat, the uppermoft 
very hairy, covered by the membrane of the 
anthers. Jig. 4. 
Xn Ihc Syftema Fegetatiti'um of Linmos, the laft of his works publifhed under his direflion , 
fufpefted to be a variety of th vVincaminor, a fufpicion for which there' appears to be no grounds and whL P ‘ ‘ S 
trary to the united opinion of Botamfts both antient and modem ; the minor it is true his manv’ y u C ? n " 
relate to the colour of the blofloms, and leaves, and the multiplication of the former mLeV ^ ' th T 
produced m the general habit of the plant, not even by long continued culture ■ Haller 15 
rafter of the major, obferves that the leaves are finely edged with hairs, fo ftr “ our obfovadl Ivt A ^ 
is conflant, and may ferve, if any difficulty of diftinguifliing them ihould arife to fettle it ' “tends this 
The major, like the mmor, is common enough with us in gardens, but rarely met with wild „ r c 
noticed it m feveral places, particularly under Lord Stormont's Park pales, on the left hand fide’ fVl, 1 h “ ? 
and PUtney - C ° mm0n ’ “ din near Beckenham, intnfwh^ if tste^t 
it flowers in May and June. 
It is regarded only as an ornamental plant, but Ihould be introduced into the garden with caution as 'e 
creafes very much, and is apt to over-run and injure others. 6 caution, as it en- 
