CONVOLVULUS FAMILY 
( Convolvulacece) 
Hedge Bindweed;Wild Moening Glory {Convolvu¬ 
lus sepium ) climbs gracefully over walls, through thick¬ 
ets or twines its stem tightly about those of other 
plants or shrubs. 
The large funnel-shaped blossoms grow singly on slen¬ 
der peduncles from the axils of the leaves. The flowers 
remain open only during sunshine and occasionally on 
bright moonlight nights. It is very commonly found in 
moist ground along roadsides or the borders of woods 
or thickets, throughout our range and also in Europe. 
Common Dodder (Cuscuta Gronovii ) is a very com¬ 
mon little parasitic plant found in moist shady thickets 
or among the shrubs and plants bordering ponds or 
streams. It germinates its seeds in the ground and 
the slender stem rises until it comes in contact with 
some living plant, when the root dies and the dodder 
gets its nourishment from its host by means of numer¬ 
ous little suckers. It has no leaves; the stem is orange 
and the clusters of minute bell-shaped flowers are white. 
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