CONVOLVULUS Linnori Gen. PI. Pentandria Monogynia.
Cor. campanulata, plicata. St
difpermis.
. 2. Cap/. 2-IocuIaris: Ioculis
Rail..Syn. Gen. 18. Herbie fructu sicco singulari flore monopetalo.
CONVOLVULUS arvenfis foliis fagittatis utrinque acutis, pedunculis fubunifloris. Lin. Sylt. Vessel,
p. 168. Sp .Pl.p . 218. Flor. Suecic. p. 64.
CONVOLVULUS foliis fagittatis, latefcentibus, petiolis unifloris, ftipulis remotis fagittatis. Haller,
hiß. helv. n. 664.
CONVOLVULUS arvenßs. Scopoli FI. Cam. n. 219»
CONVOLVULUS minor arvenfis. Bauhin. Pin. 294.
CONVOLVULUS minor vulgaris. Parkinfon 171.
SMIL AX Izeyis minor. Gerard emac. 861.
Raii Syn.p. 275, Small Bindweed.
Hudfon Fl. Angl. ed. 1. p. 74. ed. 2. p. 88.
Lightfoot FI. Scot. p. 140.
Oeder FI. Dan. icon. 459.
1 DIX perennis, craflitudinis pennas coracis, teres,
™ albida, la&efcens, repens, vix extirpanda.
■ JLES plurimi, tenues, ■ tortuofi, procumbentes,
m ramofi, plantas vicinas coritorquendo adfcen-
dentes et faspe fufFocantes.
» A alterna, haflata, lasvia, poftice acut& hamata.
BTIOLI foliis breviores, inferne convexi, fuperne
I canaliculati.
jEDUNCULl uniflori, biflori aut triflori.
™YX: Perianthium quinquepartitum, mini-
mum, perfillens, fbliolis ovatis, obtufiufcu-
— lis, fig. 1.
■ ROLLA monopetala, campanulata, patens, plicata,
albp et rubro eleganter picla, interdum
> penitus alba, fig. %.
■ MINA: Filamenta quinque, fubulata, alba,
Corollä dimidio breviora: A nther^e fubfa-
■ . gittatae, albae, fig. g;-
RTILLUM: Germen fubrotundum, glanduläeinc-
tum: Stylus filiformis, Staminibus paulo
longior: Stigmata duo, oblonga, latiuf-
c u l fig. 4, k 6.
EMIVA Öaps.ulä fubrotunda, mucrpnata.
^ IN A angulpfa, fufca.
} RO OT perennial, the thicknefs of a .crow qpill,
,* round, white, milky, creeping fo as fcarce
•f to be eradicated.
I STA LK S numerous, flender, twilled,' procumbent,
branched, twining round, and often fuffoca-
£ ting the plants growing near them.
I LEAVES alternate, hallate, fmooth, running out into
two points behind.
a LEAF-STALKS Ihorter than the leaves, on the lower
| part convex, on the upper part channelled.
| F LOWER-STALKS fupporting one, two, or three
* . flowers.
% CA L YX : a Perianthium deeply divided into five
fegments,. minute and permanent, the leaves
l oval and fomewhat blunt, fig. 1.
| COROLLA monopetalous, bell-fhaped, fpreading,
plaited, elegantly painted with red and white,
f fometimes wholly white.
| STAMINA : five Filaments, tapering, white, about
f half the length, of the Corolla: A n th e r s
| fomewhat arrow-Ihaped, and white, fig. 1$
$ PIST IL LUM : G ermen roundilh, furrounded By a
gland; S ty le filiform, a little longer than*1
the Stamina ; Stigmata two, oblong, and
0 broadilh, fig. 4| 5,'6.
| SEED-VESSEL : a roundilh, pointed Capsule.
SEEDS angular, and brown.
^ c tlthe,fi.WIlF I.lntnPpeairS '? the eXe> experience proves it to have a moll pernicious tendency in agri-
pits' inroads, * p i “ ° VeI? ^ farmcr bears evident teftimony of this j nor is the garden wholly exempt
Bn/'eroecraf^ff,erl!nent, may ierve to Ihow.what precaution is neceJTary in the introduaion o f plants into a
fltanted hv ,1 r le,n we want them to grow in fome particular iituation.
■ SloiFoms o fA 'ln • aPPa.atailee wlrlelr I had often obferved fome banks to aflame, from being covered with
Ml . ■ . ' 1 mis LonvoLvuLus. I nlanteH twplnp r\F o' kowL „„«.• j — _..i • HWfflW i 0 : . r r ■ •
K ,™1' H I roots of i t :
but
. *'“**", “ ‘ j w1m.11 was auoui tour ieei in
was early in the fpring, and the feafon was remarkably dry, fo that I fcarce ex-
Srv, For W M i-TVi a Jwe,t feaf0" eoming on, foon convinced me that my apprehenfions were unne-
It beintr a cover<:d tbe »M e hrface of the bank, to the aW f t total extirpation of every other
Rkroyed or ft '1 W! ^ receIve‘d opinion, that if a plant was cut down clofe to the ground, it would thereby
and R i f S S ™uc,h weakened, I was determined to try the validity o f this opinion by an expe-
a month T . V ’ i whQ ■ ot “ e. Convolvulus was cut down fomewhat below thefurface ofthe earth:
Bp ,l; jn was covered .with it thicker than before. I then had rCcourfe to a fecond cutting,
& covered W m m bUj a , the|e were mfufficient; for now at this prefent writing fAuguft) the bank is
B | 'S experimefif jv° * ex.Pe^ to.deftroy it, but.by levelling the bank and dellroying its roots.
P n '!'efe plants S j ^ S t0 determ!ne a matter of no fmall qonfequence in agriculture, viz. that the cutting
n l ott,ingfliortoFaX„^ |Ve cr.eepmg, roots, rather tends to make them fpread further than deftroy them;.and
Will cffeft the latter, . . .
plidlroyed by h ,SplantJS hiSbb' prejudicial to. meadows, or pallures ;■ but many fields of corn are every
Pfowers in g ’ renaered of little value. , 7
§J*|M c°mmonlv nainfi^^' 5 S b 1 ofibms vary.confiderably in their colour, being fometimes quite white,
| P l u s ’s cha/ a ai'n^ d> more or'lefs, wnh a lively red. 4 .
bianchtd S ’Fr?‘IS plant> Pedun™\is unifloris, does not always hold good; the flower-ftalks bein^
L I e'eaves f0m!,-’ d fuPP°rtmg two or three flowers. ° °
J afe> vid.Ray's " a *™ 5 and the bIo^ s have been obferved to.be divided almoft to