Volume I Part 8 (2/2)

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~Convolvulus tricolor. Small Convolvulus or Bindweed.~

_Cla.s.s and Order._

~Pentandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ campanulata, plicata. _Stigmata_ 2. _Capsula_ 2-locularis: loculis dispermis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CONVOLVULUS _tricolor_ foliis lanceolato ovatis glabris, caule declinato, floribus solitariis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p._ 203. _Sp. Pl.

p._ 225.

CONVOLVULUS peregrinus caeruleus, folio oblongo. _Bauh. Pin._ 295. Flore triplici colore insignito. _Moris. hist._ 2. _p._ 17. _s._ 1. _t._ 4.

_f._ 4.

The Spanish Small Blew Bindeweede. _Parkins. Parad. p._ 4.

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This species has usually been called _Convolvulus minor_ by gardeners, by way of distinguis.h.i.+ng it from the _Convolvulus purpureus_, to which they have given the name of _major_. It is a very pretty annual; a native of Spain, Portugal, and Sicily, and very commonly cultivated in gardens.

The most usual colours of its blossoms are blue, white, and yellow, whence its name of _tricolor_; but there is a variety of it with white, and another with striped blossoms.

The whole plant with us is in general hairy, hence it does not well accord with LINNaeUS'S description. It is propagated by seeds, which should be sown on the flower-borders in the spring, where the plants are to remain: they require no other care than to be thinned and weeded.

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~Pa.s.siflora coerulea. Common Pa.s.sion-Flower.~

_Cla.s.s and order._

~Gynandria Hexandria.~

_Generic Character._

Trigyna. _Cal._ 5-phyllus. _Petala_ 5. _Nectarium_ corona. _Bacca_ pedicellata.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

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