Southcott's* Convolvulus Family         Waghorne

Convolvulaceae (Convolvulus Family.)

Mostly trailing or twining herbs. Flower of one petal, plaited in the bud. Stamens 8, from the base of the corolla. Leaves alternate, sagittate, with the flowers in the axils.

Convolvulus Arvensis.---Bind weed. A very troublesome weed in gardens. Stem twining. Corolla White, or tinged with reddish.

*Mary Southcott. Some Newfoundland Wild Flowers.
St. John's, Newfoundland : Robinson and Company , 1915, p. 22-23