Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 459 - Convolvulus cneorum (Silvery-leaved Bind-weed) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 459, Convolvulus cneorum (Silvery-leaved Bind-weed).

• Plate: 459
• Latin name: Convolvulus cneorum
• Common name: Silvery-leaved Bind-weed
• Native region: Spain and the Levant
• Flowering: May to September
• Flower colour: White
• Linnaean class / order: Pentandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

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CONVOLVULUS CNEORUM. SILVERY-LEAVED BIND-WEED.

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Class and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
Cor. campanulata, plicata. Stigmata 2. Capf. 2-locularis loculis dispermis.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
CONVOLVULUS Cneorum foliis lanceolatis tomentosis, floribus umbellatis, calycibus hirfutis, caule ereéto. Linn. Syft. Veg. 203. Ait. Kew. vol. 1. p. 213. CONVOLVULUS argenteus umbellatus ereétus. Tournefort. Inft. 84. CONVOLVULUS major ereétus creticus argenteus. Morif. Hift. 2. p. 11. f. 1. t. 3. f. 1. CONVOLVULUS faxatilis ereétus villosus perennis. Barr. rar. 4. t. 470. Bocc. Muf. 2. p. 79. t. 70. CNEORUM album folio argenteo molli. Bauh. Pin. 463.

The Convolvulus Cneorum is a native of Spain and the Levant, was cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Chelsea in 1739, and flowers from May to September. Ait. Kew. In size, habit, &c. this species has some affinity to the Convolvulus linearis, figured pl. 289, but differs from it, and other species usually cultivated with us, in the silky appearance of its foliage, which it is not in the artist's power to imitate, and for the beauty of which, more than that of its flowers, it is very generally kept in collections of green-house plants; its blossoms are nearly white and rarely or never productive of seeds in this country, hence it is increased by cuttings. It is a hardy green-house plant, requiring a dry rather than a moist regimen.

This print comes from our Curtis archive (via the Royal Horticultural Society and Wheldon & Wesley). Sold as an original historic plate - please review photos for condition.