* 



IPOMGEA sanguinea. 

 Blood-flowered lpomoea. 



PENT AN DR I A MO X0 G YNL 1. 



IPOMCEA. Cal. 5-partitus, ntidus* Cor. campanulata v. infundi- 

 btdiformis, 5-plicata. Germ. 2-3-locuIare, loculia dispermis. Stylus 



indivisns. Stigma capitatum, 2-3-Iobum. Caps. 2-3-locuIaris. 



^ Herbre vo/tibifes, quandoque crectcc. Folia iudivisa v. lobtlta, nunq 

 pinnatijida. Semim in quiausdam cornosa. Brown, prod. 1. 484. 



I. sanguinea, pedunculis superne cymoso-trichotomis, folia cordato- 

 triloba v. ha*tata superantibus ; limbo oblato-ventricoso ; staminibus 



Mcendentibus, longe exsertig. 



lpomoea sanguine*. Vahl symb. 3. 33. JVilld. sp. ph I. 885. 



Frutex volnbilis, ramosus, totus nudus ; cortex badius, rimosus infra*, 

 supra lincato-verracidatus. Folia subtriuncialia, petiolata, cordato-v. aurito- 

 triloba (vix unquam Integra J, 5»nervia 9 subtiis pallidiora ; lobi acuminali, 

 medius longior oblongo-lanccolatus, Jaterales conniventes v. scene divaricati, 



8f profunda distincti : petiolus flifc 



JiliformeSy folk 



unit petiolari sttbr 

 pino. Pedunculi 



perne cymosi 9 pedicellis 2 lateralibus trifloro-trifid 

 teola acuta ad basin cujusque. Cal. herbaceus corolla aliquot ies brevior, e 

 foliolis setaceis infra dilatatis Sf connexis. Cor. erecta, levitcr arcuata % 

 miniato-sanguinea 9 unciam longa, angusta, clavato-tubulata, compressa, sub- 

 tils ventricosior ; limbus oblato-globosus, ventricosus 9 ore contracto 5-dentatus 9 

 tubo fauci juncto pluries brevior. Stain. accumbentia y subinccqualia. Stylus 

 capillaceus. Stigma papi/loso-granulatum, capitatum. 



The present is the only representation of this rare and sin- 

 gular plant yet published. The species was first recorded 

 and described by Professor Vahl in his " Symbols bota- 



peeimens sent to him from the danish \\ 



f Sainte Croix. I 

 nknown in Euroix 



tl 



le 



collection of the Comtesse de Vandes, into which it had 

 been introduced by Mr. R. A. Salisbury, who had received 



the seed from the West Indies. It has not found a place in 

 the late edition of the IJortus Kewensis: and has been ire- 



M 



for Ipomcea repent 



annual, of course at a ven- 



f his infor 



ty for so (1 



I 



is in fact a high-growing, twining, leafy, e\ergreen shrub 

 with a stem about the thickness of a man s thumb near th< 

 vol, L i> 



