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ІРОМФА obscura. 
Huiry-stemmed East Indian Ipomea, 
— 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat, ord. Сокуогуџтл. Jussieu gen. 182. Div. I. Stylus unicus. 
CONVOLVULACEZ. Brown prod. 481, бесі. I. Germen ша» 
cum. 
ІРОМ А. барға vol. 1. fol. 9. 
Div. Caule volubili. 
Y. obscura, foliis cordatis indivisis, caule subpubescente, pedunculis incras- 
satis unifloris, calycibus glabris. Linn. sp. pl. 1. 220; (sub ConvoL= 
VULo obscuro). 
Convolvulus obscurus. Lin. l, с. Vahl symb. 3. 27. Hort. Kew. 1. 909. ed. 
2. 1. 330. Willd. sp. pl. 1. 852. 
Convolvulus Йоге minore lacteo, fundo atrorubente. Dill. elth. 98. 1. 83. 
+ 95. 
"oa annua volubilis. Caulis teres, rubescens, villosus. Folia lato- 
cordata, integra, subtüs et margine subpubescentia, uncialia v. ferà 3-plo 
longiora: petioli teretes, villusi, longiores laminá. Pedunculi azillares, 
longiores petiolis, scepiàs uniflori, modó 3-flori, villosi, bracteolis 2 obsoletis 
ad articulum stipatis, ind? clavato-incrassati, nudiusculi. Cal. pluriós brevior 
corollá, 5-partitus, crassus, rigidus, cylindraceo-campanulatus, tritus gravem 
JSundens odorem, foliolis ovato-oblongis, obtusis. Corolla Agpoeratertformis, 
tota glabra, lactea, plicis 5 ochroleucis, fauce purpurcá; tubus purpureus, 
equalis calyci, ampliatus іп faucem cylindricam triplo latiorem а longiorem 
cum fundo purpureo; limbus explanatus, subpentagonus, quiuquiós emargina- 
tus. Stam. inclusa fauce cujus basi inserta, albicantia ; 5), subulata, dea 
glanduloso-pilosa, 9 breviora: anth. ovate, erect, achroleuce. tylus 
«qualis fauci, albidus; stig. granuloso-copitatum, pallidum; sem, grandius- 
сива, fusca, villosa, pauca. 
A tender annual, native of the East Indies; cul- 
tivated in Sherard's celebrated garden at Eltham, in 1732. 
lt is one which very commonly makes its appearance in 
the parcels of seeds that are occasionally received from 
India, and is probably general in the country. 
Stem twining, round, reddish, furred. Leaves broadly 
cordate, entire, slightly pubescent underneath and at the 
edge, from an inch to near three inches long; petioles 
round, villous, longer than the blade. Peduncles axillary, 
longer than the petioles, more generally one-flowered, some- 
times three-flowered, villous, furnished with two nearly ob- 
solete bractelets at the Joint, from whence they are clavately 
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