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IPOMOPSIS* elegans. 
Elegant Ipomopsis. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. PoLEMONIACER. 
IPOMOPSIS.— Calyx 5-partitus, laciniis acuminatis, sinubus et angulis 
membranaceis. Corolla infundibuliformis, speciosa, calyce multo longior, 
decidua. Stamina 5, intrà tubum corolle inserta. Capsula trilocularis, 
oligosperma. —— Herbe Americe septentrionalis, foliis pinnatifidis, floribus 
racemoso - paniculatis, bracteis subulatis; corollis. speciosis, pubescentiá 
glandulosá. 
I. elegans; floribus aggregatis paniculatis nutantibus, laciniis corolle 
nina maculatis, foliis pectinatis bracteisque sparsé arachnoideo-. 
villosis. ' 343 
ina elegans. Smith exot. fl. t.13. Mich. fl. bor. am. 1. 142. 
ilia coronopifolia. Pers. synops. 1. 187. 
Gilia pulchella, Douglas in herb. Hort. Soc. 
Herba biennis, vir perennis, 3-pedalis. Folia radicalia cespitosa, atro- 
viridia, paululim succulenta, pectinata, pilis arachnoideis sparse, presertim. 
supra costam villosa, superioribus indivisis. Caulis glanduloso-pilosus, 
Flores paniculati, aggregati, nutantes. Calyx glanduloso-pilosus. Corolla 
unciam longa, infundibuliformis, coccinea, limbo suberecto, demüm recurvo, 
laciniis acutis, maculatis. Stamina paulo exserta, intra tubum inserta. 
A beautiful plant, native of both sides of the continent 
of North America: it was found by Mr. Douglas on the 
north-west coast, and sent by him to England in 1827. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 
Society in July last. 
It is unfortunately impatient of cultivation, being apt 
to die off, without apparent cause, during its flowering. 
Naturally it is perhaps perennial; but with us, owing to 
* From Ipomea, the well-known genus, and 44, resemblance. 
