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1794 
* JPOMCEA Aitóni. 
Mr. Aiton's Ipomea. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Convorvunacza, Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System 
of Botany, p. 218.) 
IPOMQ A.—Suprà, vol. 1. fol. 9. 
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I. Aitoni; villosa, foliis cordato-subrotundis, trilobis : lobis acutis lateralibus 
abbreviatis, pedunculis multifloris, bracteis sepalisque divergentibus acumi- 
a corolla subcampanulatá tubo incrassato, staminibus basi glandu- 
osis. 
I. Aitoni. Hort. 
Radix perennis. Caulis villosissimus. Folia villoso-velutina ; lobo in- 
termedio subrhombeo, acuminato; laminá petioli longitudine. Pedunculi 
petiolis longiores, multiflori. Flores densé aggregati; bracteis angustis, 
canaliculatis, acuminatis, recurvis, villosis, sepalorum longitudine. Se 
conformia, corolle tubo longiora. Corolla violacea, lobis brevibus acutius- 
culis, tubo incrassato sub staminibus glanduloso. Stamina 5, ultra tubum 
exserta, quorum duo longiora. Ovarium disco cyathiformi insertum, bilo- 
ees ; ovulis duobus cuique loculo; stylus simplex; stigma incrassatum 
ilobum. 
A pretty perennial stove climber, not uncommon in 
collections under the name we have adopted. It flowers 
from April to October. Its native country 1$ unknown to us. 
This strictly belongs to the genus Ipomeea, as it has at 
length been limited by Professor Choisy. The only points 
in its structure which particularly deserve mention, are the 
thickened tube of its corolla, and the collection of glands at 
the base of each stamen, imitating as it were in Ipomca the 
scale of the genus Lepistemon. 
Increased by seeds and cuttings, the former of which 
are produced in some abundance. 
The flowers open in the morning. 
* From aj a climbing plant, and opowog similar; in allusion to the resem- 
blance of this genus to Convolvulus. 
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