crimson, but changing through orange to pale yellow as the 

 blossoms unfold. 



Botanists, unacquainted with this plant except from La 

 Llave's good description, have referred it to the genus Qua- 

 moclit, with which it doubtless corresponds in many respects, 

 especially in the 



of the ovarv and 



But 



that genus, that is to say in the legitimate species, of which 

 the old Ipomaea Quamoclit must be regarded as the type, the 

 flowers are arranged in the manner common to the majority 

 of the order, and the limb of the corolla is as usual flat when 



panded 



H 



inflorescence, and the limb of the 



contrary, we have quite a peculiar 



inflated into an 





oblong 5-cornered bag, tbe base of whicb is so much thrust 



hide that part from immediate 



in wards 



the tube as 



view. Considering what the characters are on which the 



genera of the Convolvulaceous order are esta- 



recognized 



Wished, it certainly appears to me that this genus Mina must 

 be recognized. 



