PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Ipomera. 
little did [ suspect it to be the true Convolvulus Ja- 
lapa, till two circumstances convinced me thereof. 
The first was seeing a paper on this subject in the An- 
nales du Museum d' Histoire Naturelle, by Desfontaines ; 
and the other, on seeing the living plant recently 
raised out of a collection of seeds brought from Mex- 
ico, in possession of A. B. Lambert, Esq., which in - 
every respect proved to be Convolvulus Jalapa of 
Linnzus, as well as [pomeea macrorhiza of Michaux, 
with only the small difference of colour, which was 
alight purple: but this is of no consequence in this 
family of plants. 
186. CANTUA. Juss. gen. pl. 152. 
147 
1. C. glabriuscula ; foliis pinnatifidis, floribus terminalibus coronopifolia. 
laxe racemosis pedunculatis, laciniis corolla amplis 
subrotundis brevi-acuminatis, stylo exerto.— Willd. 
sp. pl. 1. p. 879. 
; Polemonium rubrum. Linn. sp. pl. ed. 3. p. 231. 
' Ipomeea rubra. Linn. syst. veg. 171. 
_Tpomopsis elegans. Mich. fl. amer. 1. p. 142. 
Gilia coronopifolia. Pers. ench. 1. p. 187. 
cvs Bot. rep. A15. Exot, bot. 13. Dill. elth. t. 241. 
-312, , 
On river sides, in sandy soil: Carolina, g. June, July. 
v.v, Flowers beautiful red. ^ — . 
2, C. pubescens ; foliis tenuissime pinnatifidis, floribus ter- 
minalibus lateralibusque aggregato-subcapitatis subses- 
Silibus, laciniis corolla angustatis oblongis sensim acu- 
tis, stylo incluso brevissimo. 
On the banks of the Mississippi. M. Lewis. 3. June. 
v.s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers scarlet, more slender 
than the former species; the segment of the corolla 
m e but erect, and small in proportion to 
187, DIAPENSIA. Gen. pl. 255. 
* 
aggregata, 
1. D. foliis spathulatis glabris, antheris obliquis muticis. obtusifolia. 
Salisb. parad. lond. 104. 
D. pais. Willd. sp. pl. 1. p.795. 
Icon. Fl. dan.47. Bot. mag. 1108. ` | 
UNS On the highest mountains, among moss : New Hamp- 
shire, 2t. May—July. v.s. in Herb. Prof. Peck. 
Flowers white. : 
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