Tas. 5330. 
IPOMAA ALATIPES. 
Wing-footed Ipomea. 
Nat. Ord. ConVOLVULACE®.—PENTANDRIA MOoNOGYNIA. 
Gen. Char, Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla campanulata. Stamina inclusa. Stylus 1. 
Stigma capitatum, sepius bilobum. Ovarium biloculare, loculis dispermis. Cap- 
sula bilocularis.—Herbe suffrutices aut etiam arbores, ex omnibus, speciatim e 
calidioribus, regionibus. Ohois. 
Ipom#a alatipes ; caule glabro volubili, foliis profunde acuminatis sinu et auri- 
culis obtusissimis glabris 2—3-pollices longis longiuscule petiolatis, pedun- 
culis 1-4-floris foliis longioribus utrinque ala lata membranacea, pedicellis 
exalatis glanduligeris seepe tortuosis apice dilatatis, calyee magno clavato, 
sepalis ovalibus imbricatis, corolle lateritie tubo elongato limbo amplo 
patentissimo, lobis brevissimis emarginatis. 
Troma pterodes. Seem. Bot. of the Herald, p. 171. (non Chois. in De Cand.). 
Seeds of this handsome species, accompanied by dried speci- 3 : 
mens, were sent to us by Sutton Hayes, Esq., under the native — 
name of “ Michoican,’ as a plant cultivated in gardens on ac- — 
count of its beauty. Dr. Seemann also found it at Veraguas, — 
but mistook it for the Jyomea pterodes of Choisy, from which, 
however, it is readily distinguished by the colour of its corolla, 
and by its singularly-winged peduncle bearing from two to four — oe 
flowers. The same species has been detected in Venezuela by 
Fendler (n. 2084), but I do not find it anywhere described. It 
has flowered in the stove of the Royal Gardens, in June, 1862. 
Duscr. A strong-growing, rampant climber, with glabrous 
stems, and branches, and foliage. Leaves two to three inches 
long, cordate, acuminate, with a deep obtuse sinus at the base, 
and very obtuse, rounded lobes. Peduncles axillary, furnished 
with a singularly-broad membranaceous wing on. each side, two- 
to four-flowered ; the pedicels wingless, but very tortuose, as if 
they might act as tendrils in supporting the long, climbing stem, - 
and frequently furnished with glands, possibly abortive branches ae 
AUGUST lIsT, 1862. 
