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Puarsitis Learitr. Mr. Lear’s GAyBINe. 
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Class and Order. 
Pentanpria Monoeyntia. 
( Nat. Ord.—ConvoLtvuLAcez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla campanulata, aut campanu- 
lato-infundibuliformis. Stylus 1. Stigma capitato-granu- 
ye hes Ovarium 3-rarius 4-loculare, loculis dispermis. 
hors. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Puareitis Learii; radice tuberosa, foliis cordatis acumi- 
natis integris trilobisque pilosis undique viridibus, 
cymis multifloris capitatis, pedunculo foliis longiore, 
sepalis bracteisque linearibus acuminatis adpresse pilo- 
sis. Lindl. 
Puarsitis Learii. Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1841, t. 56. 
Ipomza Learii. Paxton, Mag. of Bot. v. 6. p. 267. 
The splendid specimen here figured of this most beauti- 
ful plant is from the greenhouse of Mr. Curris at Glazen- 
wood nursery, and the drawing from the pencil of Miss 
Grorciana Curtis. It is a native of Buenos Ayres, and 
was sent by Mr. Manpevitze, our minister in that country, 
to the Hon. W. F. Srraneways, who have thus jointly the 
honour of introducing one of the most ornamental of plants 
to our greenhouses and conservatories. 
By the older writers this plant would be referred to the 
ill-defined Genus Irpomza. But Moencn, as M. Cuoisy 
remarks, had long observed that many Ipomzas, not unfre- 
quent in our gardens, (for example, 1. Nil, hederacea, pur- 
purea, &c.,) which have the most striking analogy in habit, 
might be distinguished by the name of Convolvuloides, dis- 
tinguished by an ovary of three cells, each of two -— 
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