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IPOMilA CRASSIPES. ThICK-FLOWER-STALKED 



Ipom^ea ; or Bindweed. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Convolvulacejs. ) | 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-partitus, nudus. Corolla campanulata vel infuii- 

 dibuliformis, 5-plicata. Ovarium 2 — 3 locnlare, loculis 

 dispermis. Stylus indivisus. Stigma capitatum, 2 — 3-Io- 

 bum. Capsula 2 — 3 locularis. — Herbae volubiles quandoque 

 erects. Folia indivisa vel lobata, nunc pinnatifida. Se- 

 mina in quibusdam comosa. Br. 



Specific Name and Character. 



Ipom^a crassipes ; molliter pilosa, foliis oblongo-lanceo- 

 latis breviter petiolatis acutis integerrimis, pedunculis 

 axillaribus solitariis unifloris medium versus bibractea- 

 tis folio brevioribus superne incrassatis, sepalis valde 

 ina3qualibus 3 ovato-acuininatis 2 subulatis, corollas 

 tubo infundibuliformi limbo patente obsolete 5-an- 

 gulato. 



Among the many handsome plants, being collected by 

 Mr. Burke in his extended journey into the interior of 

 Southern Africa, may be mentioned several Convolvula- 

 cem : and of these he was so fortunate as to bring seeds, 

 which have been reared by Mr. Jenkins, Gardener to the 

 Earl of Derby, at Knowsley. The present is one among 

 them, which flowered in August, 1843 ; and being, so far as 

 I can find, perfectly new, I have named it, from the pecu- 

 liarity of having the peduncle thickened upwards. It inha- 

 bits the elevated country about Macalisberg. 



Descr. A climbing plant, with slender stems and 

 branches, clothed in every part, save the corolla, with 



short, 



