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Iroma@a Coccinza. ScaRLeT IpoMaA. 
(aa steieaeake-desleaesi desea si fee 
Clafs and Order. : 
PENTANDRIA MoNoGYNIA. 
oe Generic Charaéer. i : 
Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globofum, Capf 3- 
locularis. ——— 4 
: ! Specific Charaéer and Synonyms. _ 
IPOMCEA coccinea foliis cordatis acuminatis bafi angulatis, 
-pedunculis multifloris. Linn. Sy/t. Vegetab. ed. 
14. Murr. p. 204. Ait. Kew. V. 1. p. 215. 
CONVOLVULUS coccineus, folio angulofo. Plum. Amer. 
tals 8g. 7. 103. ee 
QUAMOLCIT americana, folio hederz, flore coccineo. 
Comm. var. 21. t. 21. 
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The Ipomea is very nearly related to the Convolvulus, one 
principal difference confifts in the different form of its ftigma, 
which is globular, like that of the Primrofe; whereas in the 
Convoivulus it is divided into two fubftantes, as is obvioufly 
fhewn in the Convolvulus arvenfis and fepium, but all the plants 
of thefe two genera have not this charatter marked with > 
equal ftrength. 
The prefent {pecies is a twining plant, will run up a ftick to 
the height of fix, eight, or ten feet, and produce an abundance 
of flowers, of a rich orange colour tending to fcarlet, which 
renders it one of the molt ornamental annuals cultivated in 
our gardens, into which it is not as yet generally introduced, 
~ though cultivated by Mr. Mixier, in1759. | | e 
Mr. Miter defcribes it as a native of Carolina, and the 
Bahama Iflands, Mr. Arron of the Weft-Indies; it flowers 
from June to September. pecs : 
It is cultivated in the fame manner, and with the fame eafe 
as other annuals; three feeds may be fet in the ground, about — 
four inches afunder, ir gm of atriangle ; when the feed- 
lings are fufficiently advanced, a tall ftick is to be thruft down — 
in the centre betwixt the three plants, for them to twine — 
around: the warmer and more fheltered the fituation, and 
the richer the foil in which they are placed, the taller the plants — 
will grow; by raifing them on a hot bed, you may anticipate — 
their natural time of flowering, and be more certain of ob-— 
taining good feed. se ae — 
