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124 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
491. IPOMCEA. L. (Bind-weed.) 
Calix 5-cleft. Corolla funnelform or campa- 
nulate, 5-plaited. Stignia capitate, globose._ 
Capsule 2 or 3 celled, many-seeded. 
Scarcely to be distinguished from the preceding genus 
by any other character than the simple and capitate stig- 
yma, and the absence of bractes- 
Spectres. 1. T)‘Quamoclit. Leaves pennate pinnatifid, 
segments linear, flowers bright crimson, capsule ovate 2- 
seeded? seed subcylindric-oblong. Cultivated. Indigenous, 
or more decidedly naturalized in the hotter parts of Ame- : 
rica. 2. coccinea. In the Southern states, and westward = 
in Tennessee. 3. dissecta. 4. carolina. 5. lacunosa. 6. or- 
. bicularis, ELL. 7. Bona Nox. 8. trichocarpa. 9. Nil. 10. 
_ eiliosa. 
This genus of about 60 species is likewise almost equal- 
_ ly divided betwixt India and the warmer parts of Ameri- 
- a. E coccinea, I. tammifolia and I. Wil, appear by some 
-- meats to have been introduced,—probably by the abori- 
gines, as they are never to be met with but in the vicinity 
of settlements. By most, the species of the preceding 
zenus with lobed but capitate stigmas are admitted in 
Tpomecs but I have followed Mr. Elliott in retaining to 
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92, IPOME [ERIA. Ipomorsis. Michaux. 
‘Calix subcampanulate, membranaceous atthe _ 
ise, border 5-cleft. Corolla funnelform, 5- 
tobed, segments entire. Stumina unequal, 
_ emerging from the tube of the corolla. Stigma 
-trifid. . Capsule superior, 3-sided, 3-celled, and 
3-valved, many-seeded. Seeds in 2 rows, au- 
naked. Pesto 
anial or annual and herbaceous plants, with pen- 
Pinnatifid leaves; flowers aggregated ina racemose 
» axillary and terminal; seeds naked 
the seeds are winged or margi- 
~ emg is scarcely distinguished 
Pursb, under Cantua. Is this oe 
