Ipomoea. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, _ 499 
3. I. muricata, R. 
Annual, twining, muricate. Leaves cordate. Peduncles 
few-flowered ; inside of the tube of the corols hairy, 
Convolvulus muricatus. Linn, Mant, 44. 
Ihave only met with this in my own garden; it was raised 
from seeds sent from Persia and proves annual, 
_ Stem as in I, grandiflora, but much more murexed, and 
_notso long, the leaves also the same, but much larger. Pe- 
duncles axillary, half the length of the petioles, from two to 
six-flowered. Flowers large, pale bluish-purple, Tube wid- 
ening a little towards the mouth; inside hairy, by which 
mark it is instantly distinguished from I. grandiflora, 
rhs i. multifiora, R. : 
Siems woody, twining. Leaves broad-cordate, downy. Pe- 
duncles as long as the leaves, umbelliferous. pak) 
A common species, native of hedges, forests. &c. Flower- 
ing time the cold season, 
Stem perennial, woody, twining up, and over trees and | 
bushes, Leaves scattered, petioled, broad-cordate, entire, a 
little bent downwards, bristle-like pointed, both sides a little 
downy, particularly the under one, from three to four inches: 
each way. Petioles round, downy, from two to three inches 
long. Umbels three or five-parted, many-flowered.. Pedun- 
cles round, nearly erect, longer than the leaves. Flowers nu- 
merous, very large, rose-coloured ; inside of the tube a bright 
red, Leaflets of the calyx unequal. Stigma two-lobed ; lobes 
globular. 
Obs. This species while in flower is one of the greatest beau- 
ties of our forests. . Whether this is what Kénig called wei 
0000: Daa ar eo 
ihe i sepiaria. Kin. Mo. ae 
Perennial, twining, hairy. Lenin cordate,  Pudaelin 
many-flowered, and with the pedicels clavate ; pps four 
celled. 
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