502 _ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNTA, Ipomoea, 
forty grains of the seeds in substance, when administered they 
are gently roasted like coffee, then powdered, and given in 
any convenient vehicle. 
It scarcely differs sufficiently from Convolvulus Nil to war- 
rant its being considered more than a variety of that, or that 
of this. In that the leaves of plants growing in the same si- 
tuation are less divided and the lobes shorter and less pointed. 
The rim of the corol five-angled, and the angles pointed as in 
Dillenius’s figure, whereas in I, caerulea it is nearly circular, 
8. 1. phoenicea, R. 
Annual, twining. Leaves broad-cordate; posterior edges 
often variously lobate. Racemes dichotomous, many-flower- 
ed, Leaflets of the calyx end subulately, Stamina erect, — 
Stigma globular. | , 
A native of the southern parts of the Coromandel coast, the 
seeds were received into this garden from Dr. Berry, who pro- 
cured them from Dindigul. In Bengal it thrives luxuriant- 
ly, and is in blossom most part of the year, but chiefly during 
the cool season, This plant has also been reared from seeds 
received from the island of Trinidad ; there i is therefore the 
more reason to compare it with I. coccinea, 
Stem and branches twining, young parts somewhat angu- . 
Jar, and twisted. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, acumi- 
nate, sometimes three-lobed ; sides and posterior edges vari- 
ously dentate, sinuate, or —— ‘smooth on both sides, from 
two to six inches each way. Petioles nearly as long as the 
leaves, channelled, Racemes -aattibeey, solitary, generally 
two-cleft, much longer than the leaves. Flowers remote, 
large, of a most beautiful bright crimson colour. Calyx 
smooth, the leaflets subulate at the end. Corol ; tube nearly 
two inches long, contracting towards the base, slightly curv- 
ed; border at first expanded, afterwards a little revolute. 
Sitenitict projecting considerably beyond the mouth of the 
tube of the Corel. Stigma es ee mam —_— 3 
-four-celled, with ‘asingle seed in each, - e ae 
