PENTANDKIA MONOGYNIA. Ipomoca. 14^ 



little did I suspect it to be the true Convolvulus Ja- 

 lapa, till two circunastances convinced me tiiereof. 

 The first was seeing a paper on this subject in the An^ 

 naliisdu Museum d' Histoire N'atureUe, byDesfontainea j 

 and the other, on seeing the living plant recently- 

 raised out of a collection of seeds brought fro:n Mex- 

 ico, in possession of A. 13. Lambert, Esq., which in 

 every respect proved to be Convolvulus Jalapa of 

 Linnaeus, as well as Ipomoea macrorJuza of Michaux, 

 with only the small difference of colour, which was 

 a light purple : but this is of no consequence in this 

 family of plants. 



186. CANTUA. Juss. gen.pl.\52. 



C. glabriuscula ; foliis pinnatifidis, floribus terminalibus coronopifolia, 

 laxe racemosis pedunculatis, laciniis corollae amplis 

 subrotundis brevi-acuminatis, stylo exerto. — IVilld. 

 sp.pl l.p.Sjg. 



Polemonium rubrum. Linn. sp. pi. cd. 3. p. 231. 



Ipomoea rubra. Lhm. syst. veg. l/l. 



Ipomopsis elegans. Mick. ft. amer. 1, p. 142. 



Gilia coronopifolia. Pers. ench. 1. p. 18/. 



Icon. Bot. rep. 4:15. Exot. lot. \3. Dill. elth. t. 241. 

 /312. 



On river sides, in sandy soil : Carolina. <^ . June, July. 



v.v. Flowers beautiful red. 

 , C. pubescens ; foliis tenuissime pinnatifidis, floribus ter- 

 minalibus lateralibusque aggregato-subcapitatis subses- 

 silibus, laciniis corollae angustatis oblongis sensim acu- 

 tis, stylo incluso brevissimo. 



On the banks of the Mississippi. M. Lewis. (? . June. 

 V. s. in Herb. Lewis. Flowers scarlet, more slender 

 than the former species ; the segment of the corolla 

 not spreading, but erect, and small in proportion to 

 the tube. 



aacrrctrata. 



is;. DIAPENSIA. Gen.pl.255. 



D. foliis spathulatis glabris, antheris obliquis muticis. oblnsifolia. 

 Salisb. par ad. land. 104. 



D. lapponica. IViild. sp. pi. \.p. ygs. 



Icon. Fl. dan. 47. Bot. mag. 1 103. 



On the highest mountains, among moss : New Hamp- 

 shire. If . May— July. v. s. in Herb. Prof. Peck. 

 t lowers white. 



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