1794 



*IP0M(P:A Aituni. 

 Mr. Aitoiis Ipomma, 



PENTANDIIIA MO^WGYNIA. 



Nat. ore?. CoNVOLVULACF.E, Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System 

 Oj Botany, p. ^2\d,.) 



IPOMOEA.^Sujiri), vol \.fol. 9. 



I. Aitoni ; villosa, foliis cordato-subrotundis, trilobis : lobis acutis latcralibus 

 abbreviatis, pedunculis multiflorls, bracteis sepalisque divergentibus acumi- 

 natissimis, corolla subcainpanulata tubo incrassato, staminibus basi glaiidu- 

 losis. 

 I. Aitoni. Hort. 



Radix perennis. Caulis villosissimus. Folia villoso-velutina ; lobo in- 

 termedio suhrhombeo, acuminato ; lamind petioli longitudine. Pedunculi 

 petiolis longiores, midtijlori. Flores dense agr/regati ; bracteis angustis., 

 canaliculatis , acuminatis, recurvis, villosis, sej)alorum longitudine. Sepala 

 conformia, corollce tubo longiora. Corolla violacea, lobis brevibus acutius- 

 culis, tubo incrassato sub staminibus glanduloso. Stamina 5, ultra tiibum 

 exserta, quorum duo longiora. Ovarium disco cyathiformi insertum, bilo- 

 culare ; ovulis duobus cuique loculo ; stylus simplex ; stigma incrassatuni 

 bilobum. 



A pretty perennial stove climber, not uncommon in 

 collections under the name we have adopted. It flowers 

 from April to October. Its native country is unknown to us. 



This strictly belongs to the genus Ipomoea, as it lias at 

 length been limited by Professor Choisy. The only points 

 in its structure which particuUirly deserve mention, are the 

 thickened tube of its corolla, and the collection of ghmds at 

 the base of each stamen, imitating as it were in Ipomoea the 

 scale of the genus Lepistemon. 



Increased by seeds and cuttings, the former of wliich 

 are produced in some abundance. 



The flowers open in the morning. 



* From ti^ a climbing plant, and ofiotog similar ; in allusion to the resem- 

 blance of this genus to Convolvulus. 



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