502 PENTANDR1A MONOGYNIA. Jpomoea. 



forty grains of the seeds in substance, when administered tliej 

 are gently roasted like coffee, then powdered, and given in 

 any convenient vehicle. 



It scarcely differs sufficiently from Convolvulus Nilio 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 is therefore the 

 more reason to compare it with I. coccinea. 



Stem and branches twining, young parts somewhat angu- 

 lar, and twisted. Leaves alternate, petioled, cordate, acumi- 

 nate, sometimes three-lobed ; sides and posterior edges vari- 

 ously dentate, sinuate, or lobate ; smooth on both sides, from 

 two to six inches each way. Petioles nearly as long as the 

 leaves, channelled. Racemes axillary, 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. 

 Stamina projecting considerably beyond the mouth of the 

 tube of the corol. Stigma sub globular. Capsules smooth, 

 four-celled, with a single seed in each. 



