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IPOMOPSIS* elegans. 

 Elegant Ipomopsis. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. Ord. PoLEMONlACEiE. 



IPOMOPSIS.— Calyx 5-^dLrtitns, laciniis acuminatis, sinubus et angulis 

 membranaceis. Corolla infundibuliformis, speciosa, calyce multo longior, 

 decidua. Stamina 5, intra tubum corollse inserta. Capsula trilocularis, 



oligosperma. Herbge Americce septentrionalis, foliis pinnatijidis, floribus 



racemoso-paniculatis, bracteis subulatis ; coroUis speciosis, pubescentia 

 glandulosd. 



I. elegans ; floribus aggregatis paniculatis nutantibus, laciniis corollae 

 acuminatis maculatis, foliis pectinatis bracteisque sparse arachnoideo- 

 villosis. 

 Ipomopsis elegans. Smith exot.fi. t. 13. Mich. fi. bor. am. 1. 142. 

 Gilia coronopifolia. Pers. synops. 1. 187. 

 Gilia pulchella. Douglas in herb. Hort. Soc. 



Herba biennis, vix peremiis, 3~pedalis. Folia radicalia ccespitosa, atro- 

 viridia, paululmn succulenta, pectinata, pilis arachnoideis sparse, prcesertim 

 suprd costam villosa, superioribus indivisis. Caulis glanduloso-pilosus. 

 Flores paniculati, aggregati, nutantes. Calyx glanduloso-pilosus. Corolla 

 unciam longa, infundibuliformis, coccinea, limbo suberecto, demum recurvo, 

 laciniis acutis, maculatis. Stamina paulh exserta, intra tubum inserta. 



A beautiful plant, native of both sides of the continent 

 of North America : it was found by Mr. Douglas on the 

 north-west coast, and sent by him to England in 1827. 

 Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticultural 

 Society in July last. 



It is unfortunately impatient of cultivation, being apt 

 to die off, without apparent cause, during its flowering. 

 Naturally it is perhaps perennial; but with us, owing to 



* From Ipomsea, the well-known genus, and o-^ti;, resemblance. 



