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 IPOMCEA ficifolia. 



Fig-leaved Ipomcea. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 

 Nat. ord. Convolvulace^e. 

 IPOMCEA. Botanical Register, vol. 21. fol. 1794. 



I. ficifolia; piloso-scabra, foliis trilobis : lobis lateralibus rotundatis inter- 

 medio angustiore et productiore acuto, pedunculis subtrifloris, sepalis 

 acutis nigro-hirsutis, tubo corollse limbo breviore. Bot. Reg. 1840. 

 misc. no. 221. 



Tuberosa, volubilis, subpilosa. Foliorum lobi laterales rotundati, nunc 

 in acumen producti. Calyx villosus. 



The native country of this beautiful plant is unknown. It 

 was raised from seeds at Messrs. Salter and Wheeler's Nur- 

 sery, Weston Road, Bath, and by them communicated to us 

 last November. Possibly it is one of the fine things for which 

 we are indebted to residents at Buenos Ayres. 



Mr. Wood, the foreman in the plant department of the 

 above mentioned Nursery, informs us, that when little more 

 than twelve months old it produced nearly 500 flowers upon 

 a cylindrical wire trellis two feet high. In fact its disposition 

 to blossom to this unusual degree, is one of the circumstances 

 that more particularly recommend it to the gardener's atten- 

 tion ; especially as it is said to be accompanied by a corre- 

 sponding diminution of foliage. 



It is slightly shrubby, and has a tuberous root. 



Mr. Wood thinks it will succeed in the summer against a 

 south wall, and he adds that it thrives under the commonest 

 kind of cultivation. For ourselves, we can only testify to its 

 being a beautiful climber, with rich purple flowers, and an 

 unusually short tube, and that it is readily known out of flower 

 by the side lobes of its leaves being almost semicircular, and 

 only occasionally produced into a point. 



March, 1841. f 



