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Ipom^a — continued, 



June to September, and are most useful for quickly 

 covering posts, trellises, tree-stumps, verandahs, 

 and the like. They are too ephemeral to cut, 

 though /. rubro coerulea is sometimes used for that 

 purpose. 



/. purpur'eay a general favourite, may be taken as 

 the type, of which there are several varieties. 

 The flowers are purple and pink. Syns., Con- 

 vol'vulus purpur'eus, Convol'vulus maj'oi\ and 

 Phai'hi'tis his'pida. From tropical America. 



/. pwyur'eajl. pi. Double white flowers. Height 

 10 ft. 



/. purpur'eafi. pi. Biirrid'geii is crimson. 



/. purpur'eajl. pi. Dlck'soni is deep blue. 



/. purpur'eajl. pi. tri' color. Red, blue, and white. 



/. hedera'cea, the Ivy-leaved Morning Glory. Very 

 like the above type, but has leaves like ivy and 

 smaller flowers of deep blue with red stripes. 

 N. America. Syns., /. Nil, Convol'vulus Nil, 

 PharhHtis harha'ta, and Pharbi'tis hefdera, 

 Pharbi'tis puncta'ta, Pharbi'tis tri'loba, and 

 Pharbi'tis diver sifol'ia. 



I. hedera'cea atroviola'cea. Dark violet and white. 



/. hedera'cea grandiflor'a has light blue flowers, 



/. hedera'cea Hu'beri or Japon'ica. A beautiful 

 plant with exquisite flowers of deep blue, 

 shading to white towards the centre. Rather 

 tender for out of doors. Japan. 



