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training up trellis-work, or pillars in stoves. Young cuttings 

 strike root readily under a hand-glass, in heat. 



XIII. LEPISTFMON (from XtTr.c, lepis, a scale ; and 

 OTTjfiwv, stemon, a stamen ; in reference to the stamens being 

 furnished with 5 scales ; that is, one to each, which are arched 

 over the ovarium.) Blum, bijdr. p. 722. Choisy, in mem. soc. 

 phys. gen. 6. p. 443. Convolvulus species of authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Afonogynia. Calyx of 5 equal sepals. 

 Corolla tubular, inflated at the base. Stamens 5, furnished each 

 with a scale at the base, which is arched over the ovarium. 

 Style one. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 

 1 -seeded. Fruit capsular. Climbing perennial herbaceous 

 plants. 



1 L. WALLICHII (Choisy, 1. c.) stem hairy ; leaves cordate, 

 acuminated : upper ones somewhat 3-lobed ; peduncles very 

 short, umbellately many-flowered ; sepals oblong-lanceolate, 

 acute. I/ . *"*. S. Native of Silhet. Convolvulus ampulla- 

 ceus, Vahl. mss. in herb. Juss. Conv. hispidus ? Valil. symb. 

 3. p. 29. Conv. binectariferus, Wall. in. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 47. 

 Conv. cephalanthus, Wall. cat. no. 1402. Leaves beset with 

 adpressed hairs, pale beneath, 3-5 inches long, and nearly as 

 much broad. Stem and petioles beset with spreading hairs. 

 Sepals hairy outside. Corolla glabrous. Flowers rather small, 

 pure white, 18 lines long, and the scales of the stamens acute 

 and villous. 



ff'allich't Lepistemon. PL tw. 



2 L. FLAVE'SCENS (Blum, bijdr. p. 722.) plant pilose ; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, quite entire, or 3-lobed ; cymes pedunculate, ax- 

 illary, dense-flowered, shorter than the petioles. If. . r *. S. 

 Native of Java, among bushes on the mountains. Perhaps the 



same as the preceding species. 

 Yellowish Lepistemon. PL tw. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Exngonium above. 



XIV. IPOMCffA (from u// uroc, ips ipos, hind-weed; and 

 ofiotof, omoiot, similar ; the genus is nearly allied to Convolvulus, 

 or bind-weed.) Choisy in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 444. 

 Convolvulus and Ipomoe'a species of authors. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Afonogynia. Calyx of 5 sepals. 

 Corolla campanulate. Stamens inclosed. Style one ; stigma 

 2-lobed : lobes capitate. Ovarium 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. 

 Capsule 2-celled ; cells 2-seeded. Twining or creeping plants, 

 usually natives within the tropics in both hemispheres. 



SECT. I. ERPIPOMCE'A (from tpiria, erpo, to creep, and Ipo- 

 mcea; the plants contained in this section creep along the 

 ground.) Choisy, 1. c. Stems creeping. 



1 I. RE'PTAKS (Poir. diet, suppl. 3. p. 460.) stems smooth, 

 striately furrowed, rooting below ; leaves sa^ittately-lanceolate : 

 auricles acutish, sometimes entire and sometimes toothed ; pe- 

 tioles glabrous; peduncles 1-5 -flowered ; sepals ovate, acutish, 

 or obtuse. T. S. Native of China; East Indies; Arabia, 

 and Senegal. Convolvulus reptans, Lin. syst. veg. 171. spec. 

 225. Osb. itin. p. 196. Ipomoea reptans, /3. aquatica, Poir. 

 diet. 6. p. 18. Ipomoaa repens. Roth. nov. spec. p. 110. 

 Convolvulus repens, Vahl. symb. 1. p. 17. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 874. but not of Lin. Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 68. Rumph. amb. 5. 

 p. 419. t. 155. f. 1. Rheed. mal. 11. p. 107. t. 53. IponWa 

 sepiaria, Russ. herb. Conv. repens, Ham. herb. Conv. palus- 

 tris, Ham. herb. Ipomce' a aquatica, Forsk. descr. p. 44. There 

 are varieties having from 1 to many-flowered peduncles ; the 

 sepals acute or obtuse ; it is, therefore, not separated from Ipo- 



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mce'a aquatica, Forsk. (Conv. Adansonii, Desr.) but not of 

 Blume. 



Creeping Ipomcea. FL May, June. Clt. 1806. PL 

 creeping. 



2 I. ACETOS^FOLIA (Vahl. eclog. 1. p. 18.) glabrous; stems 

 angular, creeping ; leaves oblong-lanceolate and hastate ; pedun- 

 cles elongated, 1 -flowered ; sepals oblong, glabrous; bracteas 

 alternate, subulate. 1. S. Native of tropical America, by the 

 sea-side. Willd. spec. 1. p. 874. Conv. repens, Swartz. obs. 

 p. 64. but not of Roth. Plum. amer. 91. t. 105. Leaves 2 

 inches long, and a nail broad, obtuse, sometimes emarginate. 

 Flowers white. 



Sorrel-leaved Ipomcea. PL creeping. 



3 I. PE'S-CA' PR* (Sweet, hort. brit. 289.) leaves roundish, 

 emarginate, or 2-lobed, veiny, thickish ; peduncles 1 , or many- 

 flowered ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, obtuse. Tj. . S. Native of 

 India ; China ; New Holland ; Arabia ; Island of Bourbon ; 

 Sandwich Islands ; and South America, in the sand, by the 

 sea-side. Convolvulus pes-caprae, Lin. spec. 226. Wall, 

 fl. ind. 2. p. 74. Conv. Brasiliensis, Lin. spec. 226. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 877. Conv. maritimus, Desr. in Lam. diet. 3. p. 

 550. Conv. bilobatus, Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 73. Conv. bauhi- 

 niaefolius, Sal. prod. 125. Ipomre'a maritima, R. Br. prod. 486. 

 Ker, hot. reg. 319. Ipomoe'a orbicularis, Ell. sketch. 257. 

 Ipomoa'a Brasiliensis, Meyer, ess. 97. Ipomce' a biloba, Forsk, 

 aegypt. p. 44. Vittm. summ. 1. p. 44-0. Rheed. mal. 11. 

 p. 117. t. 57. Herm. lugdb. 174. t. 175. Rumph. amb. 5. 

 p. 433. t. 159. f. 1. Leaves biglandular at the base, more or 

 less 2-lobed. Peduncles 1-6-flowered. Flowers large, reddish- 

 purple. Seeds downy. 



GoG**/bo<-leaved Ipomoea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1770. 

 PL creeping. 



4 I. ROTUNDIFOLIA ; glabrous ; leaves roundish, retuse, mu- 

 cronate ; petioles shorter than the leaves ; peduncles twice 

 longer than the petioles, bifid, many-flowered. 1}. . S. Native 

 of Guinea, in the sea-sand. Conv. rotund ifblius, Schum. pi. 

 guin. p. 102. Root woody, creeping. Stems trailing, rooting, 

 purplish. Petioles purplish, biglandular at top. Sepals ovate, 

 obtuse, mucronate : outer ones rather wrinkled : inner ones 

 twice the size, and somewhat diaphanous. Corolla campanu- 

 lately funnel-shaped, purple ; limb flat, obsoletely 5-lobed. 

 Filaments downy at the base. Seeds hairy. Allied to /. pet- 

 capree. 



Round-leaved Ipomcea. PL creeping. 



5 I. LITTORA'LIS (Blum, bijdr. p. 713.) stems creeping; 

 leaves roundish-cordate, emarginate, with a mucrone, a little 

 angled, ciliated on the edges; peduncles 1 -flowered; sepals 

 cuspidate : outer ones shorter, erectly spreading. If.. S. Na- 

 tive of Java and Nusakambanga, in the sand by the sea-shore. 

 Corollas lilac, with a purplish bottom. 



Sea-shore Ipomo2a. PL creeping. 



6 I. RIPA' RIA ; downy ; stems prostrate, radicant ; leaves 

 cordate, acute, on long petioles ; umbels pedunculate, 4-5-flow- 

 ered; calyx pilose. 1. S. Native of Guinea, on the banks 

 of rivers. Corollas red. 



River-side Ipomcea. PL creeping. 



7 I. CRASSIFOLIA (Cav. descrip. p. 100. Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 184.) stem decumbent, branched; leaves reniform, emarginate, 

 somewhat plicate ; peduncles axillary, usually S-flowered, shorter 

 than the petioles; 2 outer sepals fleshy, and shorter than the 3 

 inner. "If. . S. Native of Guayaquil. Nearly allied to /. pes- 

 caprce. Nerves of leaves white. Petioles biglandular at the 

 base. Corollas white. 



Thick-leaved Ipomcea. PL creeping. 



8 I. CARNOSA (R. Br. prod. p. 485.) plant prostrate, glabrous; 

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