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IPOMCEA 



IPOMCEA 



names are : Double Morning-Glory is mostly /. purpu- 

 rea, fl. pi. : Brazilian Morning-Glory is /. 5ffo,Srt ; Hardy 

 or Perennial Moonflower is /. panduraia ; Ipomoea 

 Heavenly Blue is /. rubra -ccerulea. 



angustifoUa, 6. 

 Batatas, 25. 

 Bona-nox, 21. 

 Bona-nox, 22. 

 Bonariensis, 15. 

 Briggtii, 12. 

 ckrysantha, 23. 

 ehryseides,23. 



INDEX. 



Sookeri, 8. 

 HorsfalliEe. 12. 

 Hubert, 3. 

 hybrida, 3, 8. 

 insignis, 11. 

 imperialis, 4. 

 Jalapa, 20. 



a, 3. 



Dickensoni, 3. 

 digitata, 11. 

 dissecta, 9. 

 Ferrandiana, 4. 

 ficifoUa. 15. 

 fiiicaulis, 6. 

 fistulosa. 16. 

 Ooodelli. 16. 

 grandiflora, 22. 

 grandiflora, 21. 

 hederacea, 4. 

 hederi folia, 7. 



Lea 



19. 



leptophylla, 17. 

 limbata, 4, 

 Lindheimeri, 10. 

 lAndleyana, 10. 

 lobata, 1. 

 maritinia, 24. 

 Mexicana, 4, 5, 8, 



11. 20, 21. 

 Michauxi, 20. 

 Nil, 4. 



noctiflora, 21. 

 noctiphyton. 21. 



palmata, 11. 

 pandurata, 18. 

 paniculata, 11. 

 Perringiana, 15. 

 Pes-capraB, 24. 

 Purga. 26. 

 purpurea. 3. 

 Quamoelit, 2. 

 nibro-cierulea. 8, 

 Sellowii, 15. 

 setosa, 14. 

 sinitata, 9. 

 sinuata, 9. 

 ternata. 13. 

 Te^rerta. 16. 



versieolo 



13. 



A. Plant annual: roots not tubei'ous. 



B. J'^ls. numerous t in long seor- 



pioid racemes ; corolla a 



bag-shaped tube, contracted 



at the mouth 1. 



BB. Fls. borne singly or few in 

 loose ciftttf's : corolla ex- 

 panded info (I /ii)ih. 

 C. Lvs. piiin.it, hi <hri,lrd iu- 



to manif thr^n'l like seg- 

 ments 2. 



cc. lyus. entire or lobed, not 

 divided. 

 D. Stem hairy. 



E. Lvs. broad-ovate, cor- 

 date, entire 3. 



EE. Lvs. ungulate or 



deeply 3-lobed 4. 



5. 

 DD. Stem not hairy. 



E, Lvs. linear or lanceo- 

 late, sub-sessile ... 6. 

 EE. Lvs. ovate-cordate to 

 hastate; petioled. 

 P. Fls. usually less 

 thanl in. across; 

 scarlet or orange. 7. 

 FF. Fls. itsually over 



blup or purple . . 

 AA. Plant perennial, with large fleshy 

 rootstocks. 

 B. Lvs. palmately divided into 

 3-7 segtnents. 

 c. Stem and petioles hairy .. 9. 

 10. 

 cc. Stem and petioles not 

 hairy. 

 D. Peduncles longer than 



the petioles 11. 



DD. Peduncles equaling the 

 petioles. 

 K. Fls. red: leaf seg- 

 ments sessile, taper- 

 ing to both ends, 



margin wavy 12. 



EE. Fls. white: leaf seg- 

 ments stalked, not 

 tapering to the ends, 

 margin not wavy.. 13. 

 BB. Lvs. entire, ungulate or lobed, 

 not divided. 

 c. Stem, lvs. and peduncles 

 densely hairy. 

 D. Corolla salverform, the 

 lobes pointed: leaf 

 lobes acuminate, sin- 

 uately toothed 14. i 



hederacea 

 Mexicana 



. rubro-caerulea 



DD. Corolla funnelform, the 

 lobes obtuse: leaf lobes 

 unequal, bhtntf entire. 15. BonariensiB 

 cc. Plant not hairy, 



D. Stem erect or ascending, 

 not trailing or climb- 

 ing. 

 E. Lvs. cordate to sub- 

 sagittate, long-peti- 

 oled, acuminate, 

 pubescent beneath. .16. fistulosa 

 EE. Lvs. linear, very 

 short- petioled, 

 actite, not pubes- 

 cent beneath 17. leptophylla 



DD. Stem t rai I ing^ climbing. 



• tu 



E. Lvs. pale beneath. 

 F. Fls. white, with 

 purple throat ...IS. 

 FP. Fls. lilac to dark 



purple 19. 



EE. Lvs. not pale beneath. 

 p. Fls. opening at 



night 20. 



21. 



FF. Fls. opening in the 

 ug. 



pandurata 

 Leari 



Jalapa 



Bona-nox 



grandiflora 



Corolla yellow. 2'.\. chryseides 

 GG. Corolla purple, 

 H. Lvs. notched 



at the en<l.2i. Pes-caprae 

 HH. Lvs. acute or 



AAA. Plant perennial by a woody ste 



Batatas 

 . Purga 

 Wolcottiana 



1. versicolor, Meissn. (M}nalobAta,L\av.et Lfix.). A 

 vijtj:orous climber, 15-20 tt. high : lvs. with a cordate 

 bawe, 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest and narrowed be- 

 low: ris. y'2-% ill. wide, opening rich crimson, soon 

 fading to pale yellow. Julv-Sept. Mex. On. 30, p. 436, 

 437; 39:792. R.H. 1887. p. i9. G.C. II. 26:684, 685. P.M. 

 16:100. V. 10:34, 35. B.R. 28:24. -Distinguished from 

 all other Ipomoeas by its bag-shaped corolla and scor- 

 pioid inflorescence. It is a very free bloomer^ and de- 

 servedly popular. 



2. Qudmoclit, Linn. [Quamoelit vulgaris, Choisy). 

 (.'vi'KKss-viNi-:. Indian Pink. Fig. 1166. Stem smooth, 

 slender, twining' to a height of 10-20 ft.: lvs. short-peti- 

 oled or sessile: peduncles few-fld., commonly much 

 longer than the petioles: corolla 1-1 3^ in. long, scarlet, 

 the tube narrowly funnelform, inflated above; the limb 

 nearly flat, 5-lobed. July-Oet. Naturalized from tropical 

 America, Va. to Fla., west to Kau. and Tex.; sparingly 

 escaped from cultivation farther north. B.M. 244. Gn. 

 29:33. — Beautiful in flower and foliage. Var. dlba, 

 Hort., has white fls. 



3. purpilrea, Roth. (Convdlvulus mdjus, Hort. Con- 

 vtUvulus purpiireus, Linn.). Tall Morning-Glory. 

 Fig. 1167. Stem trailing or twining for 4-10 ft., branch- 

 ing from the base : peduncles slender, 1-5-fld., often 

 longer than the petioles: corolla 1-2 in. long, light blue, 

 purple, pink and diversely variegated. July-Sept. Trop. 

 America. Escaped from gardens to waste places, Can. 

 to Fla., west to Neb. and Tex.; widely distributed in 

 most trop. regions. B.M. 113, 1005, 1682. Gn. 21, p. 295; 

 27. p. 473.— One of the most popular of garden annuals. 

 Some of its varieties resemble the entire-leaved forms of 

 /./ief7erncefr,but may be distinguished by their longer and 

 more slenderpeduncles, umbellate pedicels, and oblong- 

 acute sepals without the long tip usually found on /. 

 hederacea. Seeds ripen freely on cultivated varieties 

 and may be gathered for future sowings. Among the 

 host of garden forms are: dlba, whiti-; atro-caeriilea, 

 dark blut* ; atro sanguine a, dark fnrpl'' ; azurea, sky- 

 blue: carmin&ta, liirlit crimson; Dickensoni ( /'//'fr'>///.'< 

 hispidn,Yar. Pirkensnni ) , iiznri-}>\m'; Huberi (I.IIu- 

 beri, viir. variegiita, Hort.). Lvs. marked with silvery 

 white, fls. variously colored and margined with white; 

 kermesina (1. kermesina), scarlet; rdsea, blush rose; 



