124 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



191. IPOMCEA. L. (Bind-weed.) 



Calix 5-cJert. Corolla funneirorm or campa- 

 nulate, 5-plaited. Stigma capitate, globose. 

 Capsule S or 3 celled, many-seeded. 



Scarcely to be distinguished from the preceding genus 

 by any other character than the simple and capitate stig- 

 ma, and the absence of bractes. 



Species. 1. T. Qiiamoclit. Leaves pennate pinnatifid, 

 segments linear, flowers bright crimson, capsule ovate 2- 

 seeded? seed subcylindric-oblong. Cultivated. Indigenous, 

 or more decidedly naturalized in the hotter parts of Ame- 

 rica. 2. coccinea. In the Southern states, and westward 

 in Tennessee- 3. dissecta. 4. Carolina. 5. lacunosa. 6. or- 

 Ocularis, Ell. 7. £oiia A''ox. 8. trichocarpa. 9. JVil. 10- 

 ciliosa. 



This genus of about 60 species is likewise almost equal- 

 ly divided betwixt India and the warmer parts of Ameri- 

 ca. /. coccinea, I. tammifolia and /. jVil, appear by some 

 means to have been introduced, — probably by the abori- 

 gines, as they are never to be met with but in the vicinity 

 of settlements. By most, the species of the preceding 

 genus with lobed but capitate stigmas are admitted in 

 Jpomoea, but I have followed Mr. EUiott in retaining to 

 this genus such species only as have a simple capitate 

 stigma. 



192, IPOMERIA. Ipomopsis, Michaux, 

 Calix subcampaiiulate, membranaceous at the 



base, border 5-cleft. Corolla funnel form, 5- 

 lobed, segments entire. Stamina nnequal, 

 emerging from the tube of the corolla. Stigma 

 trifid. Capsule superior, S-sided, 3-celled, and 

 o-valved, many-seeded. Seeds in 2 rows, an- 

 gular, naked. 



Biennial or annual and herbaceous plants, with pen- 

 nately pinnatifid leaves; flowers aggreg-ated in a racemose 

 panicle, or solitary, axillary and terminal; seeds naked 

 and angular. (In CanUia the seeds are winged or margi- 

 nated.) At present this genus is scarcely distinguished 

 from Gillia, except by habit. 



Species. 1. /. coronopifolia. (Cantua coronopifolia'. 

 Willd.) 2. aggi^egata, Pursh, imder Cantiia. Is this a 



