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IPOMLEA 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 ccerulea is sometimes used for that 

 purpose. 



/. purpur'ea, 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 mafor, and 

 Pharbi'tis his'pida. From tropical America. 



/. purpur'eafl. pi. Double white flowers. Height 

 10ft. 



/. purpur'eafl. pi. Burrid'geii is crimson. 



7. purpur'eafl. pi. Dick'soni is deep blue. 



/. purpur'eafl. pi. tri' color. Eed, 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., 7. Nil, Convolvulus Nil, 

 Pharbi'tis barba'ta, and Pharbi'tis hrfdera, 

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

 Pharbi'tis diver sifol'ia. 



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

 7. hedera'cea grandiflor'a has light blue flowers. 



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

 plant with exquisite flowers of deep blue, 

 shading to white towards the centre. Eather 

 tender for out of doors. Japan. 



