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vllria, a trade name for packages containing a mixture 

 of many kinds; violicea- striata, violet-purple. Tiiere 

 are several double forms of /. purpurea. Var. SI. pi. 

 has very large Ivs. : fls. appearing much laterthan sin- 

 gle varieties, serai- or much-doubled, bluish white 

 streaked with light blue or pink. Int. 1892. Said to be 

 verv tloriferous and a good pot-plant. G. P. 5:593. A.G. 

 U;246. Var. viol&cea fl. pi., Hort., is entirely distinct 

 from the preceding. Gt. 47, p. 133. 



4. heder4cea, Jacq. (/. :\'i7. Roth. /. scAbra, Hort.). 

 Stem twining or climbing, 2-8 ft. : Ivs. 2-5 in. long, 

 ovate-cordate, the lobes ovate to ovate-lanceolate, entire, 

 or the lateral lobes repand or denticulate; the middle 

 lobe narrowed at the base: peduncle 1-3-fld., mostly 

 shorter than the petiole: corolla funnelform, the tube 

 usually white, the limb light blue, purple or rose, and 

 in various combinations of these colors; sepals hairy, 

 lanceolate, with long and often recurved tips. July-Oct. 

 — Widely naturalized from trop. America in fields and 

 waste placi-. !',. i.i Fit , wi-st to Neb. and Mex. Per- 

 haps native in ' 'i - , ' t' IM:85;4:276(as/.C(en(ko). 

 K.M.188(a^ > V,/i. Gn. 27, p. 473. This spe- 



cies shows LI ;.( .,.i,.M, I, ill the form of its Ivs., both 

 on the saiiiL (.l.ini :iiul un different plants. In some 

 forms formerly known as /. Xil, the Ivs. are nearly en- 

 tire; in others they are very deeply lobed. Next to /. 

 purpurea, this is now the most popular Morning-Glory 

 in cultivation, and the introduction of the improved 

 .Japanese strains will extend its usefulness. Before the 

 appearance of these oriental varieties in occidental gar- 

 lens the species had already varied into many distinct 

 horticultural varieties as var limbata (/. limbdta, 

 Hort ) with the corolla violet purple edged with white. 

 B M 5720 (as Pha)bitis Ail) (th 2<> p. .■)2. Var. mar- 

 morilta cffiWstina, large fls mirliled and striped with 

 light blue Gt 44, p 092 \ ar marmorita rdsea, fls. 

 marbled with rose Gt 44 p 70 \ ir Jdlils marmoritis, 

 Ivs marked with yellow limb of corolla rose color. Var. 

 grandifldra, large blue fls V ar Ferrandiana, similar to 

 var grandiflora Aside from these strains, the follow- 



IPOMCEA 



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1167. Mornine-Glory. IpomcEa 



ing named varieties of Japanese Ipomcpas 

 Antigone, Ivs. variegated : fls. blue, with pink throat. 

 Aglaia, Ivs. variegated: fls. crimson, with white throat. 

 Aseria, fls. dull copper-red. Ceres, like Aglaia, but fls. 

 edged with white. Euphrosyne, Ivs. variegated : fls. 

 pure white, with pink throat. Princess, fls. spotted 

 with carmine. Gt 47, p. 133. A form with foliage dot- 



ted with white is shown in l.H. 4:i, p. 75. The various 

 strains give fls. which are diversely scalloped, ruflled, 

 fringed, doubled, and show a wonderful range of col- 

 oring. 



5. Mezic&na, Gray. Like /. hederacea, but young Ivs. 

 entire or slightly angulate, becoming deeply 3-lobed and 



1168. Ipomcca coccinea (XK). No. 7. 



cordate, as in hederacea, the middle lobe broadest : 

 peduncles as long or longer than petioles : corolla 1 in. 

 wide, violet-purple, sometimes with crimson plaits.— 

 Possibly this should not he distinguished from /. hede- 

 racea. The plants in tlio trade- as /. ilexicana are 

 mostly I. hederacea, di(iif'i/'i and /.'").. i-hm. I. Mexi- 

 eana vera, Hort.; /. Mt.ricn,,: ,ini i„l,fl„,;i alba, Hort., 

 and /. Mexicana grandiflora hijbrUla, Hurt., areLBona- 

 nox or /. grandiflora. 



6. angustifdUa, Jacq. (/. filicaulis, Blume). Stem 

 prostrate, trailing or rarely climbing, much-branched: 

 Ivs. 1-3 in. long, less than 1 in. wide, glabrous : pedun- 

 cles exceeding the petioles, bearing 1-2 small, bell- 

 shaped fls., which are yellowish white with a purple 

 eye. Aug., Sept. Widely distributed in tropical Asia, 

 Africa and America. B.M. 5426. B.R. 4:317 (as /. de«- 

 tieulata). — Sometimes grown in the warmhouse, but. 

 there is hardly enough foliage to set off the pretty dark- 

 eyed flowers. 



7. coccinea, Linn. Star Ipomcea. Fig. 1168. Stem- 

 freely twining for 10 ft. : Ivs. slender-petioled, entire or 

 angulate, acuminate : peduncle 2-6 in. long, few- to- 

 several-fld. : corolla ^-% in. wide, salverforra: limb ob- 

 scurely lobed, scarlet with a yellow throat. Aug.- Oct. 

 Apparently naturalized from tropical America, on river 

 banks in the middle and south Atlantic states; probably 

 indigenous to northern Mex. and Ariz. B.M. 221. -Fls. 

 are produced in abundance, but are disappointingly 

 small. In var. liitea, Hort., the fls. are entirely orange, 

 or with a tinge of scarlet. 



Var. hederiidlia, Gray (/. hederifMia. Linn. Wna 

 sn«Sfi(i««n, Hort.). Fig. 1169. This Plains form of the 

 species has angulate, 3-lobed or even 3-5-parted Ivs., 

 and fls. usually larger. B.R. 1:9. B.M. 1769. l.H. 41, 

 p. 159. — It is superior to the type for ornamental pur- 

 poses. 



8. rubro-cseriilea, Hook. (/. Hobkeri, Hort.). Stem 

 tinged with purple, branched, 10-20 ft. high: Ivs. mem- 

 branaceous, much-veined, short-acuminate : peduncle 

 fleshy, 3-4-fld. : fls. 3-4 In. wide, the tube white and limb 

 red before expanding, at length purple or china-blue. 

 Aug.-Oct. Mex. R.H. 1855:441 (as Pharbitis rnbro- 

 cmrulea). B.M. .3297. P.M. 3:99. Gn. 27:493.-One of 

 the most beautiful of annual climbers. The fls. are 

 often dashed, blotched and shaded with rose, or are en- 

 tirely rose. It is likely to run to vine when out-of-doors 

 unless the roots are confined in a box or pot to induce 

 early flowering. It makes an excellent pot-plant for the 

 greenhouse. Var. Heavenly Blue, from Calif., was said 

 to be a cross between /. Leari and /. versicolor, but 

 proves to be a blue form of /. rubro-cwrulea, which is 

 especially valuable for cut-fls. Var. <Llba, Hort., has 

 pure white flowers. 



