IPOMA’A HORSFAL'LIA. 
“MRS. HORSFALL'S IPOMAA. 
EXOGENE, ‘ OR DICOTYLEDONER. 
Natural division 
‘ to which —— 
this Plant eres, 4 : 
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_ NATURAL ORDER, CONVOLVULACER. f. oe 
RAE, ae ——s divisions 
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: this Piet” aie be LINNEUS. | 
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Jaceutn. Catyx 
5- is, nudu 
rmis, Epliceta. Ova 
Str capitan, 2 ie oe 
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HonsPaiaze. eis 
Fotos, pitas lobis imbricatis obtusis aia rolla 
stigmate bilobo Hooker in Botanical Magazin , 3315, 
Cxanacten oF THE Genus, Ipomma. =o ive panel, 
Coro.ia ‘eampanulate or funne shaped, five-plaited. Ovary ty be 
three-celled, cells two-seede ts: Sryxe entire. s A: capitate, two- 
three-lobed. . CapsuLe swortiiee celled. j 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, Ipomma Hor 
evergreen ; stem, as well as every part of the pl 
alternate, ae ‘ie neahess Le 
six or seven, lanceolate; entire, somewhat pointed 2 
, margin slightly undulate. PEpuncies axilla 
long as Te petioles, supporting a dichotomous many-flowered cyme. 
Pepicers club-shaped, smooth. Catyx five-lobed, lobes equal, 
roundish or ovate, obtuse, dark purple, imbricated. Corowa funnel- 
shaped, limb short, spreading or reflexed ; lobes rounded, emarginate, 
shining, of a rich rose-colour, of equal depth on external and internal 
surfaces. Stamens 5, equal, extending beyond the tube; filaments 
smooth, inserted upon a hairy scale-like gland, which is arched be- 
neath. Ovary glohose, surrounded by a large fleshy ring or disk. 
Stiema capitate, two-lobed, hairy. 
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Poputar anv GrocrapnicaL Notice. Ibis a subject of doubt 
with Mr. Horsfall, whether the seeds from which this species was raised 
in England in 1832, at his seat at Everton, near Liverpool, were re- 
REFERENCE To THE DissEcrions. 
1, The pisti] and ovary, Aacarpe by its fleshy disk. 2, The corolla a exhibiting the 
stamens, and seale-like glands from which they ema 
