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No. 52. 
GENUS. Ipvomaa, Jaceviy. Catyx 5-partitus, nudus.  Coroira cam- 
panulata vel infundibuliformis, 5-plicata. Ovarium 2-3- loculare, sep dis- 
ermis. Srvxus indivisus. Sriema capitatum,23-lobum. Capsura 2-3-locu 
laris. Rozzrr Brown. Prodromus Flore Nove Hollandiz 
SPECIES. Iromzs ruBRro-c@rvuLes. Hooker. Gish) foliis longe petio- 
latis profunde cordatis brevi-acuminatis. Pepuncutis 3-4-floris incrassatis sub- 
racemosis. Catrycts glabri laciniis (parvis) erectis appressis lineari-subulatis 
albo-marginatis. Corotta ampla infundibuliformis, limbo 5-angulato angulis 
mucronatis, stigmate bilobo. Hooxzr. Botanical Magazine, folio 3297. 
CHARACTER OF THE GENUS, IPoOMm#A., CALYX 5-parted, naked. 
Corotza campanulate or funnel-shaped, 5-plaited. Ovary 2-3-cel- 
led, cells 2-seeded. Sty.e entire. Sriema capitate, 2-3-lobed. 
Capsute 2-3-celled. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE Species, IPOMMA RUBRO-C@RULEA. STEM 
twining, smooth, tinged with purple, with rounded herbaceous branches. 
Leaves alternate, membranous, light-green, markedly cordate, having 
a deep sinus at the base, shortly but acutely pointed, entire, wavy, 
veined, ~ 9 petioles about equal in length to the leaves. Pr- 
. INFLORESCENCE somewhat race- 
ed, segments ail lineari-sub 
purple colour, with a whetah margin. Coroxta, before expansion, 
white at the base, becoming red towards the upper part, but when the 
flower is fully expanded, changing to a fine purplish or blue colour, 
5-angled, 5-plaited; angles mucronate. Stamens 5; filaments une- 
qual in length, hairy at the base, attached to the lower part of the tube. 
Antuers oblong, yellow. Ovary oblong. Sry e slender. Stiema 
2-lobed. 
Poputar aND Grocrapnicat Notice. The present species, 
which is regarded as one of the finest of the genus, is a native of Gua- 
naxuato, in Mexico. The disposition which it possesses in common 
