LXXXIL. 
IPOMOEA REPANDA. 
Repand Ipomoea. 
ORDO NATURALIS. 
Convolvuli. Juss. Gen. p. 132. 
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Calyx foliolis 5 imbricatis, persistens. Corolla 1-petala : Tubus brevis, ore filamentis ibidem insertis 
et dilatatis clauso: Limbus varie dilatatus, cuneis 5 dorsalibus stellatus inter quas plicatus, in 
cunabulis convolutus, seepius obsolete 5-fidus : decidua. Filamenta 5, laciniis alterna, Anthere sa- 
gittate. Nectarium cotyliforme. Pericarpiim membranaceum aut crustaceum, septo singulis al- 
ternisve seminibus interstincto aut preter liram parietalem nullo 1-4-loculare, varie dehiscens. 
Sect. 11. Styli basis pericarpio dehiscente caduca. 
Ivomora L. Corolle Limbus longissimus, anguste infundibuliformis, plus minus curvus. Filamenta 
Stylusque lateri superiori accumbentia. Pericarpium membranaceum, 2-3-4-loculare, in valvas tot 
quot semina dehiscens septis relictis. Stigma capitatum, 2-3-4-lobum. Herbe aut Frutices, volubiles. 
Folia simplicia vel decomposita. Flores axillares. 
I. caule fruticoso: foliorum laminis plerisque cordatis, repandis, paucis inferiorum 3-5-fidis, mucro- 
nulatis, utrinque glabris, subcarnosis : paniculis mu tifloris. 
I, repanda. Jacq. Hist. Amer. p. 28. ¢. 20. 
Sponte nascentem in Ins. Martinique, collibus fruticosis, legit N. J. Jacqurs- 
Floret ibidem Decembri, Januario. 
Several distinct genera are confounded’ under Convolvulus and Ipomoea. The essential character 
of the latter, as established by Linne from Tournerort’s Quamoclit, I believe consists in the 
i i ination of the filaments, which for the present I 
rer by compari flowers 
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the base of the style adhering to the valves, not falling off when the tes ce it SIE : 
character I suspect will divide all the plants of the Order into two sections, without interrupting 
: tec som -eeeds of it being given to me by 
e Ipomoea Repanda was formerly cultivated at Chapel Allerton, seeds of it é 
Dowager Lapy tiga woop, sent to her from Tobago in the year 1797; ep maar were ral 
it has lately been again introduced into the stoves about London, ve vaal as Jacguty guessed, 
are permitted to extend a 
great length at the top of the house, they will hardly flower. fleshy. Leaves somewhat fleshy = 
Stem ash-colour with a brown and purplish tinge, round, smooth, ucous ath 
Petiole tinged with purple when exposed to the sun: Lamina dull green ee. a he 3. 
where the nerves are often tinged with purple, generally cordate, 2 in, smooth 
on both surf: Flowers without smell, in short dichotomous axillary 
lobed or 5-lobed, more or less repand, € iu a small point quite dis ae: Peduncle — 
urraces. : Lea 
Bractes very small. Calyx deep crimson with a i 
losing the : rea ag 
closing the orifice of the tube so completely w coroll | 
weight. Capsule generally 2-locular with 2 seeds in each cell, and 4 valves. 
