CONVOLVULUS FAMILY 



MOOH-FLOWER 



Ipomcea bbna-^nox. 



The familiar, night-blooming, white-flowered member of the Morning- 

 glory group. Variable. South America. 



5/ew.— Twining, often making twenty feet in a summer, smooth, 

 often beset with soft projections. 



ieo^/M.— Alternate, large, heart-shaped or angled. 



Flowers.— Vihitt, with greenish lines, four inches across; opening late 

 in the afternoon and remaining open mtil the durect rays of sunlight 

 strike them; fragrant. 



Peduncles.— One. to four-flowered. 



Calyx. — Five sepals. 



CoroZZd.— Salver-shaped; tube three to four inches long; border three 

 to four inches across, white, with five greenish lines radiating from the 

 throat to the circumference; convolute in bud. 



Stamens. -^Yive, just appearing at the throat. 



Owj'3'.— Two-celled; style long, exserted; stigma two-lobed. 



Ca^w/e.— Two-celled; cells one-seeded. 



Moon-flower. Ipomasa bdna-nox 



The Moon-flower is an admirable screen, porch, or wall vine, for 

 the leaves are large and abundant. The flowers begin to open 

 about sundown, and do not close until the next morning is well on 

 toward noon. Being an Iponma it, of course, shares the family 

 characteristics, twines from left to right, and crowds its neighbors, 



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