CONVOLVULUS FAMILY 



CYPRESS VINE 



Ipom&a qudmocUt. 



An annual twining vine with feathery foUage and small, bright-red 

 flowers. Native of tropical America. Summer. 



5/e>».— Twining, reaches fifteen to twenty feet. 



ieo'ww.— Pinnately parted into slender almost thread-like divisions. 



Flowers. — Bright-red, diurnal, 

 small for the genus; peduncles 

 one to six-flowered. 



Calyx. — Five-lobed. 



Corolla. — An inch to an inch 

 and a half long, scarlet; the tube 

 narrowly funnel-form, inflated 

 above; the border nearly flat, 

 five-lobed. 



Stamens. — Five, exserted; stig- 

 ma capitate. 



Capsule. — Ovoid, four-celled; 

 cells one-seeded. 



The delicate feathery foli- 

 age of the Cypress Vine makes 

 a beautiful background for 

 the little scarlet flowers that 

 " , ■ ,. stand out so clearly against 



Cypress Vine. Ipomcea quwmoclU 



it. The vine is a good strong 

 grower and will do well in partial shade. There is a white 

 variety. 



SWEET-POTATO 



Ipomwa batatas. 



The Sweet-potato of the market is a trailing vine of the Morn- 

 ing-glory group that produces an edible root. The origin of the 

 present cultivated form is unknown, but believed to be a product 

 of tropical America. We know certainly that it was cultivated by 

 the aborigines when America was discovered, but its wild form 

 has never yet been found. 



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