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IPOMUiA 



IPOMQiA 



names are : Double Worning-Gloi-j- is mostly A. piirpu- 

 rcii, fl.p!.; Brazilian Morniiig-Glory is f.xctnsd; Hardy 

 or Perennial Moonflower is /. pa ml ii ralii : Iponioea 

 Heavenly ]-!lue is /. ■nibro-cirrulm . 



A. Plant annual: roots not tnht'rous. 



h. /^/.s. numeroHH, in long scor- 



pioid racemes ; corolla a 



bag-shaped tnhe, contracted 



at the inoatli 1 . 



Hii. Fls. home siiKjlij or few in 

 loose cij tiles ; corolla er- 

 /uinded into a limb, 

 r. Lvs. pinnntelij divided in- 

 to many tliread-lU'C seg- 

 ments 2. 



r(.\ Lvs. entire or lobed , not 

 divided. 

 1). Stem hairy. 



E. Lvs. broad-ovate, cor- 



datc , entire .'!. 



EE. Lvs. anc/ulafe or 



deeply J-lohed 4. 



versicolor 



Quamoclit 



purpurea 



hederacea 

 Mexicana 



DD. Stem not hairy . 



E. Lvs. linear or lanceo- 

 late, snli-.sessile ... (]. angusti£olia 

 EE. Lvs. ovate-cordate to 

 hastate; petioled. 

 V. Fls. iisiiall y les.H 

 than 1 in . ae)-oss: 

 searlcforoninge. 7. coccinea 

 FF. /7.S'. usually over 

 S in . across ; red, 



blue or purple .. 8. rubro-cserulea 

 Phi lit perennial, u-ith hi nie fleshy 

 nmtstocl-s. 



i n to 



rontstocks. 



II. /jvs . pal mat id y d irided. ii, 



■ '-7 .segments. 



'■. Sfcm and peliides Jiairi/ .. 9. 



^0. 



c. Stem and peti<de. 

 hairy 



not 



Binuata 

 Lindheimeri 



hairy. 

 I). Peduncles longer thu n 

 the petioles 11 



DD. Ped-unch'S equaling the 



petioles. 



K. Fls. red: Ivuf scg- 



'menl.^srssih'.lap,^,- 



iug to both ends, 



margin u-avfi VZ 



EE. Fls. H-hilr: h'uf srq- 



menls stalk, d, not 



la yrring to the ends, 



ma rgi a not ■wa ry ..]'.) 



Lv.s. entire, angnlatc or lobrd, 



unt divided. ' 



r. Stem, lvs. and peduncles 



dense I II ha i r</. 



i». Corolla sal'rerform, the 



lobes i>ui„led : leaf 



lobes arutuinute, siu- 



uately loid/n-d )4. setosa 



digitata 



Horsfalliae 



ternata 



DD. Corolla fnnnelform, the 

 lobes obtuse: leaf lobes 

 unequal, blunt, entire.lv. Bonarieiisis 

 !■. Plant not hairy. 



D. Stem erect or ascending, 

 not trailing or climb- 

 ing. 

 E. Lvs. cordate to sub- 

 sagittate, long -peti- 

 oled , acuminate, 

 pubescent beneath . . 10. fiatulosa 

 E E , Ivvs. I inea r, I'e ry 

 s h o rt-petioled, 

 acute, not pubes- 

 cent beneath 17. leptophylla 



i'i>. Stem- trailing^ climbing, 

 or twining. 

 K. Lvs. pale beneath. 

 V. Fls. white, with 



pnrjile throat . ..18. pandurata 

 FF. Fls. lilac to dark- 

 purple 19. Leari 



EE. Lvs. not pale beneath . 

 F. Fls. opening at 



night 20. . 



21. : 



Jalapa 



Bona-nox 



grandiflora 



FF. Fls. opening in the 

 morning. 

 Q. Corolla yellow. 23. cliryseides 

 GQ. Corolla purple. 

 H. Lvs. notched 



at the end.2i. Pes-caprae 

 HH. Tjv.'i. acute or 



a cu m in a te.2D . Batatas 

 2(j. Purga 

 AAA. Plant perennial by a woody stem, 27. Woleottiana 



1. verBicolor, Mei.ssn. {^Llna lobdta, Lhdv. et Lex.). A 

 vigorous climber, Io-20 ft. high : lvs. with a cordatu 

 base, 3-lobed, the middle lobe longest and narrowed be- 

 low: tls. %-% in. wide, opening rich crimson, soon 

 fading to pale yellow. July-Sept. Mex. Gn. 30, p. 436, 

 437; 39:792. R.H. 1887, p. 19. G.C. II. 2ti:684, G85. P.M. 

 ](>:100. V. 10:34, 35. B.R. 28:24. -Distinguished from 

 all other Ipomoeas by it.s bag-shaped corolla and scor- 

 pioid inflorescence. It is a ver}^ free bloomer, and de- 

 servedly popular. 



2. Qiid,moclit, Linn. {Qudmoclit vidgdris, Choisy). 

 (!vPKE:SS-V]NE. Indian Pink. Fig. IKKJ. Stem smootli, 

 slender, twining to a height of 10-20 ft. : lvs. short-peti- 

 nled or sessile : peduncles few-fid., commonly much 

 longer than the petioles: corolla 1-1 ,'2 in. long, scarlet, 

 the tube narrowly fxinnelform, inflated above; the limb 

 nearly tlat, 5-lobud. July-Oct. Naturalized from tropical 

 America, Va. to Fla., west tu Kan. and Tex.; sparingly 

 escaped from cultivation farther north. B.M. 244. Gn. 

 29::[3. — Beautiful in flower and foliage. Var. dlba, 

 Hort., has white fls. 



3. purptirea, Roth, {Convolvulus meXJus, Hort. Con- 

 vnlvuhis purpU'reus, binn.). Tall JIokning-GloRV. 

 Fig. lHi7. Srnm trailing or twining for 4-10 ft., branch- 

 ing from the base : jieduncles slender. 1-5-fld., often 

 longer than the petioles; corolla 1-2 in. long, light blue, 

 purple, pink and diversely variegated. July-Sept. Trop. 

 America. Escaped from gardens to waste places, Can. 

 to Fla., west to Neb. and Tex.; -widely distributed in 

 most trop. regions. B.M. 113, 1005, 1082. On. 21, p. 295; 

 27, p. 473.— One of the most popular of garden annuals. 

 Some of its varieties resemble the entire-leaved forms ol' 

 f .hederacea ,\mtmi\y lie distinguished by their longer and 

 more slender pfduncles, umbellate pedicels, and oblong- 

 acute sepals without the long ti]> usually found on /■ 

 hederacea. Seeds ripen freely on cultivated varietie>i 

 and may be gathered for future sowings. Among th(i 

 host of garden f<irms are; alba, wliiti- ; atro-C0erillea, 

 dark blue ; atrosanguinea, dark jmrplr ; aztrea, sky- 

 blue; carmin^ta, light crimson; Dlckensoui (Phdrhiti^s 

 hispida, var. Diekensoni), :izure-b|ue; Hllberi (/. Z^'''- 

 />'-/■/, var. varieg,\ta,l\ov\.). Lvs. marked with silvery 

 wiiite, fl,M. variously colored and margined with white; 

 kermesina (/. keruieslnn) , scarlet; rdsea, blush rose; 



