PLATE DCXXXVL 



IPOMGEA INS IGNIS. 



Magnificent Ipomoea. 



CLASS V. ORDER L 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNJA. Five Stamens. One Style. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata v. in- 

 fundibuliformis, 5-plicata. Stigma capita- 

 turn, 2- vel 3-lobum Capsula 2-3-locularis. 



Cup 5-parted. Blossom bell- or funnel-shaped, 

 5-plicate. Stigma headed, 2- or 3-lobed. 

 Capsule of 2 or 3 cells. 



IpoMCE\ caule volubili longissimo et ramosissi- 

 mo, glabro ; foliis crassis, glabriusculis, in- 

 ferioribus palmato-quinquelobis ; superiori- 

 bus cordato-ovatis ovatisque ; mediis sub- 

 trilobis : umbellis pedunculatis, axillaribus, 

 compositis, multifloris. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Ipomcea with a turning smooth stem exceedingly 

 long and branching; the leaves fleshy, nearly 

 smooth, the lower paImate-5-lobed ; the up- 

 per ovate, or a little heart-shaped j the hi- 

 termediate commonly 3-lobed : the umbels 

 axillary upon footstalks, compound, and 

 bearing many flowers. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



\. A leaf from the base of the plant. 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. Seed-bud and pointal. 



This remarkable species of Ipomoea was brought from Mrs. Benyon's hothouse at Englefield, Berk- 

 shire, last August, where the plant, after rising to the top of the trellis, extends both right and 

 left to a length of about 30 feet, branching in various directions with hundreds of bunches of flowers. 

 The foliage is singular as to rexture, varieties of form, and colour ; the lower leaves being of a strong 

 purple on their under side, and dark green above. The plant is perennial, and continues flower- 

 ing during the greatest part of the summer, but does not ripen its seed — most probably owing to the 

 extreme luxuriance of its inflorescence. All our attempts to discover its native soil, or time of in- 

 troduction, have proved abortive; neitlier have we been able to find that any account of it has before 

 been published, or any specimens of it in herbariums. 



The propagation is by cuttings ; and we are informed that Mr. Lambert, who favoured us with the 

 specimens, is already in possession of some very fine plants of it. 



