IPOMCEA HARDINGII. 
(Mr. Harding's Ipomoea.) 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CONVOLVULACEJB. 
Generic Character.— CaZ?/o«7 of five sepals. Corolla 
campanulate. Stamens inclosed. Stple one. Stigma 
two-lobed ; lobes capitate. Ovarium two-celled ; cells 
two-seeded. Capsule two-celled ; cells two-seeded.— 
Don's Gardening and Botany. 
Specific Character — Plant a twining herbaceous 
perennial, with tuberous roots, somewhat scabrous. 
Leaves three-lobed or sometimes obscurely five-lobed ; 
cordate at base ; middle lobe ovate, acute ; botI< 
upper and under surface covered with short hairg. 
Peduncles long, hairy. Pedicels very much shorter, 
Flowers numerous, racemose. 
So well appreciated are the ornamental qualities of many species of Convol- 
vulus and Ipomoea, that there are few collections of plants without some one or 
other of the numerous kinds which have been introduced finding a place amongst 
the climbers. It is, however, rather surprising, comprising as they do so many 
showy species, both with blue flowers, and all the various shades of red and 
crimson, that so few attempts have been made to obtain new varieties. 
The subject of these remarks, we understand, is one of the few which have 
originated in this way. It is stated to have been raised between /. ruhro-cerulea 
and /. Horsfallii ; but it diiFers very much from both of these species, and we 
should rather have suspected /. scahra to have been one of the parents, as it 
approaches that species more nearly in its characteristic features. 
It was raised by Mr. Harding, gardener to H. Bevan, Esq. of Glynn Garth, 
Beaumaris, and the entire stock was purchased by Messrs. Henderson of Pine- 
apple-place, in 1841, who bestowed the specific name we have adopted, and have 
favoured us with the foregoing account of its origin. Several specimens have been 
flowering in their Nursery for the greater part of the past summer, and from one 
of these the prefixed representation was prepared in July. 
From /. scahra it is readily known, that species having a rougher surface, and 
the leaves more deeply three-lobed. I . gossvp'ifolia^ another species in the same 
way, difi'ers in the form of the foliage, and in being a perfectly smooth plant. 
Neither of them are equal to /. Hardingii, either in the size of the clusters, or the 
individual beauty of the blossoms. 
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