IPOMCEA HARDINGII. 
: 
(Mr. Harding’s Ipomcea.) 
Class. 
PENTANDRIA. 
Natural Order. 
CONY OLVULACEA3. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. ; 
< Generic Character. — Calyx of five sepals. Corolla 
I mpanulate. Stamens inclosed. Style one. Stigma 
j o-lobed; lobes capitate. Ovarium two-celled ; cells 
! o-seeded. Capsule two-celled ; cells two-seeded. — 
. m'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 ; both 
upper and under surface covered with short hairs. 
Peduncles long, hairy. Pedicels very much shorter. 
Flowers numerous, racemose. 
So well appreciated are the ornamental qualities of many species of Convol- 
tlus and Ipomoea , that there are few collections of plants without some one or 
her of the numerous kinds which have been introduced finding a place amongst 
lie climbers. It is, however, rather surprising, comprising as they do so many 
10 wy species, both with blue flowers, and all the various shades of red and 
imson, 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 
’iginated in this way. It is stated to have been raised between /. rubro-cerulea 
id I. Horsfallii ; but it differs very much from both of these species, and we 
lould rather have suspected I. scabra to have been one of the parents, as it 
oproaches that species more nearly in its characteristic features. 
It was raised by Mr. Harding, gardener to IT. Bevan, Esq. of Glynn Garth, 
Beaumaris, and the entire stock was purchased by Messrs. Henderson of Pine- 
ople-place, in 1841, who bestowed the specific name we have adopted, and have 
ivoured us with the foregoing account of its origin. Several specimens have been 
owering in their Nursery for the greater part of the past summer, and from one 
f these the prefixed representation was prepared in July. 
From I. scabra it is readily known, that species having a rougher surface, and 
ie leaves more deeply three-lobed. I. gossipifolia, another species in the same 
r ay, differs in the form of the foliage, and in being a perfectly smooth plant. 
Neither of them are equal to I. Hardingii , either in the size of the clusters, or the 
idividual beauty of the blossoms. 
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