Calonjction bona-nox, var, muricatum, Choisy; C. muricatum, 
G. Don. Corolla purple. Stem and peduncles muricated from 
prickles. 
SpEciric Character. — Leaves cordate, entire, acuminated, or has- 
tatel)' 3-5-lobed ; corolla with a long cylindrical tube, and spreading 
limb. Lobes rounded, mucronate. 
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advantage when it has just opened them in the morning, is generally known in America by the name of " The 
Morning Glory." In England it is often called Convolvulus Nil ; but there appears a great confusion respecting 
it and /. cwrulea. It is a native of North America, where it is found generally in Virginia and Carolina, in hedges 
and among trees near rivers. It was introduced in 1729, and has since frequently been sent over under difiFerent 
names. Seeds of it may be procured at Carter's in Holborn (where there is an excellent collection of seeds of 
Ipomoeas),under the name of /. hederacea ; and they may be sown in a warm border in April or May, or they 
may be raised on a hot-bed in March. This species requires a light rich soil, not too dry, and it seldom flowers 
till August or September. 
5.— IPOMCEA BONA NOX, Lin. THE NIGHT-FLOWERING IPOM(EA. 
Engratings. — Bot. Mag. t. 752 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 26, of 
Ipomoea bona-nox purpurasccns. 
Synonymks. — Convolvulus bona-nox, Spreng. ; Argyreia bona- 
nox, Swt. \ Calonyction speciosum, Choisy; ? Ipomoea longifiora, 
Willd. 
Variety. — I. b. 2 purpurascens, Ker., Bot. Reg. t. 290 ; I. muri- 
cata, Jacq. ; I. turbinata, Lagas. ; Convolvulus muricatus, Lin. ; 
Desckiption, Sec The species has a white delightfully fragrant flower with a yellowish tube^^which only 
opens at sunset, and droops at sunrise. The variety figured in our plate, difi'ers in having a purple flower. Both 
are natives of Persia and the East Indies ; and were introduced about 1773 ; the seeds, which can be purchased 
at Carter's, may be sown, and the young plants treated exactly as directed for the other tender species. Tiiey 
require a light rich soil, or a mixture of loam, peat, and sand. They should be raised on a hot-bed. and not 
planted out till the middle of June ; and then only in a warm sheltered situation open to the south, and sheltered 
by a walL 
6.— IPOMtEA BARBIGERA, Swt. THE BEARD-BEARING IPOMCEA. 
Engravings. — Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 86 ; and our fig. S, in | entire, hairy on both surfaces, hind lobes rounded. Peduncles 
Plato 26. J 1 -flowered, shorter than the petioles, bibractate near the calyx. Si'pals 
Synonyme.— Pharbitis barbigera, (G. Don.) I acuminated, spveadingly reflexed at the apex, and densely bearded at the 
Specific Character Stem downy. Leaves cordate, acuminated, | base. — {^G. Don,) 
Description, &c. — A beautiful species, bearing considerable resemblance to the ivy-leaved Ipomoea, but 
smaller. A native of North America, and quite hardy ; only requiring to be sown in the open air, and furnished 
with a prop to cling to, when of sufficient length. 
7.— IPOMCEA RUBRO-CffiRULEA, Hook. THE REDDISH -BLUE OR MEXICAN IPOMCEA. 
cordate, acuminated. Peduncles 3-4-flowered, fleshy, subracemnse. 
Calyx smooth. Sepals (small; erect, adpressed, linear, awl-shaped, 
with a whitish margin. Corolla, very large, funnel-shaped. Limb 
5-angled, angles mucronate. Stigma two lobed. — {Hook.) 
Engratings Bot. Mag. t. 3297 ; Paxt. Mag. of Bot., vol. 3, p. 99 ; 
Botanist, No. 52 ; and out fig. 7, in Plate 26. 
Synonymes. — I. Hookerii, G. Don. I. rubro-cyanea, Hort. Mr. 
G. Don suggests that it may be a species of Rivea. 
Specific Character. — Smooth; leaves on long petioles, deeply 
Description, &c. — This is by far the most splendid flower belonging to the genus. The corolla is very large, 
and while in the bud it appears red and white, but when it expands, it is of a most beautiful and brilliant blue ; 
and when it fades, which it does the same day that it expands, the Emb of the corolla curls up, and becomes a 
bright rose-colour. The most extraordinary part of this change is ihat both the blue and rose-colour are quite 
bright and fresh, and that there is no intermediate shade of dingy purple or faded pink, as is the case generally 
with blue flowers which change their colour in fading. This species is a native of Mexico, where it grows to an 
