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2.— IPOMffiA SAGITTI FOLIA, Ker. THE SAGITTATE-LEAVED IPOMCEA. 
SvKONYMEs. Convolvulus sagittifolius, Michx. ; C. speciosus, Specific Ch4Kacter. — Stem twining, very smooth ; leaves sagittate- 
Walt. ; C. caroliniensis, Calesb. ; Catesby's Ipomoea. oblong, deeply sinuated ; auricles subaeuminate ; peduncles one- 
EsoBiViNos.— Bot. Reg., t. 437 ; and onv fig. 5, in Plate 74. flowered ; segments of the calyx rotundately oval. 
Description, &c. — This species is remarkable for the shape of its leaves, which are decidedly sagittate, that 
is resembling the head of an arrow. The species is a native of Carolina, where it is said to grow wild along 
the sides of salt waters, that is, among bushes and saline plants. It is, consequently, very difficult to cultivate 
in this country. It was introduced about the year 1818. In America, the Indians are said to use the juice of 
this plant to preserve themselves from the bite of the rattle-snake. This species is often confounded with 
Ipomcea sagittata, a native of the South of Europe, with rose-coloured flowers, which was introduced in 1826 ; 
but this latter species is said not to have tuberous roots like the American kind, and to be much more easy of 
cultivation. It is, however, rarely met with in British gardens. 
OTHER SPECIES OF IPOMCEA. 
These are either too tender for the open air in British gardens, or too shrubby for the present work. 
GENUS III. 
CALYSTEGIA, R. Br. THE BINDWEED. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx six-parted, inclosed within two 
foliaceous bracteas. Corolla campanulate, five-plicate. Style one ; 
stigma two-lobed ; lobes terete, or globose. Ovary, two-celled ; 
cells, two-ovulate. Capsule one-celled, from the shortness of the 
dissepiment, — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This genus was separated from the genus Convolvulus, partly on account of the two leafy 
bracts below the calyx ; and partly from a slight difference in the seed vessel. The Anemone, Convolvulus, and 
some other species which we have described in the genus Convolvulus, as they are generally known by that name, 
really belong to this genus; and we have introduced it here on account of the new Chinese species, which has never 
been called any thing but Calystegia. 
1.— CALYSTEGIA PUBESCENS, Lindl. THE DOWNY CALYSTEGIA. 
Enoraving. — Paxt. Mag. of Bot. vol. xiii. p. 243. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial. Stems herbaceous, 
twining, pubescent. Leaves oblong, bostate, rather pubescent, 
acute, with angular lobes at the base. Peduncles unifloral, with 
numerous angulosities. Bracts ovate, ciliate, with reflexed margins. 
— (Lindfej/.) 
Description, &c. — This plant was introduced from China, by Mr. Fortune in 1 844. Its flowers are very 
interesting, as they are the only ones in the whole order that are double. They are nearly white, very slightly 
tinged with pink, and they are produced in great abundance nearly all the summer. 
