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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
2.— IPOMCEA SAGITTIFOLIA, Ker. THE SAGITTATE-LEAVED IPOMCEA. 
Synonymes. — Convolvulus sagittifolius, Michx. ; C. speciosus, 
Walt. ; C. caroliniensis, Catesb. ; Catesby’s Ipomcea. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg., t. 437 ; and owfig. 5, in Plate 76. 
Specific Character. — Stem twining, very smooth ; leaves sagittate- 
oblong, deeply sinuated ; auricles subacuminate ; peduncles one- 
flowered ; segments of the c.alyx 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. 
CHAPTER XXXVII. 
BORAGINE^. 
Character of the Order. — Calyx five-parted, rarely four-parted, 
permanent. Corolla bypogynous, monopetalous, usually regular, five- 
cleft, rarely four-cleft, imbricate in estivation. Stamens epipetalous, 
equal in number to tbe segments of the corolla, and alternating with 
them, rarely more. Ovarium four-parted, four-seeded, or simple, two 
four-celled, with a definite number of pendulous ovula. Carpels four, 
distinct, or joined at bottom ; or a berry containing two-four pyrcna:. 
Seeds exalbuminous. Embryo inverted. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — By far the greater number of the plants included in this order are herbaceous, but they 
are not particularly ornamental. The flowers are generally secund, that is, growing all on the same side of the 
flower-stem ; and the flower-stem is frequently rolled up before the flowers expand, as is the Forget-me-not, 
which is one of the plants belonging to this order. The fruit of nearly all the plants belonging to this order is 
composed of four distinct carpels or nuts. The leaves are alternate, without stipules, and usually rough. Most 
of the plants have a weedy look ; and very few are sufficiently ornamental to be worth cultivating in the 
flower-garden. 
GENUS I. 
BORAGO, Tourn. THE BORAGE. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla rotate, throat furnished with emargi- i fixed by the inner side, conniving into a cone. Nuts four, onc-celled, 
nate vaulted processes ; anthers distinct, oblong or lanceolate, awned, I turbinate, fixed to the bottom of the calyx. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The name of this genus is said to have been originally Corage, signifying to act upon the 
heart, in allusion to the cordial and invigorating effects of the common Borage, wdien taken medicinally. The 
plants have all rough, lanceolate or oblong leaves, and a coarse habit of growth ; with fusiform roots and 
drooping flowers, disposed in panicles. There are very few species, only one being worth cultivating in gardens. 
