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IPOMGA obscura. 
Hairy-stemmed East Indian Ipomea, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI4A. 
Nat. ord. Convotvunt, Jussicu gen, 132, Div, I. Stylus unicus. i 
ConvoLvuL4cem. Brown prod. 481, Sect, I, Germen uni- 
cum. ; 
IPOMG@A. | Supré vol. 1. fol, 9, 
: Div, Caule volubili. ; 
I, obscura, foliis cordatis indivisis, caule subpubescenté, pedunculis incras- 
‘satis unifloris, calycibus glabris. Linn, sp. pl. 1. 220; (sub Convou= 
VULO obscuro). as | 
Convolvulus obscurus. Lin. l.c. Vahl symb, 3.27. Hort. Kew. 1. 209. ed. 
2.1. 330. Willd: sp. pl. 1, 852. v3 | 
Convolvulus flore minore lacteo, fundo atrorubente, Dill, elth. 98. t. 83. 
795. : 
Fotis annuq ‘volubilis. Caulis teres, rubescens, villosus. Folia lato- 
cordata, integra, subtus et margine subpubescentia, uncialia v. feré 3-plo 
longiora: petioli teretes, villost, longiores lamind. Pedunculi azillares, 
longiores petiolis, sepius uniflori, mod6 3-flori, villosi, bracteolis 2 obsoletis 
ad articulum stipatis, indé clavato-incrassati, nudiusculi. Cal. pluriés brevior 
corolla, 5-partitus, crassus, rigidus, oylindracea-campanulatus, tritus gravem 
Jundens odorem, foliolis avato-oblongis, obtusis. Corolla hypocrateriformis,. 
tota glabra, lactea, plicts 5 ochroleucis, fauce purpurea ; tubus purpureus, 
aqualis calyct, ampliatus in faucem cylindricam triplo latiorem et longiorem 
cum fundo purpureo ; limbus explanatus, subpentagonus, quinguiés emargina- 
tus. Stam, inclusa fauce cujus basi inserta, albicantia; fil. subulata, ferns 
glanduloso-pilosa, 2 breviora: anth. ovate, erecta, ochroleuce. tylus 
aqualis fyuct, albidus: stig. granuloso-capitatum, pallidum: sem. grandiuse 
cula, fusca, villosq, pauca, 
A tender annual, native of the East Indies; cul- 
tivated in Sherard’s celebrated garden at Eltham, in 1732. 
It is one which very commonly makes its appearance in 
the parcels of seeds that are occasionally received from 
India, and is probably general in the country, 
Stem twining, round, reddish, furred. Leaves broadly - 
cordate, entire, slightly pubescent underneath and at the 
edge, from an inch to near three inches long; petioles 
round, villous, longer than the blade. Peduncles axillary, 
longer than the petioles, more generally one-flowered, some-~ 
times three-flowered, villous, furnished with two nearly ob- 
solete bractelets at the joint, from whence they are clavately 
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