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IPOMCEA COCCINEA. SCARLET IPOMCEA.
Clajs and Order.
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
Generic Character.
Cor. infundibuliformis. Stigma capitato-globofum, Capf. 3-
locularis.
Specific Character and Synonyms.
IPOMCEA coccinea foliis cordatis acuminatis bafi angulatis,
pedunculis multifloris. Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. ed.
14. Murr. p. 204. Ait. Ke-zv. V. \. p. 2 15.
CONVOLVULUS coccineus, folio angulofo. Plum. Amer.
89. /. 103.
QUAMOLCIT americana, folio hederae, flore coccineo.
Comm. rar. 2 1. t. 2 1.
The Ipomcea is very nearly related to the Convolvulus, one
principal difference confifts in the different form of its ftigma,
which is globular, like that of the Primrofe; whereas in the
Convolvulus it is divided into two fubftances, as is obvioufly
fhewn in the Comolvulus arvenfts andjefium, but all the plants
of thefe two genera have not this character marked with
equal ftrength.
The prefent fpecies is a twining plant, will run up a ftick to
the height of fix, eight, or ten feet, and produce an abundance
of flowers, of a rich orange colour tending to fcarlet, which
renders it one of the raott ornamental annuals cultivated in
our gardens, into which it is not as yet generally introduced,
though cultivated by Mr. MILLER, in 1759.
Mr. MILLER defcribes it as a native of Carolina, and the
Bahama Iflands, Mr. AITON of the Weft-Indies; it flowers
from June to September.
It is cultivated in the fame manner, and with the fame eafe
as other annuals; three feeds may be fet in the ground, about
four inches afunder, in the form of a triangle ; when the feed-
lings are fufHciently advanced, a tall ftick is to be thruft down
in the centre betwixt the three plants, for them to twine
around : the warmer and more flickered the fituation, and
the richer the foil in which they are placed, the taller the plants
will grow; by railing them on a hot bed, you may anticipate
their natural time of flowering, and be more certain of ob
taining good feed.
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