. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. IPOMCEA IPOMCEA 815 tion, Mina, Pharbitis and f^fitdiiioclif. Convolvaldce(e. Mckning-Glory. Moonflowek. Over 300 species of annual or perennial herbs, mostly twining, rarely trees ( 7:364) or shrubs, widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. They are remarkable for easy cul- ture, quick growth
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. IPOMCEA IPOMCEA 815 tion, Mina, Pharbitis and f^fitdiiioclif. Convolvaldce(e. Mckning-Glory. Moonflowek. Over 300 species of annual or perennial herbs, mostly twining, rarely trees ( 7:364) or shrubs, widely distributed in tropical and temperate regions. They are remarkable for easy cul- ture, quick growth and beautiful tlowers; hence the genus includes several of our most popular plants for covering verandas and screening unsightly objects. The generic characters of Ipomcea ai'e not clearly deHued. The list of synonyms given above is a record of unsuccessful attempts to hnd constant characters by wliich this large and variable genus may be separated into smaller and more definite groups. It is distinguished from Convolvulus, its nearest ally, by having but 1 capi- tate or '2-3 globose stigmas, while Convolvulus has "2 linear or ovate stigmas. Stem mostly slender, twining or climbing, sometimes prostrate, diffuse or erect; leaves alternate, entire, lobed or parted, often varying â greatly on the same plant ; flowers usually showy, borne singly or in cymes on axillary peduncles : corolla fun- nelform, salverform or bell-shaped (in one species bag-shaped), the limb sometimes entire, but usually 5-angled or 5-lobed, red, xiurple, blue, white or yellow, in various shades and mixtures; calyx without the bracts at the base, which appear in some species of Convol- vulus, but the outer sepals are commonly larger. The flowers of most species open in early morning and last but a few hours under bright sunlight, hence the popu- lar name. A few open only at night-fall. "The Japanese Morning-iilories," also called "Impe- rial'* and "Emperor" Morning-Glories, wer
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