Ipomoea mauritiana. Also described as Convolvulus fastigiatus, or sweet potato, Ipomoea batatas. Raised by Scottish nurserymen James Lee and Lewis Kennedy in Hammersmith. Bicolor-leaved ipomoea, Ipomoea insignis. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Smith after a botanical illustration by Sydenham Edwards from his own Botanical Register, J. Ridgeway, London, 1815.

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