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"2-18-29" Ipomoea Norfalliae "labeled"
Agri Stat in arbor leading southern
from from Reyes. Prof Convolvulaceae
& perhaps Ipomeea Norfalliae, Holm
p 507 v BM JCP 613. Vine glabrous.
Vines. If more or less circular
quadrium digitately compound 2'
to 3 ft. Lfts 3 1/4 x 1/2 in to mid-lft 5 1/4 x 2
in. Along obovate acuminate at
apex narrowed to a sessile base.
Entirely undulate, veins pinnate,
few anastomosing. Flo thus
articulated 3 x 1, 6-8" with
evidences of bases of bracts.
Pedicel thickened toward
top. Sepals bronze green, lacking
convex bladderid, with a winged
edge extending flatly onto corolla.
Calyx 1/2 in less deep. Corolla tubular
regular 3 in long, with 5 ovals lanceolate
lobes 7/8 in deep. Bright scarlet. Stamens
5-equal length-attached at base of
tube. filament hairy with densely
hairsy ring at base. Stamens long
enough to anther to reach to base
of corolla lobe. Style one (stigma not
on specimen) vary seated in disk.
2 celled with 2 ovules basally attached
in each cell. Ovaries twice as long
as how lateral v pars papillose maybe.
* 3-21-29 plant labeled Clypistoma
callistegioides. Outside of corolla
glutinous in bed (which to fingers
a studied certification indicate).
Ovary seems 1-celled with parietal placenta,
one lid opened showed stigma, 4 lobes.
1 staminode, 3 normal stamens, 1
stamen with 1/2 pollen cells, 2 stamens
(evidently 1 filament splitting just above
base) with 1/2 another parted cell.