160 93. CONYOLVULACEJ. 
lected it in flower. He states that it is cultivated in Hupeh, 
at elevations of 500 to 3000 feet. 
After we had identified the Chinese specimens with J. fastigiata, 
Sweet, Dr. Henry informed us that he regarded them as the 
common Sweet Potato (Ipomea Batatas, Lam.), and this led to 
a comparison of the numerous American wild specimens of 
I. fastigiata with cultivated specimens of the Sweet Potato, 
with the result that we have no doubt of their specific 
identity. 
,$ 214. Ipomea Hardwickii, Hemsl. 
Ipomoea calycina, Benth. ex Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 201, 
non Meissn. in Fl. Bras. vii. p. 260. 
Tpomeea sagittata, Roxb. Ic. ined. ex Clarke, non aliorum. 
Ipomoa cardiosepala, Hochst. ex Choisy, non Meissn. in Fl. Bras. vii. 
p. 265. 
Aniseia calycina, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. p. 429; Wight, Ic. Pl. Ind. 
Or. t. 833. 
Convolvulus calycinus, Roxb. Fl. Ind. 1. p. 471. 
Convolvulus Hardwickii, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iv. 2, curse posteriores, 
p. 60. 
Formosa: south-west side (Swinhoe!), Apes Hill, Taiwan 
(Playfair Y). Herb. Kew. 
Tropical India and Africa. 
15. Ipomea hederacea, Jacg. Collect. i. p. 124, et Ic. Pl. Rar. 
i.t.36 ; Clarke in Hook. f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. p. 199 ; Maxim. in 
Mél. Biol. xii. p. 497 ; Bot. Reg. t. 85. 
Tpomeea triloba, Thunb. Fl. Jap. p. 86, non Linn. 
Pharbitis triloba, Mig. in Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugd.- Bat. ii. p. 93; Bretschn. 
Early Res. p. 163. 
Ipomoea czrulea, Ken.; Bot. Reg. t. 276. 
Ipomoea Nil et I. barbata, Roth, Cat. Bot. i. pp. 36 et 37. 
Convolvulus Nil, Zinn. ; Bot. Mag. t. 188. 
Pharbitis hederacea et P. Nil, Choisy in DC. Prodr. ix. pp. 343 et 344 ; 
Franchet, Pl. David. p. 217, et in Mém. Soc. Sc. Nat. Cherbourg, xxiv. 
p. 237. 
Pharbitis diversifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1988. 
Curr: hills near Peking (Williams! Bretschneider !); 
Kranesu: Shanghai (Faber!); CmkkrANG: Ningpo mountains 
(Faber!); Formosa: west coast (Wilford, 501!), Tamsui 
(Oldham, 346!) ; Hurren: Ichang, Nanto and mountains to the 
