CONVOLVULACEZA, 
2 B. vanicuta‘ta (Choisy, l. c. p. 436.) twining, glabrous ; 
leaves palmate, 5-7-cleft: lobes ovate-lanceolate or elliptic, 
bluntish, rarely sub-acuminated ; peduncles much exceeding the 
petioles, many-flowered, dichotomously and corymbosely pani- 
cled; sepals ovate-roundish-concave, very blunt, equal. 4.7 
S. Native of the East Indies, as of Silhet, banks of the int 
waddi, Tavoy, Goalpara, &c.; New Holland; Java; Africa, in 
Guinea; Cayenne, Maranham, and the banks of the Orinoco, in 
America. Conv. paniculàtus, Lin. spec. 223. Schum. pl. guin. 
p.94. Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 63.  Ipomoe'a paniculata, R. Br. 
prod. p. 486. Ker. bot. reg. t. 62, but not of Burm. Ipomee'a 
Mauritiàna, Jacq. coll. 4. p. 216. hort. schoenbr. 2. p. 39. t. 200. 
Ipomoe'a gossypifólia, Willd. enum. 208. Conv. gossypifólius, 
herb. br. mus. Conv. insignis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 592.  Ipo- 
moe'a eriospérma, Beauv. fl. d. ow. 2. p. 73. t. 105. Convólvu- 
lus roseus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 108. Ipomoe'a 
quinquéloba, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 789. 
Ipomee'a insignis, Andr. bot. rep. t. 636. Ker, bot. reg. t. 75. 
Sims, bot. mag. t. 1790. Ipomoe'a spléndens, G. Don, in Sweet, 
hort. brit. Pal- Modécea, Rheed, mal. 11. p. 101. t. 49, exclu- 
sive of Modecca. Conv. NINE Heyne, herb. Root 
thick, round, in the Guinea plant elongated. Leaves large, 3-4 
inches long, and as much broad. Corolla large, purple. Cap- 
sule usually 4-celled, but sometimes 3-celled by abortion. Seeds 
furnished with long hairs at top, which are bent in within the 
capsule. 
Panicled-flowered Batatas. 
twining. 
3 B. ungTERoPHY'LLA ; plant very villous; stem twining ; 
leaves quinately palmate: lobes or leaflets ovate- -spatulate, 
acute ; peduncles solitary, axillary, bearing each 3 sessile 
flowers; corolla blue. 21. ^. S. Native of Cuba and New 
Spain. Ipomoea heterophylla, Ort. dec. p. 9. Jacq. fragm. p. 
37. t. 42. f. 4. Cav. descr. p. 99.  Ipomoe'a Ortége, Poir. 
suppl. 4. p. 633. Conv. heterophy llus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 592. 
Root tuberous, fleshy. Outer sepals larger, cuspidate, some- 
what cordate. Capsule 4-celled. 
Various-leaved Batatas. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1817. Pl. tw. 
4 B.? WirrpeNOwir; stem twining, beset with silky pili; 
leaves palmately 5-7-cleft, clothed with adpressed, silky hairs. 
leaflets or lobes ovate, nearly equal, the 2 outer lobes al- 
ways smaller; peduncles 3-flowered: corolla purple. X. ^. 
S. Native country unknown. Ipomee‘a Willdendwii, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 4. p. 211. Ipomoe'a heterophy'lla, Willd. enum. 
Fl.June, Sept. Clt. 1799. Pl. 
I, p. 207. Calyx enveloped in a cordate bractea. Corollas 
large. 
Willdenom's Batatas. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Pl. tw. 
5 B. macroruizos; glabrous; leaves digitate, with 7 entire, 
ovate, lanceolate, acute leaflets; peduncles 3-flowered ; corolla 
scarlet. Y%.%™.S. Native of St. Domingo. Convélvulus ma- 
erorhizos, Lin. spec. 223. Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 567.—Plum. 
spec. l. Burm. amer. 90. f. 1. Plum. cat. p. 1. Tourn. 84. 
Root tuberous, turnip-formed.  Petioles and middle nerve of 
leaves purplish. Peduncles 5-6-flowered. Limb of corolla un- 
dulated. Root purgative. 
Large-rooted Batatas. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1817. Pl. tw. 
6 B. SENEGALENSIS; glabrous; stem white, tubercular, 
twining; leaves quinately palmate ; lobes ovate, obtuse, middle 
one the largest ; peduncles usually 3-flowered ; corolla white or 
purplish. 2/. ^. S. Native of Guinea, from Senegal to the 
Line, &c. Ipomoe'a Senegalénsis, Lam. ill. 1. p. 464. no. 2113. 
Poir. dict. 6. p. 11. Calyx short; sepals ovate, with white, 
membranous edges.  Corollas large. Root tuberous. Very 
like R. - - siculàta, and probably only a variety of it. 
Senegal Batatas. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1823. Pl. tw. 
IX. Baratas, 261 
7 B. Parinmw; hairy; leaves quinately palmate, cordate; 
lobes lanceolate, entire; peduncles 1-flowered; corolla funnel- 
shaped, purplish. — 2t. C. S. Native of Peru, upon the hills of 
Tarma, where it is called Papirin. Ipomoe'a Papirin, Ruiz. et 
Pav. f= per. 2. p. 11. t. 120. f; a; “Pers; ench. 1- p. 132» 
Conv. Papirin, Spreng. syst. l. p. 592. Root large, drastic, 
globose or oblong. Stems numerous, filiform. Bracteas subu- 
late. Sepals subcordate. Corollas large. 
Papirin Batatas. Pl. tw. 
8 B. susrritosa; downy; leaves cordate, somewhat 3-lobed ; 
peduncles l-flowered. 2t. C. S. Native of Peru, along with 
the preceding. Ipomoe'a subtriloba, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 
1l. Ipomoe'a Papirin, P, subtríloba, Pers. syn. 1. p. 185. Co- 
rolla purple, as in B. Papirin. Root tuberous, drastic. 
Sub-trilobed-leaved Batatas. Pl. tw. 
9 B. sicnonioipes; glabrous; leaves 3-lobed: hind lobes 
rounded, imbricate; peduncles many-flowered, nutant, shorter 
than the petioles ; sepals ovate, ped equal ; corolla funnel- 
shaped ; with a curled limb. %. ^. Native of Cayenne. 
Ipomce'a bignonioides, Herbert, ex Sims, bot. mag. 2645. Root 
tuberous. Corollas dark purple. 
Bignonia-like Batatas. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. Pl. tw. 
10 B.? venosa; glabrous; leaves digitately quinate; leaflets 
petiolate, acuminated, quite entire; peduncles many-flowered. 
y.™.S. Native of the Isle of France and Bourbon. Ipomee‘a 
venósa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 212. Convélvulus ve- 
nósus, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 32. Willd. spec. 1. p. 865. Desr. 
Lam. dict. 3. p. 180. no. 78. Root tuberous. Intermediate 
leaflets obovate, 2 inches long, lateral ones gradually smaller and 
narrower. Peduncles umbellate, with an ovate-cordate, solitary 
leaf at the base of each pedicel. Corolla funnel-shaped. 
Yar. B ; leaflets usually 7, narrower. 2/. ^. S. Native of 
the Isle of France, Desr. in Lam. dict. l. c. 
Veiny Batatas. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. tw. 
11 B. PENTAPHY'LLA (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 
436.) hairy; leaves quinate; leaflets petiolate, elliptic-lanceo- 
late or oblong, entire, acuminated ; peduncles longer than the 
leaves, loose, dichotomous ; corolla white, or cream-coloured. 
21.^. S. Native of the East Indies, Guinea, Islands of Bour- 
bon and France; South America, as in St. Domingo, St. Thomas, 
Martinico, &c.; as well as of the Sandwich and Friendly Islands. 
Convólvulus pentaphyllus, Roy, lugdb. p. 429. Lin. amcen. 
acad. 8. p. 252. spec. 223. Schum. pl. guin. p. 97. Conv. 
aphyllus, Viviani, ann. bot. 1. p. 95. — Ipomce'a pentaphylla, 
Jacq. coll. 2. p. 297. icon. rar. t. 319. lpomoe'a pilosa, Cav. 
icon. 4. p. 11. t. 323. Conv. hirsütus, Roxb, fl. ind. 2. p. 65. 
Conv. munitus, Wight. ill. ind. bot. p. 17. t. 7. Conv. tenuifó- 
lius, Ham. herb.— Plum. amer. t. 91. f. 2. The whole plant is 
clothed with long, yellow hairs, which rise from black glands. 
The 3 outer sepals lanceolate, acute. Corolla exceeding the 
calyx a little, white or cream-coloured. Capsule covered by 
the calyx. Seeds glabrous, 
Five-leaved Batatas. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1739. Pl. tw. 
12 B. cissoipes (Choisy, l. c. p. 437.) hairy; leaves qui- 
nate; leaflets ovate, acutish, toothed, somewhat mucronate ; 
peduncles 2-3-flowered, equal in length to the leaves ; sepals 
ovate, acuminated, hispid at the base; corolla white. )J. ^*. S. 
Native of the East Indies, and tropical America. Convólvulus 
cissoides, Vahl. ecl. 2. p. 15. Lam. ill. p. 462. no. 2103. 
Conv. calycinus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 2. p. 109. 
Conv. trichósporus, Wall. cat. no. 1423. Conv. digitàtus, Ham. 
herb. Stem scabrous from black dots. Leaflets petiolate. 
Common petioles downy. Corolla veiny, a little longer than the 
calyx. Capsule girded by the calyx. Seeds glabrous. 
Var. B; all parts of the plant larger. 4%. ^^. S. Native of 
