| CONVOLVULACEZ. XIV. Ipomea. 
88 I. attissma (Bertero, mss.) arboreous ; leaves cordate- 
oblong, mucronate, clothed with silky villi beneath ; peduncles 
terminal, twin; bracteas remote, and are, as well as the calyxes, 
coloured, obtuse, and mucronate. b. S. Native of Hispa- 
niola. Cones cain altissimus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 613. This 
and the following species ought probably to have followed 
I. stàns, no. 32, p. 267, from their upright habit. 
Tallest Ipomcea. Tree. 
89 I. PAREIRÆFÒLIA ; shrubby; leaves ovate, truncate at the 
base, acuminated, quite entire, hoary beneath, and reticulated 
with veins; peduncles cymose, 4-flowered ; sepals obtuse ; tube 
of corolla elongated. h.S. Native of New Granada. Con- 
volvulus pareireefólius, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 613. 
Pareira-leaved Ypomoea. Shrub. 
90 I. ca'NpicANs; glabrous ; leaves cordate, acuminated, 
rather downy beneath; peduncles many flowered, bractless ; 
outer sepals nerved, obtuse. 2/.? ^. H. Native of North 
America? Conv. cándicans, Sol. mss. ex Sims, bot. mag. 
t. 1603. Corolla large, white, with a purple throat; lobes 
rounded, plicee mucronate. 
Whitish Ypomoea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. Pl. tw. 
91 I. nv'sExs (Choisy, l. c. p. 463.) stem downy ; leaves 
cordate, acuminated, usually glabrous above, but clothed with 
grey down beneath; peduncles stiff, much exceeding the pe- 
tioles, umbellately many-flowered ; sepals ovate, acuminated, or 
lanceolate, mucronate, equal; corolla showy, purple. 2/.^. S. 
Native of the East Indies, as of Silhet, Gualpara, Pirgum, &c. 
Conv. rübens, Wall. cat. no. 1421. Conv. bífidus, Ham. herb. 
Conv. Gualpàra, Ham. herb. Leaves 2-3 inches long, and 
nearly as broad at the base. Umbels 5-8-flowered. Corolla 
campanulately tubular, 15 lines long, red, glabrous. 
Var. B, lanàta (Choisy, l. c.) leaves roundish-cordate, short- 
acuminated, clothed with woolly tomentum on both surfaces, but 
especially beneath; stem villous. %. ^. S. Conv. glandu- 
losus, Ham. ex Wall. cat. no. 2252. 
Reddish- flowered Ipomeea. PI. tw. 
92 I. septa‘r1a (Konig. mss. ex Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 90.) stem 
alternately glabrous and villous from loose hairs; leaves cor- 
date-oblong; peduncles many-flowered ; sepals oping ayate 
acute, or obtuse; corolla showy, tubularly funnel-shaped. %.? 
©. S. Native of the East Indies, everywhere ; Timor, China, 
and Java. Ip. striata, Pers. ench. 1. p. 183. Roth. nov. 
spec. p. 111. Conv. máxjmus, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 26. Lin. 
suppl. p. 137. Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 49.? Conv. marginatus, 
Desr. in Lam. dict. 3. p. 558. Conv. striatus, Vahl. symb. 3. 
p. 28. Conv. hastàtus, Heyne, herb. Conv. incrassatus, 
Wall. cat. no. 1386. 1. and 2. Tiru-tali, Rheed. mal. 11. p. 109. 
t. 53.—This species differs from the preceding in the peduncles 
being always many-flowered, and in the corolla being longer. 
Corollas large, of a beautiful rose-colour; white, with a brown 
bottom, ex Vahl. 
Var. B, sagittata (Choisy, l. c. p. 465.) leaves sagittate, also 
somewhat 3-lobed. 4. ^. Native of the East Indies. 
Ipomoe'a sphérica, Roxb. 
Hedge \pomeea. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1817. Pl. tw. 
93 I. Cumane’nsis ; plant clothed with rusty tomentum ; 
leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated; peduncles few-flowered, 
about equal in length to the leaves: the 3 outer sepals large, 
ovate, acute: the 2 inner lanceolate-oblong, acuminated. 2. 
^, S. Native of America, in the province of Cumana, in shady 
places of Laguna, Chica, and Golfo de Cariaco. Conv. Cuma- 
nénsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 99. Stems terete. 
Leaves 13 inch long and 1 broad. Peduncles 3-4-flowered. 
Corolla campanulately funnel-shaped, blue, glabrous. Nearly 
allied to Conv. nodiflorus, Lam. 
Cumana Ipomeea. Shrub tw. 
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94 I. cawz'sceNs ; plant clothed with canescent tomentum ; 
leaves ovate, cordate, acuminated ; peduncles many-flowered; 
about equal in length to the leaves ; sepals downy: 3 outer ones 
large, ovate, acuminated: the 2 inner ones lanceolate, acumi- 
nately subulate. h.%.S. Native of America, between Car- 
thagena and Mount La Papa, in hot sandy places. Conv. 
canéscens, H..B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 99. Leaves 1 inch 
long and 8-9 lines broad, clothed with hoary tomentum beneath. 
Flowers nearly sessile, in capitate heads. Corolla campanulate, 
5-plicate, longer than the calyx, pale blue.—This and 7. Cuma- 
nénsis might form a distinct genus, from the form of the calyx, 
according to Kunth, l. c. This and the following species ought 
probably to have been placed under § 2. p.269. from their capi- 
tate or umbellate inflorescence. 
Canescent Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 
95 I. sacirtirer; plant smoothish; leaves oblong-lanceo- 
late, acuminated, deeply cordate-sagittate at the base, glabrous, 
except on the veins beneath, which are downy: hind lobes 
roundish, diverging ; umbels pedunculate, one half shorter than 
the leaves ; sepals glabrous, roundish, nearly equal. %.^. S. 
Native of Cuba, near Havannah, in moist places. Conv. sagittifer, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 100. Conv. Caracasànus, 
Schlecht, in Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 3801. Conv. Havan- 
énsis, Willd. herb. Leaves 3 inches long. Umbels 6-7-flow- 
ered. Corolla yellow, ex Bonpl. glabrous. Capsule glabrous. 
Arron-bearing Ypomoea. Pl. tw. 
96 I. BocorE' sis; stem branched, angular, clothed with 
canescent villi and retrograde hairs; leaves ovate, deeply cor- 
date, acuminated, beset with silky strigæ above, and hoary 
tomentum beneath ; peduncles many-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves ; sepals silky, hispid, oblong-lanceolate, subulately-acu- 
minated, nearly equal. h.?%.S. Native of New Granada, 
on high plains, near Santa Fe de Bogota, at the altitude of 1370 
hexapods. Cony. Bogoténsis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 
104. Leaves 2 inches long ; hind lobes approximate. Pedun- 
cles and pedicels villous. Corolla purple, downy outside, to- 
wards the apex, twice longer than the calyx.—Perhaps a species 
of Pharbitis. Capsule glabrous. 
Bogota Ipomcea. Shrub tw. 
97 I. ABUTILOiDpES; branches terete, hoary from down; leaves 
roundish-ovate, cordate, acuminated, glabrous above, but clothed 
with hoary tomentum beneath ; corymbs axillary, trichotomous, 
longer than the leaves; sepals oblong, obtuse, smoothish. R. 
^. S. Native of Quito, near Guayaquil, on the shores of the 
Pacific. Conv. abutiloides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p.106. Leaves 3 inches long; hind lobes diverging.  Petioles 
biglandular at apex. Peduncles and pedicels downy. Corolla 
funnel-shaped, violaceous, size of those of Calystegia sepium, 
downy outside; lobes of limb emarginate. Capsule 1-celled, 1- 
seeded, crowned by the base of the style, and girded by the calyx. 
Abutilon-like Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 
98 I. cA'RNEA (Jacq. amer. p. 26. t. 18. pict. t. 25.) leaves 
roundish-cordate, glabrous ; peduncles many-flowered ; corollas 
emarginate ; sepals small, roundish. Y%.™. S. Native of 
America, near Carthagena, where it is called Campanilla. Willd. 
spec. l. p. 883. Conv. cárneus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 602. All 
parts of plant glabrous. Leaves obtuse, mucronate, or acumi- 
nated. Peduncles subracemose. Corolla pale red, 3 inches 
long. Capsule tetragonal, 4-celled. Seeds black. 
Flesh-coloured-flowered Ipomecea. Pl. tw. 
99 I. viorA'cEA (Lin. spec. 1. p. 229.) leaves cordate ; flowers 
crowded : corolla undivided. (2. ^. S. Native of South Ame- 
rica. Conv. violàceus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 599. Quamoclit foliis 
amplissimis cordiformibus, Plum. spec. 3. icon. 93. f. 1.— 
Sloan. jam. p. 55. hist. 1. p. 155. t. 98. f. 1. Flowers larze, 
parje Conv. Indicus, Mill, dict. no. 5. ? " 
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