CONVOLVULACEZ. XIV. Ivomea. 
pilose; leaves cordate, acute; peduncles axillary, usually 3- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves. ©. ^. S. Native of Bengal. 
I. Schultésii, Weinm. in litt. Leaves ciliated. Sepals equal, 3 
outer ones sagittately cordate, the 2 inner ones linear. Corolla 
small, white ; segments ovate, acute. Capsule 3, rarely 4- 
seeded. Seeds clothed with brown hairs. 
Weinmann’s Ipomeea. — Pl. tw. 
114 I. czAvcE/sceNs ; glabrous; leaves ovate, cordately has- 
tate, glabrous, glaucescent beneath, having the hind lobes diverg- 
ing ; peduncles axillary, 2-3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; 
sepals oblong, obtuse, mucronulate under the apex, wrinkled, 
glabrous, nearly equal. ©. ^. S. Native of Quito, near 
Chilo, at the altitude of 1350 hexapods. Conv. glaucéscens, 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 101. Stem angular. Leaves 
2 inches long. Corolla funnel-shaped, glabrous, of a violaceous 
purple colour, size of those of Conv. arvénsis. 
Glaucescent Ipomoea. PI. tw. 
115 I. Meye‘rr; leaves cordate, acuminated, smoothish ; pe- 
duncles very short, 2-flowered; sepals linear-lanceolate, cuspi- 
date, parted to the base, hairy. 21.2 ^. S. Native country 
unknown. Convólvulus Meyéri, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 597. Conv. 
cuspidatus, Willd. herb. 
Meyer’s Ipomoea. PI. tw. 
116 I. rRicHocA'LYx ; leaves cordate, acutely acuminated, 
mucronate, smoothish, somewhat ciliated; stem, petioles, and 
peduncles hairy; peduncles short, 3-flowered ; calyx hairy; 
sepals ovate-acute, or ovate-lanceolate, acuminated.—Native 
of Guinea. Conv. trichocalyx, Schum. pl. guin. p. 91. Stems 
herbaceous, hairy or glabrous. Lateral pedicels bracteate : 
middle one naked. Corolla like that of C. arvénsis, cream- 
coloured, with a purple bottom. Capsule globose. Seeds clothed 
with black tomentum. Limb of corolla flat, with 5 small inci- 
sures.— Nearly allied to J. gemélla. 
Samay coolyced Ipomeea. PI. tw. 
117 I. ertoca’rea (R. Br. 1. c.) downy; leaves cordate, lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, entire; peduncles 2-3-flowered, very short; 
sepals acuminated, and are, as well as the capsules, pilose. %.? 
^A, S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea 
shore. Conv. eriocárpus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 598. 
Woolly-fruited Ipomoea. Pl. tw. 
118 I. parasitica; stem muricated with prickles; leaves 
roundish, deeply cordate, acuminated, downy on the veins on 
both surfaces, ciliated ; peduncles 3-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves ; sepals ovate-oblong, mucronate, smoothish, nearly equal. 
u.™.S. Native near Caraccas. Conv. parasiticus, H. B. et 
Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 103. Conv. circinnatus, Willd. 
rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 302. Stems angular, beset 
with retrograde hairs and deciduous prickles. Leaves 2 inches 
long: hind lobes approximate. Peduncles and pedicels downy. 
Corolla funnel-shaped, much longer than the calyx, blue, covered 
with adpressed down towards the base. Seeds angular. Cap- 
sule glabrous. Perhaps a species of Pharbitis. 
Parasitical Ipomoea. Pl. tw. 
119 I. sUPE’RBA ; stem angular, beset with retrograde strigze ; 
leaves roundish-ovate, deeply cordate, acuminated, beset with 
strigose hairs beneath, ciliated ; peduncles usually 3-flowered, 
twice as long as the leaves; sepals oblong, acutish, hispid, 
nearly equal. 2/. ^. S. Native of New Spain, betwixt Agua- 
sarca and the burning mount Jorullo, at the altitude of 550 hex- 
apods. Conv. supérbus, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 103. Conv. sanguíneus, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 302. Leaves 2 inches long, beset with adpressed 
scattered hairs above; hind lobes approximate. Peduncles and 
pedicels beset with retrograde bristles. Corollas funnel-shaped, 
purple, downy outside, 3 lines longer than those of J. purpirea. 
Perhaps a species of Pharbitis. 
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Superb Ipomeea. PI. tw. 
120 I. wórLIs ; stems compressed, roughish; leaves roundish- 
ovate, cordate, acuminated, strigose above, and clothed with soft 
down beneath ; peduncles 3-flowered, shorter than the leaves; 
sepals rather downy, oblong-lanceolate, subulately acuminated, 
nearly equal. Y%. ^. S. Native of New Andalusia, near 
Cumanacoa. Cony. móllis, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. 
p. 104. Conv. cynanchifólius, Willd. rel. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 301. Leaves hardly 3 inches long; hind lobes di- 
verging. Peduncles and pedicels rather downy. Corolla viola- 
ceous, downy outside. Perhaps a species of Pharbitis. 
Soft Ipomeea. Shrub tw. 
121 I. perioLa'ris ; stem angularly furrowed, muricated with 
prickles; leaves roundish-ovate, deeply cordate, acuminated, 
glabrous, on long petioles; peduncles 3-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves ; sepals oblong, subulately-acuminated, glabrous, 
nearly equal. 4. ^. S. Native of Mexico, on the burning 
mount Jorullo, near the volcano, at the altitude of 600 hexa- 
pods. Conv. petiolàris, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 
105. Plant glabrous. Leaves 4 inches long ; hind lobes ap- 
proximate.  Petioles 5 inches long. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
violaceous, glabrous. 
Long-petioled Ypomoea. Pl. tw. 
122 I. rinA'ciNA (Blum. bijdr. p. 716.) leaves cordate, acu- 
minated, with a mucrone, downy above, soft beneath ; peduncles 
2-3-flowered, about equal in length to the petioles; sepals 
acute, downy. %.%.S. Native of Java, about Batavia, in 
grassy bogs. Flowers lilac. Said to be allied to J. gemélla, 
Roth. 
Lilac-flowered Ipomoea. Fl. Year. Pl. tw. 
123 I. BArATÍLLA : branches terete, clothed with hoary to- 
mentum ; leaves ovate, obsoletely cordate, acuminated, downy 
above, but clothed with hoary tomentum beneath ; peduncles 
terminal ? and axillary, usually 3-flowered, shorter than the 
leaves; sepals roundish obtuse, downy: the 3 outer ones rather 
the smallest; seeds comose. | ^.^. S. Native near Cumana, 
Caraccas, and in the valleys of Aragua, where it is called by the 
natives Batatilla. Cony. Batatilla, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 
amer. 3. p. 106. Leaves 2 inches long. Petioles biglandular 
at apex. Corollas funnel-shaped, downy outside, of a violaceous 
rose-colour ; lobes of limb emarginate. Capsule glabrous, 4- 
celled? 4-valved? Cells 1-seeded. Seeds size of the nuts of 
Córnus máscula, black, trigonal. 
Batatilla lpomoea. Shrub tw. 6 feet high. 
124 I. vrRTICILLA'TA (Forsk. descr. p. 44.) decumbent, 
hairy ; leaves cordate, bluntish, with a short mucrone, the 
veins beset with a few hairs above in the young state; pe- 
duncles axillary, tern, from all the axils, reflexed, 1-flowered, 
angular; sepals ovate, acute, hispid, glabrous in the old state, 
but ciliated. 4. C. S. Native of Arabia Felix. Vahl, symb. 
8. p. 33. Willd. spec. 1. p. 883. Convélvulus Forskce'lii, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 596. Peduncles bracteate. Capsule size of 
a pea, glabrous. Seeds clothed with silky tomentum. 
Whorled-flowered Ipomoea. | Pl. decumbent. 
§ 4. Leaves cordate at the base, often 3-lobed, with toothed or 
repand edges; sometimes varying in the same plant, with entire, 
angular, or toothed edges. Flowers not cronded into heads. 
Capsules and sepals middle-sized. 
125 I. AcuTA'NGULA (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 11. t. 119. 
f. b.) leaves sagittately triangular, having the angles toothed be- 
hind ; peduncles 3-5-flowered, length of leaves; stems terete. 
©.%.S. Native of Peru, in the woods of Chincao and Pozuzo. 
Leaves on long petioles. Bracteas subulate at the divisions of 
the peduncle. Corolla funnel-shaped, scarlet; limb middle- 
sized, with a lobed margin. Perhaps a species of Quamoclit. 
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