278 
tube of corolla sub-cylindrical, inflated.—Native of St. Domingo, 
in humid places. Conv. Africànus, Nicols, hist. nat. st. dom. 
p. 260. Stems twining, but sometimes rooting along the ground. 
Leaves large, on long petioles; lobes unequal. Corolla an inch 
Jong, pale green; limb large, 5-lobed, with 5 lanceolate rays 
beneath. Stamens unequal, shorter than the corolla. 
Cathartic Ipomcea. PI. tw. 
149 I. rv Nis (Cham. et Schlecht. in Linnea. 5. p. 118.) shrubby ; 
smoothish; leaves variable, cordate, hastately cordate, ovate, 
and 3-lobed, with the sides angular, toothed and entire, finely 
acuminated, hairy beneath on the nerves and veins, and at the 
insertion of the petioles, with a few hairs above in the young 
state; cymes on very long peduncles, 2-3 times dichotomous, 
with elongated branches; sepals ovate-orbicular, obtuse, witha 
long weak dorsal mucrone. h.%.S. Native of Mexico, in 
woods, near Jalapa; also among bushes, near San Andres, 
Corolla somewhat salver-shaped, scarlet; tube an inch long ; 
limb expanded, an inch and a half. Leaves 4 inches long. 
Cymes a foot or more long. Perhaps a species of Quámoclit. 
Rope Ipomoea. Shrub tw. 
150 I. ruNcrA vA (Macfadyen, in Hook. bot. misc. 2. p. 116.) 
stems roundish, hairy; leaves cordate, 3-lobed, acuminated, 
hairy ; petioles hairy: hairs proceeding from purplish glands, as 
in the stems; peduncles twice as long as the leaves, 6-flowered, 
hairy ; bracteas as long as the pedicels, linear-subulate, hairy ; 
calyx hairy: the hairs proceeding from roundish glands; sepals 
linear-lanceolate ; stigma papillose, somewhat 3-lobed. ©.? ^. 
S. Native of Jamaica. 
Dotted Ypomoea. PI. twining. 
151 I. Portorice’Nnsts; leaves deeply cordate, somewhat 3- 
lobed, glabrous: lateral ones very short; peduncles usually 3- 
flowered, shorter than the leaves; sepals lanceolate ; tube of 
corolla inflated. %.? ©. S. Native of Porto Rico. Convólvulus 
Portoricénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 595. 
Porto Rico tpomeea. | Pl. twining. 
152 I. Jamaicr’nsis; leaves deeply cordate, 3-lobed, sinuated, 
villous beneath, canescent ; peduncles 1-flowered, shorter than 
the leaves, and are, as well as the sepals, which are lanceolate, 
glabrous. ¥.?.S. Native of Jamaica. Convólvulus Jamai- 
cénsis, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 595. 
Jamaica Ipomea. PI. twining. 
. 153 I. Rupóreni (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 222.) leaves 
cordate and 3-lobed ; peduncles 2-flowered ; bracteas and brac- 
teoles lanceolate; the 3 outer sepals the largest. ©.?%.S. 
Native of St. Domingo. Ip. bracteata, Ledeb. dec. pl. doming. 
no. 4, but not of Cav. nor Roem. et Schultes. 
Rudolphe’s Ipomeea. _ Pl. tw. 
154 I. mura‘sruis (Ker, bot. reg. t. 39.) downy ; leaves cor- 
date, entire or 3-lobed, acuminated, beset with adpressed hairs 
above, roughish tomentose beneath ; flowers numerous, cymosely 
aggregate on the tops of the peduncles; cymes generally aggre- 
gate; calyx close, villous, nearly equal, loose above. h. ^. S. 
Native of South America. Conv. mutábilis, Spreng. syst. 1. P. 
593. Root and stems purple. Corolla large blue; limb cam- 
panulate; lobes roundish, cleft at apex. Stamens bearded at 
the base. Stigma granulately globose. Perhaps a species of 
Pharbitis. Nearly allied to I. congésta, R, Br. prod. 1. p. 485. 
which is probably Conv. multiflorus, Banks, herb. - 
Changeable-flowered Ipomoea. Fl. May, Sept. Clt. 1812. 
Shrub tw. 
155 I. sgAcTEA'TA (Reem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 227.) stem a 
little hairy at top; leaves glabrous, cordate, nearly entire, and 
3-lobed, hastate, attenuated; peduncles 1-flowered, length of 
petioles ; outer sepals form of bracteas. (2. C. S. Native of 
the East Indies. Conv. bracteàtus, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 25. 
Willd. spec, 1. p. 850. Nearly allied to 7. platanifolia. Leaves 
CONVOLVULACEE. XIV. Iromaa. \ 
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2 inches long, intermediate Jobe lanceolate, attenuated, entire ; 
lateral ones broader, rounded upwards, entire, or retusely some- 
what lobed outside. Bracteas 2, opposite under the calyx, lan- 
ceolate, acute. Calyx downy. Corolla villous outside, silky ; 
limb 5-lobed. 
Bracteate-flowered Ipomoea. Pl. tw. 
156 I. acumina’ra (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 228.) stem 
beset with a few adpressed hairs ; leaves glabrous, cordate, en- 
tire and 3-lobed, acuminated; peduncles elongated, many- 
flowered, glabrous; sepals lanceolate, attenuated, glabrous: 
inner ones shorter. (2.? C. S. Native of the Island of Santa 
Cruz. Conv. acuminàtus, Vahl, symb. 3. p. 26. Willd. spec. 
l. p. 851. Leaves 4 inches long; lateral lobes lanceolate; in- 
termediate one ovate, attenuated. — Corollas large, campanulate, 
purple, with a pale bottom, and 5 lanceolate, excurrent, paler 
rays at the margins ; stigma capitate. 
Acuminated-leaved Ipomoea. Pl. tw. 
157 I. rricnoca’rpa (Ell. fl. car. 2. p. 260.) plant smooth- 
ish; leaves deeply 3-lobed or entire; peduncles usually 2- 
flowered; sepals oval-lanceolate, pilose; corollas short; cap- 
sule globose, hairy. (2. ^. H. Native of Carolina, in hedges. 
Conv. Carolinus, Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 139. Desr. in Lam. 
dict. 3. p. 563. Ip. commutata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
228. Conv. trichocárpus, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 593. Ipomee'a 
Carolina, Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 145.— Dill. elth. p. 109. 
t. 84. f. 98.  Bracteas subulate. Corolla large, pale purple. 
Hairy-fruited Ipomoea. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1732. Pl. tw. 
158 I. Loxcir1óRA (R. Br. 1. c.) leaves cordate, undivided or 
3-lobed, acute; petioles biglandular beneath at the apex ; pedun- 
cles 1-3-flowered, thickened in the fruit-bearing state ; sepals 
somewhat unequal, obtuse, mutic; corollas very long. Y.™ 
S. Native of New Holland, within the tropic. Ip. macrantha, 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 251. 
syst. 1. p. 595. 
Long-flowered Ipomeea. 
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Pl. tw. 
8 5. Leaves palmately, digitately, or pedately lobed ; rarely trifid, 
or 3-lobed. Flowers not in heads. Capsules and sepals mid- 
dle-sized. 
* Peduncles 1-3-flowered. 
159 I. Corrica (Roth, nov. spec. p. 110. Choisy, in mem. 
soc. phys. gen. 6. p. 471.) plant herbaceous, smooth ; leaves 
palmate or pedate; leaflets serrated, glabrous ; petioles com- 
pressed, stipulaceous at the base; peduncles 1-2-flowered, ex- 
ceeding the petioles; sepals rugosely muricate, glabrous. ©. 
^. S. Native of Senegal, East Indies, and Cuba. Ip. Brunétii, 
Pers. cat. mss. no. 150. Ip. verrucósa, Ort. dec. p. 10.? Ip. 
dissécta, Heyne, herb. Conv. Cóptieus, Lin. mant. p. 559% 
Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 62. Conv. stipuldtus, Desr. in Lam. dict. 
3. p. 546. Conv. disséctus, Wall. cat. no. 1351. Stem angular, 
prostrate, rather long. Leaves palmate or pedate ; outer lobes 
the shortest, and usually bifid: middle ones ovate-lanceolate; 
acute. Sepals ovate-oblong. Corolla white, tubular, 4-5 lines 
long, glabrous; lobes acute. Seeds glabrous. 
Coptic Ipomoea, PI. prostrate. 
160 I. e&xrApA'crvLIs (Choisy, in mem. soc. phys. gen. 6. P- 
471.) herbaceous ; leaves quinate; leaflets linear-lanceolate or 
linear, petiolulate, entire, glabrous, obtuse; peduncles exceeding 
the petioles, 1-2-flowered ; sepals glabrous, ovate, obtuse, une- 
qual; outer ones the shortest. (9. ^. S. Native of the East Indies, 
as on Mount Taong-Dong, near Ava. Conv. pentadáctylis, 
Wall. cat. no. 1367. Conv. tenuifólius, Vahl, symb. 3. p- 89. 
Stem terete. Leaves decreasing in size to the tops of the stems. 
Corolla tubularly campanulate, glabrous, with the limb hardly 
spreading. Capsule and seeds glabrous. i 
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