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many-flowered, corymbiform, peduncled : peduncle equalling or exceeding the petiole ; sepals 

 oblong, blunt, bluntish or mucronulate, the interior one-third as long as the corolla, the 

 2 exterior much shorter , corolla white ; " capsule ellipsoidal, usually 1-seeded by abortion : 

 seed pubescent." — SI. t. 97./. 1. Hot. Reg. 1843, t. 24. — I. cymosa, Lindl. (non R. S.). 

 — Longer sepals 4"'-5"', corolla 1" long, odorous; capsule " 5-valved " (SI.). — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, List., AL, Wullschl., Wils., March; [Cuba I, Haiti ! ; Mexico ! to Panama!]. 



15. I. cyanatitha, Gr. («. sp). Glabrous ; leaves cordate-oblong, bluntish, entire or 

 repand ; peduncles 1-llowered, jointed at the middle, exceeding the petiole ; sepals oblong, 

 blunt, one-fifth as long as the corolla, the 2 exterior shorter ; corolla blue : limb 5-lobcd ; 

 capsule ellipsoidal, 2-celled : seeds (immature) pubescent, villous at the margin. — Stem her- 

 baceous, twining ; leaves 4"-2" long, 2"-J" broad : petiole 10"'-6"', peduncles 18"'-8'" long ; 

 larger sepals 5'" long, appressed to the capsule ; corolla " fine-blue " (Pd.), 2"-2i" long : 

 cylindrical part as long as the calyx, campauulate part below the infundibular limb 8"'-10"' 

 diam., expanded limb nearly 2" diam. : its lobes shortly deltoid ; anthers straight ; stigma- 

 lobes roundish ; capsule 6'" long, 4-seeded : seeds angular-oblong, black : down pale, mar- 

 ginal hairs perhaps growing into cotton. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., Wullschl., in the mountains 

 of S. Andrews, Manchester. 



16. I. violacea, L. Glabrous ; leaves cordate-roundish, pointleted, entire or sinuate- 

 repand ; cymes few-flowered or shortly trichotomous, peduncled : peduncle exceeding the 

 petiole, thickish ; sepals oblong -lanceolate, bluntish, subequal, one-eighth to one-sixteenth 

 as long as the corolla ; corolla purple ; capsule ellipsoidal, 2-celled : seeds (immature) 

 puberulous, "glabrate." — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 93./. 1. SI. t. 98?/. 1. — Pharbitis, Boj. — 

 Allied to /. variabilis, Chois., which has longer sepals. Sepals 2"'-3'", less leathery than 

 in the allied species, membranaceous at the margin, glabrous ; corolla 2"-2£" long. — Hab. 

 Jamaica !, Al. ; [Venezuela !]. 



17. I. setosa, Lindl. Branches and petioles hirsute with flexuose, recurved hairs 

 leaves large, cordate-Z-lobed, glabrous or glabrescent : lobes broadly ovate, sinuate-dentate 

 cymes peduncled : peduncle exceeding the petiole : pedicels clavate ; sepals ovate-oblong 

 blunt, mucronulate, one-eighth to one-tenth as long as the corolla, 2 exterior shorter 

 corolla purple, campanulate to the middle, broadly infundibular above it ; ovary 2-celled 

 seeds (immature) glabrous. — Bot. Reg. t. 335 : corolla not quite, but leaves perfectly 

 agreeing, they are similar to those of the grape. — Sepals 3"'-4'", corolla 2"-2£" long, often 

 3" diam. at the summit. — Hab. Jamaica !, March, perhaps introduced ; [Brazil]. 



** Ovary ^-celled at the summit, 2-celled below it; seeds bearing icool. 



18. I. digitata, L. Glabrous ; leaves palmatifid, usually much beyond the middle : 

 lobes 7-5 (-3), oblong-lanceolate, rarely ovate, entire ; cymes many (-few) -flowered : pe- 

 duncle exceeding the petiole ; sepals oval, blunt, concave, about one-sixth as long as the 

 corolla ; corolla rosy ; capsule 2-celled, except at the summit : seeds bearing cotton-like, 

 serial and terminal wool, glabrous between it. — Plum. Ed. Burm. I. 92. /. 1. Jacq. 

 Schcenbr. t. 200. — I. mauritiana, Jacq. I. paniculata, R. Br. (Convolvulus, L., Batatas, 

 Chois.). I. tuberosa, Mey.Esseq. ! (non L.). — Root tuberiferous, "drastic;" sepals 4'", 

 corolla 2"-l£" long.— Hab. S.Vincent!, Guild.; [Haiti and Panama ! to Guiana 1 ; trop. 

 Africa ! and Asia !]. 



19. I. jalapa, Pursh. Branchlets pubescent or glabrate ; leaves cordate-roundish, 

 entire (or " sinuate-lobed"),, puberulous above, hoary -tomentose beneath; peduncles 3-]- 

 flowered ; sepals ovate, blunt, one-twelfth to one-ninth as long as the corolla ; corolla rosy 

 (or "white"); "seeds woolly: wool long, spreading along the margin."— Ann. Mus. 2. 

 /. 40. — Convolvulus, L. Batatas, Chois. — Sepals 4'", corolla 4"-3" long. — Hab. S. Vin- 

 cent !, Guild.; [southern United States ; Mexico ! to Brazil ; East Indies!]. 



20. I. carnea, Jacq. Branches pubescent ; leaves cordate-roundish, pointleted, entire, 

 glabrescent above, puberulous beneath ; cymes spreading, peduncled ; sepals roundish, one- 

 sixteenth to one-twelfth as long as the corolla ; corolla white or rosy ; ovary 4-celled above 

 the middle ; seeds woolly : wool long, spreading along the margin, shorter and subappressed 

 along two middle lines. — Jacq. Amer. Pict. t. 25. — Convolvulus pareirifolius, Berter. I (Ba- 

 tatas, Chois.).— Sepals 3'", corolla 3"-4" long; marginal wool of the seeds 5'" long, as long 

 as their longitudinal diam.— Hab. Jamaica !, Bancr., March ; [Venezuela!]. 



