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truncate at the 2-glandular base : veins pinnate ; peduncles about as long as the petiole, 

 usually few-flowered ; sepals ovate-oblong, blunt, mucronulate, about one-fifth as long as 

 the corolla, 2 exterior shorter ; corolla purple, gradually tapering at the base ; capsule 

 2-celled : seeds rusty-pubescent. — Desc. Fl. 2. t. 130. — Convolvulus, L. C. brasiliensis, L. 

 I. maritima, R. Br.- — Creeping to a length of 100' and more; longer sepals 5'", shorter 4'", 

 corolla 2" long ; disk annular. — Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., Al., March, on sandy sea-shores ; 

 Antigua !, Wullschl., Dominica !, Imr. ; [Cuba ! and Mexico 1 to Brazil !, and all trop. 

 countries !]. 



27. I. asarifolia, R. S., Walp.! Glabrous, creeping; leaves reniform, cordate or sub- 

 truncate at the 2-glandular base : inferior veins palmate ; peduncles about as long as the 

 petiole, 1-few-flowered ; sepals mucronulate, 3 interior oblong, blunt, 2 exterior roundish, 

 half as long, the longer one-eighth to one-sixth as long as the corolla ; corolla purple, 

 gradually tapering at the base ; capsule 2-celled : seeds (immature) slightly puberulous. — 

 I. urbica, Chois., Seem. Longer sepals 5'", corolla 3" long — Hab. Jamaica !, Mac/., on 

 the sea-shore ; [Danish and French islands ! ; Panama! to Brazil; trop. Africa]. 



28. I. acetosifolia, R. S. Glabrous, creeping ; leaves linear-oblong, cordate or 

 rounded at the base, entire or repand ; peduncles about as long as the petiole, 1-flowered ; 

 sepals ovate-oblong, mueronulate-bluut, one-fourth to one-fifth as long as the corolla ; 2 

 exterior little shorter ; corolla white, gradually tapering at the base ; ovary ^-celled at the 

 summit, 2-celled below it. — Plum. Descr. t. 105. I)esc. Fl. 2. t. 145. — Batatas, Chois. 

 Convolvulus repens, Sw. — Sepals 5'", corolla 2" long. — Hab. Jamaica (Sw.), on the sandy 

 sea-coast ; [Guiana !, Brazil]. 



29. I. martinicensis, Mey. I Glabrous (or glabrescent), creeping or twining at the 

 summit ; leaves oblong, linear-oblong, or rarely oval-oblong, mucronate-blunt, tapering at 

 the base, entire ; peduncles exceeding the short petiole, 1-2-flowered, minutely 2-bracteo- 

 late ; sepals pointed, rcticulated-veiny, 2 exterior larger, elliptical, decurrent, half as long 

 as the corolla, 3 interior ovate ; corolla white, externally with bands of hairs betw-een the 

 plaits, gradually tapering at the base ; capsule 2-cellcd : seeds slightly puberulous, gla- 

 brescent. — Jacq. Amer. 1'ict. t. 24. — Convolvulus, Jacq. Aniseia, Chois. A. ensifolia and 

 salicil'olia, Chois., A. carnea, Moric. !: narrow-leaved forms. — Larger sepals 8"'-10'", corolla 

 1" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, Pd., in the great morass of Westmoreland ; [French islands ! ; 

 Panama!, Guiana!, Brazil!]. 



30. I. sericantha, Or. Pubescent or glabrate, twining above; leaves oblong or 

 lanceolate-oblong, mucronulate-blunt, bluntish at the base, entire; peduncles 3(-l)-flowered, 

 exceeding the petiole ; sepals oval-orbicular, mucronulate-rounded, subequal, sericeous or 

 glabrate, one-fourth to one-fifth as long as the corolla ; corolla strigose-sericeous in 5 broad 

 bands between the plaits, gradually tapering at the base ; capsule 2-celled : seeds glabrescent. 

 — I. sericea, Spreng. (non Blum.). — Habit of the preceding ; sepals 3"'-2£'", corolla l"long. 

 Hab. Trinidad !, Cr., at Cedros ; [Venezuela !]. 



** Seeds bearing cotton ; stem twining or trailing. 



31. I. demerariana, Chois.! Glabrous, twining; leaves cordate-roundish, 2-gIan- 

 dular at the base; cymes cerymbifprm, 8-4(-l)-flowered, long peduncled; sepals roundish, 

 rounded, subequal, one-fourth to one-fifth as long as the corolla ; corolla pink, gradually 

 tapering at the base ; capsule 2-celled, included by the eonnivent calyx : seeds pubescent, 

 included by marginal, lurid wool. — Branches thick, becoming woody ; sepals 8'", corolla 

 3"-3i" long.— Hab. S. Kitts !, Els., Dominica !, Imr. ; [Guiana !]. 



32. I. macrorrhiza, R. S. (non Chois.). Glabrous, suffruticose-trailing ; leaves 

 5-3(-" 7 ")-partite : segments elliptical or elliptical -oblong, apiculate, petiolulate, entire 

 or repand; cymes lax, dichotomous, many (-1)- flowered, peduncled; sepals rounded, 3 

 interior one-fifth to one-seventh as long as the corolla, roundish, 2 exterior oval-roundish, 

 little shorter ; corolla purple or white, slightly ventricose above the base ; capsule 2-celled, 

 globose, exceeding the appressed calyx : seeds villous, long-woolly along the margin : wool 

 rustv-tawnv, expanded like fringes. — Plum. Ed. Burm. t. 90./. 1. Jacq. Schcenbr. t. 37. 

 Convolvulus L. I. ternata, Jacq. : a white-flowered form with ternate leaf-segments, sent 

 frequently from Jamaica. — Tuberiferous, variable in the leaves, and the length of the stamens ; 

 larger sepals 5'", smaller 4'", corolla 3"-2", seed-fringes 6'" long.— Hab. Jamaica !, Dist., 

 Pd., Al., Wullschl., March, on rocks, Manchester, S. Anns. 



