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St. t. 130./. 1 : the form with broader leaves.— Sepals V'-W", at length 2"', corolla 6'" 

 long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Dist., Wat., Pd., Wils., March, in savannahs 

 and along the coast; [Haiti !, Portorico !]. 



Sect. 2. Stropiiocaulos, Don. — Stigmas filiform. — Stem herbaceous, twining; ovary in 

 our species supported by a cupuliform disk. 



51. C. nodiflorus, Desc. Pubescent or tomeutose ; leaves ovate, mucronate, repaud 

 or entire ; pedicels fascicled : peduncle short ; sepals small, meuibrauaceous, ovate-roundish, 

 blunt, one-sixth ax long as the corolla, subequal ; corolla white : limb repand ; capsule 

 8-4-valved : seeds glabrous, rugulose, margined with a narrow wing. — Allied to the pre- 

 ceding, but stigmas filiform, as in C. arveitsis. Sepals 1'", corolla 6'" long. — Hab. Ja- 

 maica !, Al., March ; Trinidad !, Cr. ; [Cuba ! to Brazil]. 



5. EVOI/VULUS, L. 



Calyx 5 -leaved. Corolla rotate-infundibular. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovulate-. styles 2, dis- 

 tinct, 2-partite. Capsule 4-2-valved : valves seceding from the dissepiment. — Stem not 

 twining ; leaves entire ; peduncles axillary, rarely paniculate, \-few-fiowered, 2-bracleo- 

 late, below the summit ; seeds glabrous. 



52. E. arbuscula, Voir. Dwarfish-shrubby , slender, branched, sericeous ; leaves small, 

 sessile, lanceolate, pointed; peduncles 1-flowered, racemose; sepals elliptical-lanceolate, one-half 

 to one-third as long as the bright-blue corolla. — Bnt. Mag. t. 4202. — E. purpuro-cseruleus, 

 Hook. I E. canus, Spreng. ! in PI. Berter. — 1'-2' high : stem |'"-1"' thick ; leaves 1'"- 

 2£'", sepals 1'", corolla 2"'-3'" long. — Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, Pd., on arid, 

 maritime rocks, Manchester ; [Cuba !, Haiti !]. 



53. E. sericeus, Sw. Herbaceous, cajspitose, sericeous ; leaves subsessile, lanceolate- 

 linear or lanceolate, acuminate or mucronulate ; peduncles 1-flowered, much exceeded by 

 the leaves (rarely equalling them) ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, little exceeded by 

 the white or pale-blue corolla. — Si. t. 99. f. 3. 'Br. Jam. t. 10./. 3. — Spithameous ; leaves 

 6"'-10'", sepals H'"-2'", corolla 2"'-3 A " long.— Hab. Bahamas!, Swains.; Jamaica!, 

 Wullschl., in arid sand; Antigua!, Wullschl. ; Trinidad !, Lock//. ; [Haiti!; Texas! to 

 Montevideo]. 



54. E. linifolius, L. Annual, pilose; leaves subsessile, lanceolate (or oblong-lanceo- 

 late), pointed; peduncles filiform, l(-"3 ")-flovvered, iuflexed above the bracts, twice as 

 long as the leaves ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, little exceeded by the pale-blue or white 

 corolla.— Br. Jam. t. 10./ 2.— 1' high ; leaves 12"'-4'", sepals l| w -l"* corolla 2"'-H'" 

 long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Swains. ; Jamaica !, M'Nab, Pd., Wullschl , in arid pastures ; 

 [Mexico ! to Venezuela ! ; trop. Africa !, Asia ! and Australia !J. 



55. E. alsinoides, L. Suffrutescent, diffuse, pilose, sericeous or glabrescent ; leaves 

 shortly petioled, oblong-lanceolate, elliptical-oblong, or lanceolate; peduncles 3-1 (-5)- 

 flowered ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, half as long as the corolla. — Very variable ; 

 sepals H"'-l"', corolla 3"'-2'" long.— Hab. Trinidad!, Lockh., Cr. ; [all tropical coun- 

 tries]. 



56. £. villosus, R. P. Herbaceous, pilose; leaves shortly petioled, ovate-lauceolate, 

 acuminate ; peduncles filiform, 3-1-flowered ; sepals lanceolate-acuminate, half as long as 

 the blue corolla.— R. P. Fl. Peruv. t. 253. #.— Sepals \\ m -% m % corolla 3"'-4"' long.— 

 Hab. S. Kitts!; [Mexico to Peru]. 



57- E. mucronatus, Sw. Procumbent, csespitose, serireous-glabrescent ; leaves 

 shortly petioled, oval, oval-roundish or lauceolate-elliptical, mucronate ; peduncles 1-3- 

 flowered ; sepals ovate-lanceolate, pointed, or shortly acuminate, one-third as long as the 

 white or pale-blue corolla. — E. glabriusculus, Chois. (ex specim. Berter.).— Sepals 1"'-1£"', 

 corolla 3"'-4"' long. — Hab. Bahamas !, Hjalmars., Turk islands ; Jamaica !, Bancr., 

 March; Antigua!, Wullschl., S. Vincent!, Guild.; [Portorico! to Peru]. 



58. E. nummularius, L. Procumbent, diffuse, glabrescent or pilose ; leaves petioled, 

 orbicular or oval-orbicular, subcordate at the base, rounded or retnse at the top ; peduncles 

 1-flowered exceeded by the small leaves; sepals oblong, bluntish, half as long as the white 



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