170 BOTANY OF THE VOYAGE OF H.M.S. nERALD. 
The specimena being witliout flower, tlie determination is rendered somewliat doubtful, but tbey re- 
semble very much those collected by JMoritz at Jlerida. 
664i- Leiaxtiius Seemanni^ Griseb> MSS.; caule siifFruticoso tcretiusculOj foliis brevitcr petio- 
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latis ovatis acuminatisj cymis multiflorisj calycis profuude 5-fidi esalati segmcutis lanccolato-lincari- 
bus acuminatisj corollce ttiljo gracili sensim ampliatOj lobis oblongo-lanceolatis cuspidato-acuminatis 
genitalia panim supcrantibus. Bay of Piilas; Darieu. 
A half-slirubby plant from 3 to 4 feet higli, -svitb yellow flowers. It has the babit of L. longifoJhis, but 
the leaves are broader, tlie largest being nearly two iucbcs across, and the calyx is deeply cleft and without 
wings. 
6G5. VoYRiA simplex, Griscb. MSS.; caule simplici tenello unifloro, squama solitaria abbrcviata 
medio cauli inserta, bracteis calyccque nullisj corollje hypoci:atcrimorpbiE tubo cylindracco-campanu- 
lato lobis cseruleis oblongis obtusis duplo longiorCj ovario bre\iter stipitato. — Proxima V. mala, sola 
coroUte forma distinguenda. Panamaj in dark forests ; only observed during the wet season. 
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Some botanists, maintain that V. nuda ought to be separated from Gentianeee, and referred to some 
Monocotyledonous Order; but the quinary arrangement of the flower and the general conformity of the 
structure of that species with other Yoyrlas, are facts opposed to such a separation. The corolla of this 
species is of a deep blue colour. 
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666. LiMXANTHEMCM Humholdtianuni^ Griseb. in De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 140. Panama, in 
swamps and rivulets. 
CONVOLVULACE^. 
667. KiVEA tilimfolia, Chois., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p, 325. — Nomen vemacul. "Batatilla." 
Common on the sca-sliores. 
668. QuAMocLiT hedercefolia, Chois., Dc Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 336. Kio Grande de Panama. 
669. QuAMocLiT vitifolia, Don, De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 336. Volcano of Cliiriquij A^eraguas. 
Qtiamoclit vnlt/aris, Chois. 1. c, is cultivated for ornamental purposes in the gardens of Panama, 
but has not as yet been found wild in any part of the Isthmus. 
670. Batatas edulis, Chois., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. SSS.— Convolvulus Batatas, Linn. Am, 
Ac. vol. vi. p. 121.— Nomina Ycrnacul. "Batata" et "Camotc." Cultivated extensively on aecount of 
its esculent tubers. 
671. Batatas guinguefoUa, Chois., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 339. In hedges and amongst 
shrubs, common about tlie city of Panama. 
672. PiiARBiTis acuminata, Chois., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 342. In the neighbourhood of ■ 
the city of Panama. 
673. Calonyction speciosum, Chois., De Cand. Prodr. vol. ix. p. 345. Island of Taboga, and 
between Panama and Santiago de Veraguas. 
674. Ipom(ea Pes-caproi, Swartz, Dc Cand, Prodi*, vol, ix. p. 349. Common in the sand of the 
sea-shores of both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; Chagres (Fcndler, no. 239). 
