SPICILEGIA GORGONEA. 153. 
this. The plant of Vahl has no hairs, like those of Desfon- 
taines and Michaux ; but more than two species are probably 
confounded under this name. 
155. Ipomæa muricata, Ker, Bot. Reg. in notulis ad calc. v. 4. 
Convolvulus muricatus, Linn. Mant. p. 44. I. bona-nox, 
var. B purpurascens, Ker, Bot. reg. t. 290. Calonyction 
speciosum, 8 muricatum, Chois. in DC. Prodr. 9. p. 345. 
Notwithstanding the admonitory note of Linnzus, repeated 
by Ker, this plant is still referred by M. Choisy to his Calo- 
nyction bona-nox, of which the I. muricata, Jacq. is really a 
variety. Not so our plant ; if we rightly refer to this species, 
9n account of its annual stem and small capsules, a fragment 
collected by Vogel, and of which there exists a specimen in 
the herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) 
156. Evolvulus Jinifolius, Linn. Sp. Pl. p. 392. Chois. in 
DC. Prodr. 9. p. 449. Convolvulus herbaceus erectus &c. 
P. Br. Jam. p. 152.—Ic. P. Browne, l. c. 
Has. In herb. ins. Cap. Vir. (Mus. reg. Par.) et ex ins. 
S. Jacobi, (Chr. Smith, in herb. Mus. Brit. ex cl. J. D. 
Hooker.) In ins. S. Jacobi, (Darwin.) 
XXXVI. BoRAGINEX, Juss. 
157. Pollichia africana, Med. Bot. Beobacht. (1784) p. 248. 
num. 228. Philosophisch. Bot. pars 1. p. 82. * Cynoglos- 
soides Africana verrucosa et hispida.” Tsn. act. ac. Par. 
(1718) p. 256. Borraginoides angustifolia, flore palles- 
cente, ceruleo. Boerhaav. ind. alt. p. 188. Borrago africana, 
Linn, Sp. Pi. p. 197. Trichodesma africana, R. Br. Prodr. 
P. 496. Borago, Chr. Smith, in herb. Mus. Brit. ex cl. 
J. D. Hooker, Borago gruina, ejusd. Tuck. Voy. p. 250.— 
Ic. Isnard. 7. c. 7. 11. Boerhaav. l. c. t. 9. sed sine numero. 
Has. In rupestribus sinus Tarrafal sive Tamaricum ins. 
S. Antonii, (Forbes, n. 17. d. 2 April. 1822, spec. florida et 
fructifera.) In eadem ins. (Zh. Vogel, n. 20. sp. floridum.) 
In ins. S. Vincentii ad alt. 500 ped. (Th. Vogel, n. 67. 
Junio, 1841, sp. florida et fructifera.) : 
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