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CONVOLVULACE, 
Order XCIV. CONVOLVULACE. 
Convolvulacee, Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. ii. p. 865. 
Herbs or shrubs, often twining, rarely arboreous. About 800 species, referred to 
thirty-two genera. The Order is represented in nearly all countries and regions, but 
most numerously in warm countries. 
1. MARIPA. 
Maripa, Aubl. Pl. Guian. i. p. 280; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. 1. p. 869. 
Tall climbing, or rarely erect shrubs. About ten species, restricted to Tropical 
America. 
1. Maripa densiflora, Benth. in Hook. Lond. Journ. Bot. v. p. 351. 
PanaMA, Bujio station (S. Hayes, 140).—Gutana; Brazin. Hb. Kew. 
2. Maripa nicaraguensis, Hemsley, n. sp. 
Erecta ?, foliis basi leviter cordatis, floribus amplis in paniculas parvas densas terminales dispositis, 
ovario glaberrimo. 
Frutex erectus ?, ramulis crassiusculis, cito glabrescentibus, internodiis brevibus. Folia petiolata, 
coriacea, glabra, late ovata, 3-4 poll. longa, basi leviter cordata, apice abrupte acuminata, 
integerrima, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 8-10 subtus prominulis; petiolus gracilius- 
culus, circiter semipollicaris. Flores rosei?, 14-2 poll. longi, in paniculas parvas densas 
terminales dispositi, panicarum ramulis pedicellisque primum ferrugineo-puberulis; bractez 
minute, squameformes ; calycis segmenta subzequalia, 2 exteriora ovata, fere glabra, 3 interiora 
suborbicularia, dorso medio puberula, margine plus minus ciliolata; corolla infundibularis, infra 
medium valde constricta, brevissime 5-lobata, margine undulata, extus supra medium minute 
strigilloso-puberula, infra medium parce minute lepidota; stamina inclusa, filamentis basi 
dilatatis barbatis; ovarium glaberrimum, stylo stamina equante. Fructus deest. 
Nicaracua, Chontales (Tate, 418). Hb. Kew. 
3. Maripa panamensis, Hemsley, n. sp. 
M. scandentis affinis, differt paniculis latioribus, floribus grandioribus lilacinis, calycibas pulve- 
rulentis nec hirsutis, etc. 
Frutez alte scandens, ramis crassiusculis, glabris. Folia petiolata, coriacea, glaberrima, nitida, 
ovata vel elliptica, vel superiora oblonga, maxima visa 7-8 poll. longa, basi leviter cuneata vel 
interdum fere rotundata, apice acuminata, obtusiuscula, venis lateralibus primariis utrinque 
8-10 subtus prominulis; petiolus crassiusculus, usque ad pollicaris. Flores pallide lilacini 
(Hayesio) , 15-18 lineas longi, in paniculas amplas laxas terminales dispositi, pedicellis cymosis, 
pulverulentis; bractee obsolete; calycis segmenta subsequalia, suborbicularia, pulverulenta, 
minute ciliolata; corolla campanulato-infundibularis, deorsum gradatim attenuata, obsolete 
5-lobata, margine undulata, extus supra medium densissime sericeo-villosa, infra medium 
glabra ; stamina inclusa, filamentis basi dilatatis barbatis ; ovarium parcissime hirsutum, stylo 
stamina equante. Fructus a nobis ignotus. 
PanaMa, Chagres (fendler, 255). Hb. Kew. 
