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sepalis lanceolatis acuminatis exterioribus multo majoribus adpresse pilosuliss.—Mundiche in 
Columbia. 
Affinis P. hispide, sed glabrior, pili quee adsunt omnes breves, adpressi, nec unquam patentes. Pedicelli 
brevissimi ad apicem pedunculi 1-3-pollicaris, Sepala exteriora 6-9 lin. longa, interioribus majora et 2-3-plo- 
latiora. Corolla speciosa, tripollicaris. Ovarium triloculare, loculis biovulatis. 
560, Puarsrris Mil, Chois. in DC. Prod. v. 9. p. 343.—Realejo. 
561. Ipomma urbica, Chois. in DC, Prod. v. 9. p. 349.—Guayaquil. 
Distinguished by Choisy from J. pes-capre chiefly by the venation of the 
leaves, which, however, is scarcely constant. 
562. Ipomma codonantha, Benth. Pl. Hartw. p. 120.—Pedunculi et pedicelli sepe 4-alati. 
Species ab omnibus in Prodromo enumeratis distincta videtur.—Guayaquil. 
563. Iromma brachypoda, sp. n., glabra vel pilis longis hispida, volubilis, foliis petiolatis pro- 
funde cordatis longe acuminatis integris vel basi late sinuatis angulatis trilobisve membranaceis, 
pedunculis plerisque petiolo brevioribus confertim 3-10-floris, sepalis longe linearibus lanceolatisve 
acutis, corolla glabra, capsula glabra, seminibus puberulis—Acapulco; Isle of Taboga, Bay of 
Panama; Columbia. 
Habitus fere Pharbitidis hispida, sed ovarium repetite observatum constanter biloculare vidi; affinis etiam 
Ipomeee trichocarpe sed pluribus notis distincta. Caules tenues, volubilis, uti petioli nunc glabri, nunc seepius 
pilis longis patentibus vel subretrorsis hispidi. _Petioli 6-18 lin. longi. Folia 2-3 poll. longa, sepins longe et 
acute acuminata, auriculis baseos latis rotundatis rarius angulatis, viridia, tenuiter membranacea, glabra vel 
Juniora pilosa presertim in pagina superiore. Pedunculi raro semipollicares, inferiores confertim cymoso-6-10- 
flori, superiores seepe 1-3-flori. Bracteze lineares, ceeterum sepalis subsimiles. Sepala 6-9 lin. longa, viridia, 
acuta, apice glabra, basi pilis longis hirsutissima vel omnino glabra, exteriora interioribus paullo latiora, Corolle 
forma eadem videtur ac in Pharbitide hispida sed minor. Capsula subcoriacea, glabra, 4-valvis. Semina pilis 
minutis sparsis puberula, magnitudine eorum Pharbitidis hispide. 
564. Iromma pedicellaris, sp. n., volubilis, glabra vel rarius superne puberula, foliis late cordatis 
acute acuminatis membranaceis, pedicellis pedunculo 1-3-floro longioribus, sepalis ovatis obtusis 
subequalibus glabris, corolla speciosa longe campanulata glabra, capsula glabra.—Acapulco; Tiger 
Island, Gulf of Fonseca. 
Habitu et foliis ad J. rubroceeruleam accedit. Folia latiora, breviter et late cordata. Pedunculi semipolli- 
cares vel rarius pollicares. Pedicelli vulgo sesquipollicares, post anthesin \incrassati, Sepala 3 lin. longa, 
margine scariosa. Corolla fere 3-pollicaris, tubo extra calycem abrupte ampliato in faucem elongatam superne 
campanulatam. Alabastrum junius extus apice tomentellum. Ovarium 2-loculare ; loculis 2-ovulatis. 
565 to 570. Iromama, sp., six, three from Mexico, one from Central America, and two Kon 
Columbia, which I have been unable to refer to any of those enumerated in the Prodromus, but 
which, owing to the insufficiency of the specimens, cannot be satisfactorily described as NeW. 
571. Ipomma cymosa, Roem. et Schult—Chois. in DC. Prod. v. 9. p. 371 —Conwaeates dens 
Jlorus, Hook. et Arn. Bot. Beech. p. 303.—Mexico to Guayaquil. + 
The specimens are generally, but not always, more pubescent than the ne 
Indian ones, but I can find no other difference in foliage, flower, or seed. It 
