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Specimens examined: Cuba; Combs 656, 1895 (Y); Curtiss 685, 1905 

 (Y); Brition, Brition & Shafer 505, 1903 (Y). Guadeloupe; Duss 3503, 

 1894-95 (Y). 



57. Ipomcea asarifoUa (Desr.) Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 251. 1819. 



Convolvulus asarifolius Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 562. 1789. 



Ipomoea beladambce Roem. & Schult. Syst. 4: 233. 1819. 



Convolvulus flagelliformis Roxb. Fl. Ind. 2: 68. 1824. 



Amphione asarifolia'Ra.i. Fl. TelluT. i: 79. 1838. 



Ipomcea flagelliformis Steud. Nom. Ed. 2, 816. 1841. 



Ipomoea urhica Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 349. 1845. 



Ipomoea latifolia Mart. & Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. XII. 2: 266. 1845. 



Ipomoea nympheoefolia Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 203. 1866. Not /. nymphia:folia Blume, 



1826. 

 Ipomcea grisebachii Prain, Journ. As. Soc. Beng. 63: 107. 1894. 

 Ipomcea vogelii Baker in Kew Bull. 71. 1894. 

 Ipomoea repens Baker & Rendle in Dyer, Fl. Trop. Afr. 4^^: 172. 1905. (excl. syn.) 



Not /. repens Roth, 1819. 



Leaf-blades orbicular-ovate, 10 cm. broad or broader, cordate, acute, entire; 

 peduncles 1- to 5-flowered; sepals unequal, 8-10 mm. long, obtuse, corolla 6-8 cm. 

 long, purple. 



Type locality: Senegal, Africa. 



Distribution: Sandy fields and shores, tropical Africa, Asia, West 

 Indies and gulf coast of Mexico. 



Illustrations: Wight, II. pi. 887. 



Specimens examined: Cuba; Wright 3089 (C), Shajer 527, 1903 (Y); 

 Briiton & Wilson 359, 1903 (Y); Wilson 1167, 1904 (Y). Isle of Pines, 

 CiiHiss 219, 1903-04 (Y). Jamaica; Harris 9826, 1907 (Y). Mexico: 

 Chiapas, Caec. & Ed. Seler 1802, 1896 (G). 



58. IpomcEa pes-caprse (L.) Roth, Nov. Sp. PI. 109. 1821. 



Convolvulus marinus seu Soldanella, Piso & Marcgraf. Hist. Nat. Braz. 1: 51. 

 1648. 



C. foliis subrotundis apice emarginatis basi integris, Roy. Lugdb. 428. 

 C. maritimus zeylandicus, folio crasso cordiformi, Herm. Lugdb. 174. 

 Schoranna Adamboe, Rheed. Mai. 11: 117. 

 C. marinus catharticus, folio rotunda, flore purpureo, Plum. Am. 89. 



Convolvulus pes-caprce L. Sp. PI. 159. 1753. 



Convolvulus brasilieji^is L. 1. c. 



Ipomcea biloba Forsk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab. 44. 1775. 



Convolvulus maritimus Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 550. 1789. 



