216 ANNALS NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 



64. Ipomoea temata Jacq. Hort. Schoenb. 1: 16. pi. 37. 1797. — 

 ' Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 361. 1845. 



Convolvulus ternatus Spreng. Syst. 1: 590. 1825. 

 Batatas ternata G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 262. 1838. 

 Ipomoea thomsoniana Mast, in Gard. Chron. 2: 818. 1883. 



Leaflets oblong-ovate or elliptical-ovate, stalked, acute or obtuse at the ends, 

 broadest near the middle, thick and firm, becoming subchartaceous; peduncles 

 usually l-flowered; sepals 10-15 mm. long, ovate, rounded; corolla dull-white with 

 cream-colored rays, 5-6 cm. long. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 



DiSTEiBUTiON : Forests of Jamaica, and cultivated in other West Indian 

 islands. 



Specimens examined: Jamaica; Harris 7410, 1898; 9005, 1905 (Y). 



65. Ipomcea lineolata Urb. Symb. Ant. 3 : 355. 1903. 



Lateral nerves of the leaflets at an angle of about 60° and about 10-12 pairs, 

 lineolate-anastomosing close to the margin; leaflets subpellucid, pale beneath, 5-6 

 cm. long, cuspidate-acuminate; peduncles 2-3-flowered; corolla red, the disk pink. 



Type locality: Jamaica. 

 Distribution: Forests of Jamaica. 



ir 66. Ipomoea fawcettii Urban, sp. nov. 



Slender, several m. long, from a perennial root, glabrous; leaf-blades di\ided 

 into 5-7, spatulate filiform or narrowly linear leaflets 1-3 cm. long, re volute with 

 age, obtuse; petioles short; flowers solitary or clustered on short leafy branches; 

 pedicels 5-12 mm. long; sepals unequal, broadly oblong, rounded or obtuse, 4-6 

 mm. long, the inner ones longer and thinner than the outer; corolla subsalverform 

 3-4.5 cm. long, tube pale green, limb pale lilac, about 1.5-2 cm. broad with rounded, 

 obtuse lobes; capsules ovoid, longer than the calyx, 2-celled; 4-seeded; seeds with 

 a very long coma of light-brown hairs. 



Jamaica: Road to Wareka, Harris 8605, 1904 (Y); 10010, Nov. 19, 

 1907 (type — Y). 



67. Ipomoea dactylophylla Griseb. Cat. PI. Cub. 203. 1866. 



Slender, glabrous or minutely puberulent; leaf-blades with 5, sessile, linear- 

 lanceolate, entire leaflets, 3-5 cm. long, acimiinate, abruptly acute at the base; ped- 

 uncles shorter than the petioles, l-flowered, 8-12 mm. long, the pedicel about as 

 long; sepals equal, oblong-lanceolate, acute, 5-7 mm. long; corolla about 4 cm. 

 long, the crimson limb 2.5-3 cm. broad. 



