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Type locality: Eastern Cuba. 

 Distribution: Thickets, eastern Cuba. 



Specimens examined: C. Wright 3093 (co-type — G). Pinar del Rio, 

 Palmer & Riley 332, 1900 (N). 



I 68. Ipomcea Carolina L. Sp. PI. 160. 1753. Not I. Carolina Pursh, 

 1814. 



Convolvulus minor pentaphyllus, flare purpurea minor e, Catesb. Car. 2: 9. pZ. 91. 



Ipomcea caroliniana Poir. Encyc. Suppl. 6: 11. 1816. 



Ipomcea heptaphylla Griseb. Mem. Am. Acad. 8: 527. 1863. Not I. heptaphylla 



Rottb. & WiUd. 1803. 

 Quamodit heptaphylla Maza, Fl. Habanera 346. 1897. 



Leaflets 5 to 7, subspatulate, substalked, 3-8 cm. long, tapering to the base, 

 apex roimded or obtuse; peduncles shorter than the petioles, 2- to lO-flowered; 

 sepals subequal, elliptical to ovate, rounded or obtuse, thin, 6-8 mm. long; corolla 

 3-4.5 cm. long, tubular-funnelform, the Umb 5-lobed, 2-3 cm. broad, tube greenish 

 below; capsules oblong. 



Type locality: Carolina, Bahamas (L.); Cuba (Griseb.). 



Distribution: Bahamas and Cuba. 



Specimens examined: Cuba; "prope villam Monte Verde & Nouvelle 

 Sophie," C. Wright 1371, 1859 (G, Y). Calicita, Combs 509, 1895 (G); 

 Matanzas, Britton & Wilson 41, 1903 (Y); Cayamos, Earle & Baker 2459, 

 1904 (Y); Santiago, Underwood & Earle 1674, 1903 (Y); Sagua, Britton 

 & Wilson 381, 1903 (Y). Bahamas: New Providence, Britton & Brace 

 180, 1904 (Y). Andros, Northrop 569, 1890 (Y); Brace 4950, 1906 (Y). 



' 69. Ipomcea furcyensis Urb. Symb. Ant. 3 : 351. 1902. 



Leaflets 2-5 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, tapering to the base, the apex acuminate, 

 membranaceous or chartaceous with age; pedvmcles 3-6 cm. long, 3- to 7-flowered; 

 sepals about 10 mm. long, tinged with red, 3.5-4.5 mm. wide, the inner a little 

 broader and longer, obtuse; corolla 5-6 cm. long, slightly constricted below the limb. 



Type locality: Furcy mountains, Hayti. 

 Distribution: Mountains of Hayti. 



Specimens examined: La Brande to Mt. Balance, Nash & Taylor 

 1739, 1905 (Y). 



^ 70. Ipomcea horsfalliae W. Hook, in Bot. Mag. 61 : fl. 3315. 1824. 

 — Urb. Sym. Ant. 3: 352. 1902. 



ZpoTOcea penduto Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 387. 1845. Not/. pendulaR. Br. 1810. 

 Convolvulus horsfallioe D. Dietr. Syn. PI. 1: 664. 1839. 

 Coiladena hyemalis Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 12. 1838. 



