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^ 153. Ipomoea triloba L. Sp. PI. 161. 1753.— A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. 

 Am. 2^: 213. 1878.— Small, 1. c. 963. 



Ipomoea eusktchiana Jacq. Obs. 2: 12. 1767. 

 Convolvulus trilobus Desr. in Lam. Encyc. 3: 564. 1789. 

 IpomcBa clausa Rudol.; Ledeb. in Schrad. Neues Jour. 2: 292. 1807. 

 Ipomoea parviflora Vahl, Symb. 3: 34. 1794. — Lunan, Hort. Jam. 1: 402. 1814. 

 Convolvulus dentatus Blanco, FI. Filip. 89. 1837. 

 Amphione lobata Raf. Fl. Tellur. 4: 79. 1838. 

 Quamoclit triloba G. Don, Gen. Syst. 4: 259. 1838. 

 Quamoclit eustachiana G. Don, I. c. 



Convolvulus suhquinquelobus Rees, Cyclop. No. 38. 1819. 

 /pomcea ^aZapogensis Anderss. in Vet. Akad. Handl. Stock. 1853: 213. 1855. 

 Ipomoea blancoi Choisy in DC. Prodr. 9: 389. 1845. 

 Ipomoea commutata Naves, in Fl. Filip. ed. 3. pi. 31. 1877. 



Ipomoea leucantha Baker, Fl. Maurit. 208. 1877. Not I. leucantha Jacq. 1788. 

 Ipomoea batatas Usteri, Viertel. Naturf. Ges. Zurich 50: 122. 1905. 

 Convolvulus heterophyllus Moc. & Sesse, Fl. Mex. in La. Naturaleza II. 2: Append. 

 36. 1893. 



Type locality: Jamaica (Sloane). America (Linn.). 



Distribution: Dry or sandy thickets, peninsular Florida, Bahamas 

 and West Indies, Arizona to Central America and Brazil and the Philippine 

 Islands. 



Illustrations: Sloane Jam. pi. 97. f. 1. Jacq. Obs. pi. 36. 



154. Ipmooea ramoni Choisy m DC. Prodr. 9: 380. 1845. 



Closely resembling I. triloba; calyx broadly campanulate; sepals unequal, 

 abruptly acuminate and setaceous, 4-7 mm. long, outer ones densely ciliate and 

 pubescent; corolla broadly funnelform, 1.75-2 cm. long or longer, the limb as broad, 

 pinkish-purple. 



Type locality": Near Havana, Cuba. 



Distribution: Cuba. 



Specimens examined: Guanajay, Curtiss 632, 1905 (Y); Havana, 

 Hermann 3117, 3883, 1905, (Y); Baker 3680 3847, 3986, 1904 (Y); Wilson 

 3640, 1904 (Y); Baker & Wilson 3875, 1904 (Y). Holquin, Bacajagua, 

 C. Wright 3085, 1860-64 (G). 



155. Ipomoea lacunosa L. Sp. PI. 161. 1753.— A. Gray, Syn. Fl. N. 



Am. 2^: 213. 1878.— Britton, Manual 752. 1901.— Small, 

 Fl. Southeastern U. S. 963. 1903. 



- Convolvulus steUatus, periplocae rotundioris folis, Dill. Hort. Elth. 103. pi. 87. f. 

 lOS. 



