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Ipomoea cathartica Poir. [Convolvulus acuminatus Vahl; Ipo- 

 moea acuminata R. & S., not R. & P.; Pharbitis cathartica Choisy; 

 P. acuminata Choisy.] Woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; 

 St. Croix. 



Ipomoea asarifolia (Desr.) R. & S. [Convolvulus asarifolius 

 Desr.] Danish Islands (according, to Grisebach). 



Ipomoea Pes-caprae (L.) Roth. [Convolvulus Pes-caprae L. ; 

 C. brasiliensis L.; C. maritimus Lam.] Coastal sands, St. Thomas; 

 St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ipomoea stolonifera (Cyr.) Poir. [Convolvulus littoralis L.; 

 C. arenarius Vahl ; Ipomoea littoralis Boiss. ; Convolvulus stoloniferus 

 Cyr.; Ipomoea acetosaefolia R. & S.] Coastal sands, St. Croix (ac- 

 cording to West). 



Ipomoea heptaphylla (Rottl. & Willd.) Voigt. [Convolvulus 

 heptaphyllus Rottl. & Willd.; Ipomoea pulchella Griseb., not Roth.] 

 St. Thomas (according to Urban). 



Ipomoea carnea Jacq. St. Croix (according to West). 



Ipomoea triloba L. [Convolvulus Sloanei Spreng.; i". parviflora 

 Vahl; I. triloba eustachiana of Eggers; /. triloba quinqueloba Kuntze.] 

 Fields, banks and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ipomoea tiliacea (Willd.) Choisy. [Convolvulus tiliaceus Willd.; 

 C. fastigiatus Roxb.; I . fasti giata Sweet; /. Batatus fastigiata Kuntze.] 

 Thickets and hillsides, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. 



Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam. [Convolvulus Batatas L.; Ipomoea 

 pandurata cuspidata Kuntze.] Persistent after cultivation, St. 

 Thomas; St. Jan; St. Croix. Much planted for food. 



Ipomoea tricolor Cav. [I. violacea Grisebach, and of Eggers 

 and Millspaugh.] Woods and thickets, St. Thomas; St. Jan; St. 

 Croix. 



Ipomoea purpurea (L.) Lam. [Convolvulus purpureas L.] St. 

 Croix (according to West). Planted for ornament. 



Ipomoea Learii Paxton. Planted for ornament. 



Ipomoea Pes-tigridis L. [Convolvulus Pes-tigridis L.] St. Thom- 

 as (according to Schlechtendal). 



Ipomoea Horsfalliae W. Hook. Planted for ornament. 



Ipomoea quinquepartita (Vahl) R. & S. [Convolvidus quinque- 

 partitus Vahl ; C. ovalifolius West, not Vahl,] of St. Croix, is not further 

 identified. 



Ipomoea leucantha Jacq., a South American species, is recorded 

 by Eggers from St. Thomas and St. Croix. 



Operculina triquetra (Vahl) Hallier f. [Convolvidus triqueter 

 Vahl; Ipomoea triquetra R. & S.] St. Thomas; St. Croix. 



Operculina tuberosa (L.) Meissn. [Ipomoea tuberosa L.] 

 Forests, St. Thomas; St. Croix (according to Eggers). 



