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2-cleft, sprinkled with hairs on both sides ; peduncles 4-angled, about as long as 
the filiform petioles, 1 —5-flowered ; bracts small, subulate ; corolla purple, 4 — 5 
times as long as the ovate-lanceolate acuminate ciliate sepals; capsule globose, 
4-valved, shorter than the calyx. (I. trichocarpa, EU.) — Margins of swamps, 
and cultivated grounds, Florida to North Carolina, and westward. Aug. - Oct. 
—Leaves 1/-1}/ long. Corolla 1j' - 2! long. 
4. I, triloba, L.? Stem slender, hairy ; leaves cordate, abruptly atten- 
nated, but obtuse at the apex, entire or hastate-lobed, with the lateral lobes 
rounded, smooth below, slightly hairy above; peduncles 3-flowered, longer than 
the leaves; bracts subulate ; corolla small, purple, twice as long as the oblong, 
acute, hairy sepals ; capsule globose ; seeds slightly pubescent on the angles. — 
South Florida. — Leaves 1' -1}’ long. Corolla 3 long. 
5. I. lacunosa, L. Stem and leaves smoothish ; leaves cordate, obtuse or 
acuminate, entire or 3-lobed ; peduncles 1 -3-flowered, shorter than the leaves, 
often shorter than the petioles; corolla small, white, twice as long as the ovate- 
lanceolate acuminate ciliate sepals; capsule globose, slightly hairy.— Low 
grounds, in the middle districts of Georgia, and westward. Aug. - Oct. — Ca- 
lyx and corolla commonly longer than the preceding. 
+ + + Corolla large, funnel-shaped, the tube elongated: capsule smooth: seeds often 
; woolly : stems elongated : leaves cordate, petioled, entire or 3lobed. — — 
6. I. pandurata, Meyer. Stem twining, smoothish ; leaves cordate, acu- 
minate, but scarcely acute, entire or fiddle-shaped, more or less pubescent above, 2 
paler and smooth beneath ; peduncles commonly longer than the petioles, 1 — 6- 
flowered ; bracts minute; sepals smooth, oblong-ovate, obtuse, mucronate, the 
two outer ones shorter ; corolla white, with pointed lobes, the tube purple within. 
— Var. HASTATA. Stem mostly prostrate ; leaves hastately 3-lobed, the lateral 
lobes rounded ; peduncles mostly 1-flowered, longer than the leaves ; inner sepals 
acute. — River-banks and margins of swamps, the var. in sandy pine barrens, 
Florida to Mississippi, and northward. Aug.— Oct. )|— Root tuberous, very 
large. Corolla 3'long. Capsule globose. Seeds woolly on the angles. 
7. I. Michauxii, Sweet. Stem pubescent, stout ; leaves membranaceous, 
deltoid, cordate but decurrent on the petiole, obtuse, plaited by the strong im- 
pressed veins, wavy on the margins, slightly roughened above, hoary-pubescent 
beneath ; peduncles 1 —5-flowered ; sepals thick, oblong, obtuse, tomentose ; co- 
rolla Sibescet white tinged with purple, notched at the angles of the limb, and 
bright purple on the tube within; capsule ovate, pointed, 9-valved ; seeds very 
(I. macrorhiza, Michx.) — Light sandy soil, Florida to South Carolina, 
along the coast. July- Sept. Y — Root very large. Leaves 3'- 5/ long, occa- 
sionally 3-lobed. Corolla 3'-4' long, opening at night. Ovary imperfectly 
8. I. Bona-Nox, L. Smooth; leaves membranaceous, cordate, acumi- - 
nate, entire, long-petioled ; peduncles’ very stout, '5~7-flowered, longer than the — 
leaves ; sepals ovate, obtuse ; the 2 outer ones prolonged in a long filiform ap- 
EL corolla white, almost salver form ; Podere. ve 
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