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3. PIIARBITIS. Capsule 3 celled, the cells 2-seeded. Corolla beU-shaped. 



4. IPO.MIEA. Capsule 2-celled, the cells 2-seeded. Corolla bell- or funnel-shaped. Stamens 



mostly included. 



* * Style single. Stigmas ovate or cylindrical. 



5. JACQUEMONTIA. Capsule 2 celled, 4-seeded. Stigmas ovate, flattened. 



6. CALYSTEGIA. Capsule imperfectly 2-ce!led, 4-seeded. Stigmas cylindrical. Calyx in- 



cluded in the membranaceous bracts. 



* * # Styles 2, separate or partly united. Ovary 2-celled. 



7. EVOLVULUS. Styles separate, 2-parted or 2-cleft. 



8. STYLISMA. Styles separate or partly united, entire. 



Tribe II. DICHONDREjE.— Ovary double. Embryo with cotyledons. Capsule 

 utricular, 1-seeded. — Stems creeping. 



9. DICHONDRA. Corolla bell-shaped. Stigmas thick. Peduncle 1-flowered. 



Tribe III. CUSCUTE.E. — Ovary single. Embryo destitute of cotyledons. Capsule 

 closed. 



10. CUSCUTA. Twining parasites, with scale-like leaves. Styles 2. 



1. QUAMOCLIT, Touin. Cypress- Vine. 



Sepals 5. Corolla salver-form, .^-plaited, with the tube elongated, Stamens 

 inserted at the base of the tube, dilated at the base, exserted. Ovary 4-celled. 

 Style single : stigma globular, 2-lobed. Capsule 4-valved, 4-seeded. — Twining 

 annual herbs, with cordate entire or pinnatitid leaves, and red flowers, on axil- 

 lary peduncles. 



1 . Q. COCCinea, Mcench. Leaves petioled, cordate, acuminate, angled at 

 the base ; peduncles as long as the petioles, 3 - 5-flowercd ; sepals awned ; co- 

 rolla slightly lobed, scarlet. (Ipomoea coccinea, L.) — Cultivated ground, in the 

 middle and upper districts, and northward. July and Aug. — Corolla 1' Ion"-, 

 sometimes yellowish. 



2. Q. vulgaris, Chois. Leaves pinnatifid, with long and linear segments ; 

 peduncles 1-3-flowered, the pedicels much thickened upward; sepals ovate or 

 oblong, awnless. — Spontaneous near gardens. July- Oct. 



2. BATATAS, Chois. 



Sepals .5 Corolla bell-shaped, the limb 5-plaited, spreading. Stamens slightly 

 dilated at the base, included. Ovary 4-celled. Style simple : stigma globular, 

 2-lobed. Capsule 4-celled, 4-seeded. — Trailing or twining herbs, with entire 

 or lobed leaves. Peduncles axillfiry, 1 - several-flowered. 



1. B. littoralis, Chois. Smooth and fleshy; stem prostrate, creeping; 

 leaves oval or oblong, cordate, notched at the apex, entire or hastate-lobed, the 

 lateral lobes entire or 2-cleft ; peduncles as long as the petioles, 1-flowered ; 

 bracts subulate ; sepals oblong, mucronate ; corolla obscurely lobed, white, the 

 tube yellowish. (Convolvulus obtusilobus, Mickx.) — Drifting sands along the 

 coast, Florida to South Carolina. May - Sept. y. — Leaves l'-2' long. Co- 

 rolla 2' long. 



B. EDCLis, Chois., includes the diflFerent kinds of the cultivated Sweet 

 Potato. 



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