PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



asT 



IPOMCEA. Gen. pl. §88. 



foi 



Corolla infundibulifor- 



capitato- 



Stigma 



Corolla funnel shaped^ 

 Stigma capitate globose. 



globosum. Capsula B j Capsule 3 celled. 



locularis. 



1. OilBICULARIS* E. 



I. foUis orbiculatis, e- 

 margiuatis, venosis, gla- 

 ir's; pedunculis subtri- 



florls: corolla purpurej 



tnbo brev 

 No. E. 



3 



caule pi 



Leaves circular, emar- 

 ginate, strongly Veined, 

 glabrous; peduncles gen- 

 erally 3 fiotvered; corol- 

 la purple, with a short 



tube 



prostrate 



Stem prostrate, slightly roughened. Leaves 2—3 inches long, cir- 

 ^'irj Sometimes nearly reniform, coriaceous, (perhaps succulent) ; 

 Pwoles 2^3 inches long. Peduncles as long as the petioles; partial 

 PMoncIes 1 — 2 inches long, all furnished with bracteas. Leaves of 

 «e Mi!/.r ovate, slightly mucronate. Corolla large ; tube short. 



*«us 



1 



yl Umay perhaps vary, but many specimens which I have receiv- 



th^^^ ^^*^'^''ent persons agree with each other so much in general 



facter and appearance, and diiFer so widely from tlie figures to 



jch we are referred for the I. bona nox in the Species Plantarum, 



It appeared to me most adviseable to form of it a distinct species. 



^Jl^^ °^ *^^ sands hills along the sea shore on Cumberland Island^ 



Fl 



^^vers through the summer. 



2- Bona Nox. 

 glaberrima ; 



1. 



foliis 



41 



Very glabrous ; leaves 



j'^atis, integris sou an- I cordate, entire or angled ; 



?^atis; 



floris ; c 



pedunculis 1 



3 



peduncles 1 — 3 flower- 



?orollis 



> caljcibus aristatis; { ed ; calyx awned ; corol- 



;wiis indivisis, 

 ;^Qgissimo. Purs 



tubo 



la undivided, with the 



Pursh, 1) p. I tube very long. 



Ste'n'^' ^' ^' ^^^' S^oa"*s Jamaica, 1. 1 96. f. 1. Bot. Mag. 753: 

 '''^'■e or f '^'**''^****'' roughened, sometimes prickly. Leaves cordate, 



Wvo 1^ ^'^g'ed, with a long acuminatlon. Corolla large, white, 

 ^floub L ?* ^^^ margins of rivers in Carolina and Florida. Pursh. 

 ^ I much whether this plant has been found to tlie north of Flori- 



^low^r/i^^^'^^^S has probably been mistaken for it. 



'^ers July^August. 



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