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IPOMEA r . Foli is capillaceis pinnatis, floribus rubellls folitariis. 

 Ipomea Foliis pinnatifldis linearibus floribus folitariis. L. Sp. PI. 

 Quarnoclit Foliis tenuiffimis & pinnatis. Init. 6c Thez. Zey. 

 Convolvulus Exoticus annum &c. Slo. Cat. 58. 

 Tsjuria-crante H. M. p. 11. t. 60. 



The American Jeffamine. 



This plant is cultivated in many of the gardens of Jamaica on account of its beau- 

 tiful flowers and thick foliage , it is a weakly climber, and feldom rifes above four feet 

 from the ground, but its minutely differed heavy foliage renders it very remarkable. 



IPOMEA 2 . Silveflris foliis & floribus amplijjimis, tubis florum fubtc- 



retibus. 



Convolvulus Maximusy £?<:. Slo. Cat. $$. & H. t. 96. f. 1. 

 Munda Valli H. M. p. 11. t. 50. 



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The large white-flower' d Ipomea. 



This plant grows in great abundance about the Ferry, and along Spanijhtown river 

 in the road to Sixteen-mile Walk ; it runs a great way among the bufhes, and is 

 adorned with many white flowers whofe tubes are feldom under three to four inches 

 in length : the leaves of this plant, and indeed of all the fpecies of both thefe o-e 



nus's, are very variable, being fometimes of the form of a heart, and at other 

 times lobed. 



IPOMEA 3 . Foliis cor da f is producJioribus, tubo floris arcuato, Umbo 



crenato. 

 Ipomea Foliis cordatis acuminatis bafi angufl tori bus, pedunculis multifloris. 



L. Sp. PI. 



The Ipomea with arched flower-tubes. 



This plant grows pretty common about St. James's, and bears a beautiful redifh 

 bloflbm : it is remarkable for the curved or arched figure of the tube of its flowers. 



IPOMEA 4. Hirfuta repens minor pent aphylla, foliis oblongis leviter crenatis. 

 Ipomea Foliis palmatis digitatis, fupra glabris, caule pilofo, pedunculis 



multifloris. L. H. Up. & Sp. PI. 

 Convolvulus Zeylonicus hirfutus, &c. Thez. Zey. 70. 



Pulli Schovadi H. M. p. 11. t. 59. 



The hairy TigerVfoot. 



IPOMEA 5. Levis minor fentaphylla, calicibus hifpidis, floribus quafl urn- 



bellatis. 

 Ipomea Foliis digitatis glabris^ foliolis fefjilibus caule lev(. L. Sp. P. 

 Convolvulus IndicuSy&c. Thez. Zey. 71. 



The fmooth-leaf 'd TigerVfoot. 



Both thefe plants are frequent in the low lands of Jamaica, and generally found 

 creeping upon the ground, or fpreading over the lower bufhes. 



IPOMEA 6 . HeptadaByla major f can dens, flore majori campanulato, calice 



membranaceo, feminibus majoribus 'uillofis. 

 Ipomea Foliis palmatis, lobis feptenis lanceolatis integerimis. h. H. Upf. 



& Sp. PI. 



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