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pubescent beneath ; ped. scarcely equaling the long petioles, 1—3-flowered ; sep. 
roundish-ovate, pubescent; seeds villose, with long hairs.—2| Western States! 
frequent, to Flor. and La. Stems 2—6f in length, on the ground, or trailing 
over fences, &c. Leaves 2—3/ long, the petioles 2—5’. Corolla large (2}—3! 
diam.) and showy, white or rose-colored, purple at base. July, Aug.—The root 
is tuberous and mildly purgative. 
8. C. Bariras. (Batatas edulis. Choisy.) Sweet Potato.— St. creeping, 
rarely twining; Jvs. cordate, hastate, angular, 5-veined, smoothish; ped. long; 
fis. fascicled ; sep. lanceolate, acuminate.—@) The sweet potato is native of 
both Indies and cultivated in all tropical climates. Not only the tubers, but 
the leaves and tender shoots are boiled and eaten. The tubers are sweet and 
considered nutritive. This is the potato of the old English botanists, of Shake- 
speare, and their cotemporaries, the Solanwm tuberosum then being unknown. 
The stem is round, hispid, prostrate, creeping, sending out scattered, oblong 
tubers which are purplish without. Flowers large, purple or white. + 
2 QUAMOCLIT. Tourn. 
Gr. kvapos, a bean, kAcros, dwarf; resembles the climbing bean, but smaller. 
Sepals 5, mostly mucronate ; cor. tubular-cylindric ; sta. exserted ; 
sty. 1; stig. capitate, 2-lobed; ovary 4-celled, cells 1-seeded.— T'win- 
ing herbs, mostly American. 
1. Q. vuteAris. Choisy. (Ipomea. Linn. Convolvulus. 1st. edit.) Jasmine. 
Bindweed. Cypress Vine.—Lvs. pinnatifid to the midvein, segments linear, 
rallel, acute; ped. 1-flowered; sep. ovate-lanceolate—@ An exceedingly 
elicate vine, Penn. Eaton, Southern States! generally cultivated. Stems gla- 
brous, very slender, twining and climbing to the height of 5—10f. Flowers 
much smaller than those of the common morning glory, scarlet, varying to 
crimson and rose-color. Trained upon twine it forms a most delicate and 
beautiful awning. July, Aug. 
2. Q@. coccinea. Meench. (Ipomea. Linn. Convolvulus. Spreng. 
Laws. cordate, acuminate, entire or angular at base; ped. elongated, about 
5-flowered ; cal. awned.—@) Southern States, naturalized in the Western, occa- 
sionally cultivated. Flowers varying from yellow to scarlet. t 
2 OLY GIS ALA. Raf 
The name has reference to the plurality of the styles. 
Sepals 5, equal; cor. campanulate ; ovary 2-celled; styles 2, rarely 
3, stigmas thick ; sta. included.—% Slender, creeping. 
S. tenettus. Wood. (S. evolvuloides. Choisy. Convolvulus tenellus. 
_ Lam. C. Sherardi. Ph.)—Dry, sandy or rocky soils, Ohio, to Flor. Stem 
long, prostrate, branching, pubescent. Leaves lance-linear or linear, obtuse, 1’ 
in length, with short petioles. Peduncles longer than the leaves, 1—5-flowered. 
Sepals ovate-lanceolate, 3’ long. Corolla twice longer, hairy outside, 
4. CALYSTEGIA. Br. 
Gr. xadvé, calyx, oTeéyn, a covering ; alluding to the conspicuous calycine bracts. 
Calyx 5-parted, included in 2 large, foliaceous bracts; cor. cam- 
panulate, 5-plicate ; sta. subequal, shorter than the limb; ova. half 
bilocular, 4-ovuled ; sty. simple ; stig. 2, obtuse; caps. 1-celled, 4-seed- 
ed.— Herbs twining or prostrate. Ped. \-flowered, solitary. 
1, C. spirHammus. Br. (Convolvulus. Linn. C. stans. Michz.) Erect 
Bindweed.—St. erect or assurgent; lvs. oblong-lanceolate, subcordate, 
hoary-pubescent; ped. 1-flowered, generally longer than the leaves.—2. An 
erect, downy species, (a span) 8—10’ high, found in fields and hilly pastures, 
Can. to Penn., W. to Ill. Stem branching, leafy, bearing one, often two or 
more large, white flowers, on peduncles 2—4’ long, issuing from near the root. 
Leaves 2—3’ long, 3 as wide, oval, with an abrupt, cordate base, and on peti- 
oles as long. Bracts concealing the calyx. June. 
