House : North American Convolvulaceae 601 



sepals ovate, 4-7 mm. long, the awns 4-8 mm. long : corolla 

 yellow, the tube bent and somewhat contracted at the throat, 4-5 

 cm. long. 



Type locality : St. Domuigo, 



Distribution: Tropical America. 



Illustrations : Jacq. Ic. PI. Rar. //. ^5. — Hemsley loc\ cit. 



pL 60. 



Quamoclit coccinea jaliscana var. nov. 



Glabrous : leaf-blades rather thick and firm in texture, oblong- 

 lanceolate, usually attenuate or long-acuminate at the apex, 

 5-10 cm. long, 3-4 cm. broad, the base cordate-sagittate or sub- 

 truncate, the basal auricles obtusely angled : sepals equal, about 

 5 mm, long, the awns only 2-4 mm. long : corolla scarlet. 



Mexico : Between San Sebastian and summit of Mt. Bufa de 



Mascota, 4800 ft. alt, Jalisco, E, W. Nelson 40^4, 1897. Type, 



sheet no, J2yjj^ in the U. S. National Herbarium. 



6. Quamoclit grandiflora (Llav. & Lex.) G, Don, 



Gen. Syst. 4 : 259. 1838 



iifl. 



1824. 



Ipomoca Fuhis Cham. & Schlecht. Linnaea 5 : 118. 1830. 



Ipomoca Llaveana Meissn. in Mart. Fl. Bras. 7 : 219. 1869. 



Perennial, twining, somewhat woody below : leaf-blades ovate, 

 6-15 cm. long, cordate or cordate-hastate, 3-lobed, acuminate, 

 the sides of the lateral lobes angular or toothed, finely pubescent 

 beneath on the veins, younger parts finely pubescent, otherwise 

 glabrous ; petioles as long as the blades or longer : peduncles 

 much exceeding the subtending leaves, 30-40 cm. long, 3-9- 

 flowered ; pedicels filiform, 1-3 cm, long ; sepals ovate-lanceolate 

 or suborbicular, 3—5 cm. long, the awns as long : corolla scarlet, 

 about 5 cm. long, the tube slender, bent, expanding above into a 

 5-angled limb about 2 cm, broad : capsules 10 mm. in diameter or 

 less. 



Type locality : Near Jalapa and San Andres, Mexico. 



Distribution : Southern Mexico and Central America. 



Illustrations : Cham. & Schlecht. loc. cit. 



Specimens examined : Prope Jalapa et San Andres, Schiede 

 228, 55(5, 1828. Orizaba, Muller i86g, 1853 ; Vischer, 1838. 

 Chiapas: Chicharras, E. W. Nelson 3768^ 1896 (Gray Herb.); 

 between Teneapa and Yajalon, 3000-5000 ft. alt., E, W. Nelson 

 32gy, 1895 (Gray Herb.). 



